R v RM (No. 6) [2023] NSWDC 305

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v RM (No. 6) [2023] NSWDC 305 Hearing dates: 11 August 2023 Date of orders: 11 August 2023 Decision date: 11 August 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 108 Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – child sexual offences – father commits offences of indecent assault, sexual intercourse with child, sexual touching and sexual acts towards his daughter – interrelationship of aggravating factors of offending involving an abuse of a position of trust or authority and the vulnerability of a victim where for some counts (aggravated under age sexual intercourse), the circumstance of offending occurring whilst the victim was under the person's authority was an element of the offence – relevance of evidence at trial of the offender committing an uncharged act against a third party to questions of good character and rehabilitation prospects Legislation Cited: Crime (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 3A, 5, 21A Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 66C, 61J, 61KE, 61KC, 61M Cases Cited: Bhatia v R [2023] NSWCCA 12 Cheung v The Queen (2001) 209 CLR 1 Culbert v R [2021] NSWCCA 38 DH v R [2022] NSWCCA 200 DPP (NSW) v Presnell [2022] NSWCCA 146 GL v R [2022] NSWCCA 202 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 PC v R [2022] NSWCCA 107 R v AJP (2004) 150 A Crim R 575 R v Nelson [2016] NSWCCA 130 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v PC [2022] NSWCCA 59 RH v R [2019] NSWCCA 64 Savvas v The Queen (1995) 183 CLR 1 Smith v R [2022] NSWCCA 267 Stevenson v R [2022] NSWCCA 133 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) RM (offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr C Reynolds for the ODPP Ms K Hogan for the offender