R v Abbott [2023] NSWDC 488

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Abbott [2023] NSWDC 488 Hearing dates: 18 August 2023 Date of orders: 18 August 2023 Decision date: 18 August 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Imprisonment sentence of 1 year and 6 months. Immediate release subject to a recognizance order of 3 years. Catchwords: CRIME — Child sex offences — Using carriage service to groom person under 16 years for sexual activity SENTENCING — Federal offenders — Sentence by State court for offence against Commonwealth law SENTENCING ­ — Federal offences — Penalties — Imprisonment with immediate release subject to recognisance — Exceptional circumstances SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — Remorse — Steps to rehabilitation — Unlikely to re-offend SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — General deterrence — Specific deterrence — Objective seriousness SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis — Presentence report — psychological reports Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Code (Cth) Cases Cited: Adamson v R (2015) 47 VR 268 Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Watson (2016) 259 A Crim R 327; [2016] VSCA 73 DPP v Smith [2010] VSCA 215 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Hopkins v R [2004] NSWCCA 105 Munda v Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600; [2013] HCA 38 R (Commonwealth) v Nafarette [2022] NSWDC 225 R v Asplund [2010] NSWCCA 316 R v Bajracharya [2022] ACTSC 276 R v Finch [2022] NSWDC 578 R v Fuller [2010] NSWCCA 192 R v Kelly [1999] UKHL 4; [2000] 1 QB 198 R v Pederson [2021] NSWDC 535 R v Porte (2015) 252 A Crim R 294; [2015] NSWCCA 174 R v R E [2023] NSWCCA 184 R v Rzeminski [2022] NSWDC 731 Re Zoudi (2006) 14 VR 580 at 589; [2006] VSCA 298 Small v R [2020] NSWCCA 216 The Queen v Pham [2015] HCA 39; (2015) 256 CLR 550 Tootell v R [2012] QCA 273 Totaan v R [2022] NSWCCA 75 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 212 CLR 629 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4 Category: Sentence Parties: Bradley Dean Abbott (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) Representation: Counsel: S Howell (for the offender)