R v White [2022] NSWDC 265

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v White [2022] NSWDC 265 Hearing dates: 18 February 2022 Date of orders: 18 February 2022 Decision date: 18 February 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of 4 years 4 months with a non-parole period of 2 year 4 months Catchwords: CRIME – Robbery while armed with dangerous weapon - Damage property in company by use of fire SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence – guilty plea- joint crime but lesser culpability- young offender- significant childhood deprivation - no criminal record but long history of drug use- victim of domestic violence and manipulation by older men- special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002, [2013] NSWCCA 115; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; 249 CLR 571 Irwin v R [2019] NSWCCA 133 Johnson v R [2010] NSWCCA 124 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Millwood v R [2012] NSWCCA 2 Moodie v R [2020] NSWCCA 160 Munda v Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600; [2013] HCA 38 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Cahyadi [2007] NSWCCA 1; 168 A Crim R 41 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346, 106 A Crim R 149 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 R v Windle [2012] NSWCCA 222 R v XX (2009) 195 A Crim R 38 Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267 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 Category: Sentence Parties: Carol Anne White (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr S Fraser, Public Defender (for the offender)