R v PLW [2022] NSWDC 561

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v PLW [2022] NSWDC 561 Hearing dates: Friday 27 May 2022 Date of orders: Tuesday 31 May 2022 Decision date: 31 May 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Tupman DCJ Decision: The offender is convicted on all offences. Sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment pursuant to s 53A of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 of 6 years with an aggregate non-parole period of 4 years with parole thereafter of 2 years. Catchwords: CRIME — Child sex offences — Sexual intercourse with child <10 — Three victims — Four substantive offences — Three Form 1 offences — Offender is now aged 55 — Offender was in his early-to-mid-thirties at the time of offending — Offender was a family relation to two victims — Offender was in a relationship with the mother of one victim — Offences range from below to the middle of the range of objective seriousness — Offender diagnosed with depression and has other medical issues — Offender has problem with alcohol and was likely intoxicated during some of the offending behaviour — Offender pleaded guilty at earliest opportunity — Assessed as a medium risk of reoffending generally, but a below average risk of sexual reoffending — Relatively good prospects of rehabilitation — Two victim impact statements provided and taken into account. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW): ss 66A, 61M(1) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW): ss 25AA, 32, 53A. Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (The Crown) PLW (The Offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr. G. Porter (The Crown) Mr. J. V. Sabharwal (The Offender)