R v Alfred (a pseudonym) [2022] NSWDC 494

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Alfred (a pseudonym) [2022] NSWDC 494 Hearing dates: 23 March 2022 Date of orders: 23 March 2022 Decision date: 23 March 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of 11 years with a non-parole period of 8 years 3 months Catchwords: CRIME – Indecent assault person under 16 years of age (DV) - Sexual intercourse with child under the age of 10 years (DV) - Intentionally carry out sexual act with child under 10yrs (DV) SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence – multiple child victims – father offends against daughter and stepdaughters - victim impact when child too young to understand what had occurred - pleas of guilty - disclosure of unknown guilt – significant reduction in sentence - moral culpability - no special circumstance finding Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1900 Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 AG v R [2016] NSWCCA 102 Arvinthan v R [2022] NSWCCA 44 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 Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58 BR v R [2015] NSWCCA 255 BS v R [2021] NSWCCA 39 BT v R [2010] NSWCCA 267 Cahyadi v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 1 (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 Clarkson v R [2011] VSCA 152 CMB v Attorney General for New South Wales [2015] HCA 9 Corby v R [2010] NSWCCA 146 DBW v R [2007] NSWCCA 236 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Donald (a pseudonym) v R [2021] NSWCCA 198 DPP (Cth) v Beattie [2017] NSWCCA 301 Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 Facer v R [2019] NSWCCA 180 Gibbon v R [2019] NSWCCA 150 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45. Howard v R [2019] NSWCCA 109 JJ v R [2019] NSWCCA 148 Lewins v R [2007] NSWCCA 189 LS & MH [2020] NSWCCA 148 McKinley v R [2022] NSWCCA 14 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Muldrock v The Queen, (2011) 244 CLR 120 Panetta [2116] NSWCCA 85 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v AA [2017] NSWCCA 84 R v BA [2014] NSWCCA 148 R v BJW (2000) 112 A Crim R 1 R v Gavel [2014] NSWCCA 56 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v JP [2015] NSWCCA 267 R v KNL [2005] NSWCCA 260; 154 A Crim R 268 R v NJK [2011] NSWCCA 151 R v SS [2021] NSWCCA 56 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; 49 NSWLR 383 R v Van Ryn [2016] NSWCCA 1 R v Windle [2012] NSWCCA 222 R v XX (2017) 266 A Crim R 132; [2017] NSWCCA 90 RJA v R (2008) 185 A Crim R 178 Ryan v R [2019] NSWCCA 200 Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267; [2001] HCA 21 SZ v R [2007] NSWCCA 19 The Queen v Pham [2015] HCA 39: (2015) 256 CLR 550 TO v R [2017] NSWCCA 12 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 212 CLR 629; [2013] HCA 14 WM v R [2020] NSWCCA 9 XX v R [2017] NSWCCA 90 Texts Cited: Sentencing Trends and Issues no. 44, Judicial Commission Monograph, July 2015, P Poletti, P Mizzi, H Donnelly The social dynamics and impacts of institutional child sexual abuse, Dianna T Kenny PhD Professor of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Judicial Officer's Bulletin, September 2017, Volume 29 No 8 Category: Sentence Parties: Robert Alfred (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr R Steward (for the offender) Ms N Keay, Crown Prosecutor