R v Tilley [2023] NSWDC 496

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Tilley [2023] NSWDC 496 Hearing dates: 8 February 2023 Date of orders: 8 February 2023 Decision date: 08 February 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate imprisonment sentence of 9 months with a non-parole period of 1 year and 8 months Catchwords: CRIME — Domestic violence — 'Domestic violence offence' — Multiple offences CRIME — Property offences — Break and enter with intent to commit serious indictable offence — Circumstances of aggravation — Intimidation — Larceny CRIME — Violent offences — Common assault CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Back up and related offences — Procedures — Accumulation and concurrency — accumulation on existing sentences — Special circumstances SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty — Breach of Apprehended Domestic Violence Order — Offence occurred in the home of victim — Presence of child — Record of previous convictions SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — Childhood deprivation — Childhood exposure to domestic violence — Impact of sexual assault while in juvenile detention — Youth and immaturity ­ SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment — Accumulation on other sentences and balance of parole — Totality — Danger further gaol may exacerbate violent responses when stressed SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — Form 1 offence — Multiple offences — Aggregate sentence — Objective seriousness SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Special circumstances — Childhood sexual assault — Youth Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1 Cherry v R [2017] NSWCCA 150 Clarke-Jeffries v R [2019] NSWCCA 56 Howard v R [2019] NSWCCA 109 KT v R [2008] NSWCCA 51; (2008) 182 A Crim R 571 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 37 Postiglione v R [1996] 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v Dunn (2004) 144 A Crim R 180 R v Gordon (1994) 71 A Crim R 459 R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 Suksa-Ngacharoen v R [2018] NSWCCA 142 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14 Category: Sentence Parties: Kyle John James Tilley (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (the Crown) Representation: Solicitors: N Ashby for Legal Aid (NSW) (the offender) A Kerr for Public Prosecutions (NSW) (the Crown) File Number(s): 2022/159989