R v Laidlaw [2023] NSWDC 163

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Laidlaw [2023] NSWDC 163 Hearing dates: 19 May 2023 Date of orders: 19 May 2023 Decision date: 19 May 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraphs 115 – 116 Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing - offences of reckless wounding and affray – offence of common assault on a Form 1 attaching to the affray offence – relevance of schizophrenia and the circumstance of being a victim of childhood sexual abuse to offender's moral culpability – whether Bugmy principles engaged - relevance of prior offences in respect to which offender was sentenced in the Children's Court – applicability or significance of parity principle where co-offender sentenced in Children's Court Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) s 33 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 33B, 35, 93 Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) s 13 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 3A, 5, 21A Cases Cited: Apulu v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 244 Belvie v R [2017] NSWCCA 36 Bridge v R [2020] NSWCCA 233 Bugmy v R (2013) 249 CLR 571 Camilleri v R [2023] NSWCCA 106 DS v R; DM v R (2022) 109 NSWLR 82 Dungay v R [2020] NSWCCA 209 Elturk v R (2014) 239 A Crim R 584; [2014] NSWCCA 61 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 463 Mandranis v R (2021) 289 A Crim R 260; [2021] NSWCCA 97 McCullough v R [2009] NSWCCA 94 Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 Perkins v R [2018] NSWCCA 62 R v Aala (unrep, 30/5/96, NSWCCA R v Boney [2001] NSWCCA 432 R v Engert (1996) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Harris-Merchant [2021] NSWDC 501 R v Huynh [2000] NSWCCA 18 R v Katakouzinos [2020] NSWDC 115 R v Munshizada [2021] NSWDC 679 R v Stonestreet [2020] NSWCCA 212 Texts Cited: Attorney-General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (No. 1 of 2002) (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Category: Sentence Parties: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) Mr Z Laidlaw (offender) Representation: Mr P D Swaine for the offender (Counsel) Ms K Thomson for the ODPP (solicitor) File Number(s): 2022/00079071 Publication restriction: Non-publication of the co-offender's name in accordance with s 15A of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW)