R v Lincoln [2023] NSWDC 68

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Lincoln [2023] NSWDC 68 Hearing dates: 23 September 2022 Date of orders: 24 March 2023 Decision date: 24 March 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Mahony SC DCJ Decision: Full time custodial sentence. For orders see [95]. Catchwords: SENTENCE – Various historical child sexual assault offences on two victims; aggregate sentence. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Bhatia v R [2023] NSWCCA 12 Burgess v R [2019] NSWCCA 13 Kearsley v R (2017) 265 A Crim R 233; [2017] NSWCCA 28 NLR v R [2011] NSWCCA 246 R v Cahyadi [2007] NSWCCA 1 R v Cattell (2019) 280 A Crim R 502; [2019] NSWCCA 297 R v Todd (1982) 2 NSWLR 517 RJ v R (2008) A Crim R 178 Strbak v The Queen (2020) 267 CLR 494; [2020] HCA 10 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Paul Joseph Lincoln (Offender) Representation: Counsel: D. Hannan (Crown) G. James KC (Offender)

Solicitors: S. Paschke (Crown) P. Marsh (Offender) File Number(s): 2020/179479 Publication restriction: Section 578A of the Crimes Act 1900 and s15A of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 apply so as to prohibit the publication of any material which may identify or is likely to lead to the identification of the complainants in the proceedings.