SB v R [2022] NSWCCA 164

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: SB v R [2022] NSWCCA 164 Hearing dates: 27 June 2022 Date of orders: 8 August 2022 Decision date: 08 August 2022 Before: Beech-Jones CJ at CL at [1] Garling J at [2] Wilson J at [3] Decision: (1) Grant an extension of time until 22 February 2022 in which to file an application for leave to appeal; (2) Grant leave to appeal; (3) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal against sentence – sentence after trial – sexual intercourse with person under 10 years – multiple counts – aggravated indecent assault – significant delay in bringing application for leave to appeal – delay unexplained – aggregate sentence imposed – question of level of concurrence and accumulation in determining aggregate sentence – question of manifest excess Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 Byrne v R; Cahill v R [2021] NSWCCA 185 Cahyadi v R (2007) 168 A Crim R 41; [2007] NSWCCA 1 Faehringer v R [2017] NSWCCA 248 Gibbons (a pseudonym) v R [2019] NSWCCA 150 GW v R [2018] NSWCCA 79 Hughes v R [2018] NSWCCA 2 JM v R (2014) 246 A Crim R 528; [2014] NSWCCA 297 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 R v Dent (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW)), 14 March 1991, unrep) R v Lau [2022] NSWCCA 131 R v LS; R v MH [2020] NSWCCA 148 Tindall v R [2019] NSWCCA 136 TM v R [2018] NSWCCA 88 TO v R [2017] NSWCCA 12 Truong v R; R v Le; Nguyen v R; R v Nguyen [2013] NSWCCA 36 Yaman v R [2020] NSWCCA 239 Category: Principal judgment Parties: SB (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: I McLachlan (Applicant) G Newton (Respondent) (Crown)