JG v R [2023] NSWCCA 33

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: JG v R [2023] NSWCCA 33 Hearing dates: 10 October 2022 Date of orders: 3 March 2023 Decision date: 03 March 2023 Before: Simpson AJA at [1] Davies at [2] Wilson J at [92] Decision: 1. Grant leave to appeal. 2. Allow the appeal. 3. Quash the sentence imposed in the District Court on 26 August 2021. In lieu, sentence the appellant to an aggregate sentence of 13 years imprisonment commencing 11 June 2020 and expiring 10 June 2033 with a non-parole period of 9 years expiring 10 June 2029. 4. The appellant is first eligible for release on parole on 10 June 2029. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals –appeal against sentence – child sex offences – manifest excess – eight counts of offending – child victims members of applicant's extended family – pleas of guilty to two counts of persistent sexual abuse of a child contrary to s 66EA Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – unlawful sexual acts – determinations of objective seriousness – s 66EA offences assessed by sentencing judge respectively as just below middle range and above midrange – where determinations outside proper exercise of discretion – examination of comparative cases – where far more serious offending required for such findings – error established – where applicant re-sentenced Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 61M, 66DB, 66EA, 91H Cases Cited: AM v R [2020] NSWCCA 101 Brown v R [2022] NSWCCA 116 Burr v R [2020] NSWCCA 282; (2020) 285 A Crim R 504 Caristo v R [2011] NSWCCA 7 Carnaby v R [2022] NSWCCA 250 Decision Restricted [2023] NSWCCA 10 Eacott (a pseudonym) v R [2019] NSWCCA 158 El-Ahmad v R [2015] NSWCCA 65 GP (a pseudonym) v R [2021] NSWCCA 180 Higgins v R [2020] NSWCCA 169 Hillman v R [2021] NSWCCA 43 Hitchen v R [2010] NSWCCA 77 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Irmak v R; Dagdanasar v R [2021] NSWCCA 178 IS v R [2011] NSWCCA 142 MD v R [2015] NSWCCA 37 Magro v R [2020] NSWCCA 25 Martellotta v R [2021] NSWCCA 168 McDowall v R [2019] NSWCCA 29 Mills v R [2017] NSWCCA 87 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Thorp v R [2022] NSWCCA 180 Towse v R [2022] NSWCCA 252 Unity Pty Ltd v SafeWork NSW [2018] NSWCCA 26 Xerri v R [2021] NSWCCA 268