R v Collins; R v McWaters; R v Butler [2023] NSWDC 258

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Collins; R v McWaters; R v Butler [2023] NSWDC 258 Hearing dates: 13 April 2023 Date of orders: 13 April 2023 Decision date: 13 April 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Proceedings 2022/106821 – Collins (1) Imprisonment sentence of 2 years and 7 months with a non-parole period of 1 year and 7 months Proceedings 2022/106846 – McWaters (2) Imprisonment sentence of 2 years and 7 months with a non-parole period of 1 year and 7 months Proceedings 2022/128179 – Butler (3) Imprisonment sentence of 1 year and 11 months to be served by way of Intensive Corrections Order. Catchwords: CRIME – enter dwelling and commit indictable offence in circumstance of aggravation SENTENCE – relevant matters on sentence –multiple accused – late night entry into a home –small amount of property taken – each offender has a background of deprivation and trauma – sexual abuse in an institutional setting – progress toward rehabilitation PARITY – reasons to differentiate between offenders Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crime (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Attorney General of NSW Application number 1 1999 under s26 Criminal Appeal Act; R v Ponfield [1999] NSWCCA 435; (1999) 48 NSWLR 327 Attorney General of NSW Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (No 1 of 2002) [2002] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 R v Zheng [2023] NSWCCA 64 Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] HCA 3 Category: Sentence Parties: Proceedings 2022/106821 – Collins Timothy Michael Collins (the offender) Director Of Public Prosecutions