R v Thompson [2022] NSWDC 483

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Thompson [2022] NSWDC 483 Hearing dates: 09 June 2022 19 August 2022 Date of orders: 02 September 2022 Decision date: 02 September 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Weinstein SC DCJ Decision: The offender is sentenced to a period of full-time imprisonment of 3 years and 4 months with a non-parole period of 1 year and 8 months. Catchwords: SENTENCING – plea of guilty – historical child sexual assault – first offence – mental illness – impact of mental illness on moral culpability Legislation Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) (No 1) of 2002 Luque v R [2017] NSWCCA 226 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim R 510 R v Gavel [2014] NSWCCA 56 R v Greenwood [2014] NSWCCA 64 Tataan v R [2022] NSWCCA 75 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Elvira Rosas Thompson (Offender) Representation: Counsel: M Juhasz (Offender)

Solicitors: R Stefani (ODPP) (Crown) A Sinclair (Ryan Payten Le) (Offender) File Number(s): 2020/0049122 Publication restriction: Non-publication order in respect of the victim or any information that may tend to identify them.