R v Wortley [2021] NSWDC 785

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Wortley [2021] NSWDC 785 Hearing dates: 15 December 2021 Date of orders: 17 December 2021 Decision date: 17 December 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of 3 years 2 months with a non-parole period of 1 year 7 months. Catchwords: CRIME - Sexual intercourse without consent - Intentionally record intimate image w/o consent (DV) SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence – late guilty plea- some early admission- no-consensual sexual intercourse during a relationship – sleeping victim - no" means "no" - offender expresses regret and remorse but has difficulty accepting the wrongness of his actions- strong subjective case – purposes of sentencing - rehabilitation and retribution considered - need for custodial sentence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Burton v R [2020] NSWCCA 54 Blackman & Walters v R [2001] NSWCCA 121 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1 (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 Doe v R ([2013] NSWCCA 248; (2013) 187 A Crim R 328 DPP (Vic) v DJK [2003] VSCA 109 MRM v R [2015] NSWCCA 195 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v AJP [2004] NSWCCA 434 R v Francis [2021] NSWDC 870 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 212 CLR 629; [2013] HCA 14. Texts Cited: Parole Supervision and Re-offending: Wai-Yin Wan, Suzanne Poynton, Gerard van Doorn and Don Weatherburn (2016) Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology v149. No.4. p 497, 2011, BOCSAR. http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Documents/parolesupervisionandreoffending.pdf Category: Sentence Parties: Matthew James Wortley (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr E Özen SC (for the offender) Ms A Hughes, Solicitor Advocate (for Director of Public Prosecutions)