R v Bentley; R v Cockburn; R v Buddle; R v Dawes; R v Pfitzner [2022] NSWDC 755

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Bentley; R v Cockburn; R v Buddle; R v Dawes; R v Pfitzner [2022] NSWDC 755 Hearing dates: 22 April 2022 Date of orders: 22 April 2022 Decision date: 22 April 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Proceedings 2021/69147 – Bentley (1) Sentenced to a Community Correction Order for a period of 1 year Proceedings 2020/369508 – Cockburn (2) Aggregate imprisonment sentence of 2 years with a non-parole period of 1 year Proceedings 2020/283467 – Buddle (3) Imprisonment sentence of 1 year and 1 month to be served by way of Intensive Correction Order Proceedings 2021/24787 – Dawes (4) Imprisonment sentence of 1 year and 10 months imprisonment to be served by way of Intensive Correction Order Proceedings 2021/175357 – Pfitzner (5) Sentenced to a Community Correction Order for a period of 1 year and 6 months Catchwords: APPEAL — Appeal from Local Court CRIME — Aggravated detain with intent to intimidate CRIME — Attempt detain for advantage CRIME — Assault SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — In company SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Penalties — Community Correction Order — Imprisonment — Intensive Correction Orders SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Co-offenders — Parity SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence —Co-offenders — Joint criminal enterprise — Parity— Objective seriousness — Pre-sentence reports SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Background of disadvantage — Young mother — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedures) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Boulton v R; Clements v R; Fitzgerald v R (2014) 46 VR 308; [2014] VSCA 342 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HC 45 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 R v Austin [2021] NSWDC 440 R v Levvell [2021] NSWDC 518 R v Newell [2004] NSWCCA 183 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 212 CLR 629; [2003] HCA 14 Category: Sentence Parties: Proceedings 2021/69147 – Bentley Sophie Bentley (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (the Crown)