R v Doolan [2023] NSWDC 472

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Doolan [2023] NSWDC 472 Hearing dates: 6 October 2023 Date of orders: 6 October 2023 Decision date: 06 October 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Section 11 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) conditional bail granted Catchwords: CRIME — Property offences — Break, enter and commit serious indictable offence — Circumstances of aggravation SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment — Intensive Correction Orders — Community safety concerns cannot yet be meet — Danger of repeating past approaches — Opportunity to show Intensive Correction Order conditions can be meet and demonstrate progress toward rehabilitation — Resources available through National Disability Insurance Scheme — s 11 remand SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Age of offender — Childhood deprivation — Abused in juvenile custody — Long history of offending — Failure to keep to conditions of parole — Serious offending but near bottom of range Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (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 Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 R v Doolan (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 194 Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2021] NSWCA 337; [2023] HCA 3 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14 Category: Sentence Parties: Liam Doolan (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (the Crown) Representation: Counsel: T McKenzie (for the offender)