R v Anderson [2021] NSWDC 802

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Anderson [2021] NSWDC 802 Hearing dates: 09 November 2021 Date of orders: 09 November 2021 Decision date: 09 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of 3 years 9 months with a non-parole period of 2 years Catchwords: CRIME – Possess/control child abuse material-use carriage service - Use carriage service to solicit child abuse material - Use carriage service to access child pornography - Use carriage service to transmit child abuse material SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence – early guilty plea- Interpol Baseline Child Abuse Scale – assessment of objective circumstances- multiple offences - accumulation and concurrency – Covid - first offender - need for custodial sentence - subjective case - reliance on reports and untested assertions - aggregate sentence imposed Legislation Cited: Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) The Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Cases Cited: Burbridge v R [2016] NSWCCA 128 Hutchinson v R [2018] NSWCCA 152 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005} HCA 25 Minehan v R [2010] NSWCCA 140 R v Booth [2009] NSWCCA 89 R v Chaplin [2012] NSWDC 301 R v Linardon [2014] NSWCCA 247 R v Porte [2015] NSWCCA 174 The Queen v Pham [2015] HCA 39; (2015) 256 CLR 550 Texts Cited: COVID-19 (coronavirus) Response, Corrective Services NSW; https://www.coronavirus.dcj.nsw.gov.au/services/corrective-services/impact-of-covid-restrictions Category: Sentence Parties: Thomas Malcolm Anderson (the offender) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr R Steward (for the offender)