R v Obbens [2022] NSWDC 47

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Obbens [2022] NSWDC 47 Hearing dates: 17 February 2022; 23 February 2022 Date of orders: 23 February 2022 Decision date: 23 February 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: Pursuant to s 8(1) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, the offender is to comply with a community corrections order for a period of 18 months commencing today. Catchwords: SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — Rehabilitation — Remorse — Unlikely to re-offend SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Circumstances of offence — Delay — Deterrence — General principles — Multiple offences — Totality re existing offence — Objective seriousness — Purposes of sentencing SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Age of offender — Health issues — Mental illness Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: R v Cattell [2019] NSWCCA 297 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Porter v The Queen [2019] NSWCCA 117 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Hornhardt v The Queen [2017] NSWCCA 186 Magnuson v R [2013] NSWCCA 50 Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267 Bidgood v The Queen [2016] NSWCCA 138 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions)