R v Edwards [2022] NSWDC 110

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Edwards [2022] NSWDC 110 Hearing dates: 17 March 2022, 08 April 2022 Date of orders: 08 April 2022 Decision date: 08 April 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Weinstein SC DCJ Decision: The offender is convicted of aggravated carjacking contrary to section 154C(2) of the Crimes Act 1900 and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 3 years commencing 10 January 2021 and expiring 9 January 2024, with a non-parole period of 1 year and 6 months. Catchwords: SENTENCING – Aboriginal offender – Impacts of deprivation and disadvantage - Moral culpability diminished – Use of research and Bugmy Bar Book Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 303 Bugmy v the Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Byrne & Cahill v R [2021] NSWCCA 185 Callaghan v R [2006] NSWCCA 58; 160 A Crim R 145 Clarke-Jeffries v R [2019] NSWCCA 56 KT v R [2008] NSWCCA 51 Luque v R [2017] NSWCCA 226 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25 Miller v R [2015] NSWCCA 86 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 Perkins v R [2018] NSWCCA 62 R v Erazo [2016] NSWCCA 139 R v Gavel [2014] NSWCCA 56; 239 A Crim R 469 R v MJB [2014] NSWCCA 195 R v Tsingolas [2022] NSWDC 34 R v Tuala [2015] NSWCCA 8 Yildiz v R [2020] NSWCCA 69 Texts Cited: Australian Institute of Family Studies, "Child Maltreatment and Substance Abuse' (NCPC Discussion Paper No 2 1996) Australian Institute of Family Studies, Children's Exposure to Domestic and Family Violence: Key Issues and Responses (December 2015) 2 Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, The Impact of Drug and Alcohol Misuse on Children and Families (report, December 2006) 1 Bugmy Bar Book Department of Community Services (NSW) Parental Alcohol Misuse and the Impact of Children (Research to Practice Note, October 2006) 1 Department of Human Services (Vic) Victorian Homelessness Strategy: Action Plan and Strategic Framework (2002), cited in Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing: Estimating Homelessness, 2011 (Catalogue No 2049.0, 12 November 2012) Margaret C Cutajar et al, 'Psychopathology in a Large Cohort of Sexually Abused Children Followed Up to 43 Years' (2010) 34 Child Abuse & Neglect 813 N Cowdery AO QC, J Hunter and R McMahon, "Sentencing and disadvantage: The Use of Research to Inform the Court" (2020) 32(5) JOB 43 Royal Commission into Family Violence, Final Report (2018) Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Ashton Edwards (Offender) Representation: Solicitors: Crown: J May (ODPP) Offender: L Melhuish (Aboriginal Legal Service) File Number(s): 2020/00281965 Publication restriction: Not applicable