R v Davidson (a pseudonym) [2023] NSWDC 101

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Davidson (a pseudonym) [2023] NSWDC 101 Hearing dates: 17 February 2023 Date of orders: 17 February 2023 Decision date: 17 February 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Impose an aggregate imprisonment sentence of 5 years with a non-parole period of 3 years Catchwords: CRIME — Aggravated sexual intercourse with child under 16 years DV SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence —sentence after trial — victim impact — special circumstances — need for retributive sentence and victim vindication Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) Cases Cited: Clarkson v R [2011] VSCA 152 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 5 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 25 Munda v Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600; [2013] HCA 38 R v Gavel [2014] NSWCCA 56 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 R v Van Ryn [2016] NSWCCA 1 Tepania v R [20018] NSWCCA 247 Texts Cited: W Wan, S Poynton, G Doorn and D Weatherburn, "Parole Supervision and Re-offending" (2016) 149 Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 4, 497 Category: Sentence Parties: Scott Davidson (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (the Crown) Representation: Counsel: T Yeh (for the offender)