R v Pilsbury [2022] NSWDC 484

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Pilsbury [2022] NSWDC 484 Hearing dates: 01 April 2022; 21 April 2022 Date of orders: 21 April 2022 Decision date: 21 April 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 1 year 10 months. To be released forthwith upon entering a recognizance pursuant to s 20(1)(b) of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth). See orders [33] Catchwords: CRIME – using a carriage service to transmit indecent communications to a child under the age of 16 SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence –impact on children of internet offences considered - offending on one night - a relationship of trust with the child victim was broken - early guilty plea- aberrant behaviour – offender otherwise has no convictions - drug use - steps toward rehabilitation - impact of delay - is full time custody required? Legislation Cited: Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Cases Cited: Adamson v R (2015) 47 VR 268 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Watson [2016] VSCA 73 Kannis v R [2020] NSWCCA 79 Magnuson v R [2013] NSWCCA 50 R v Asplund [2010] NSWCCA 316; R v Cattell [2019] NSWCCA 297 R v McCall [2022] NSWDC 78 R v Tector [2008] NSWCCA 15 R v Todd [1982] 2 NSWLR 517 R v Tuala [2015] NSWCCA 8 Small v R [2020] NSWCCA 216 Stanton v R [2021] NSWCCA 123 The Queen v Pham [2015] HCA 39; (2015) 256 CLR 550 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4 Texts Cited: Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Final Report (2017) Vol 3 Category: Sentence Parties: Micah John Pilsbury (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) Representation: Counsel: Mr S Schaudin (for the offender)