R v Eager [2021] NSWDC 848

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Eager [2021] NSWDC 848 Hearing dates: 11 November 2021 Date of orders: 11 November 2021 Decision date: 11 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Judge Haesler SC Decision: Aggregate imprisonment sentence of 4 years with a non-parole period of 2 years and 4 months Catchwords: CRIME — Apprehended violence orders — Contravene apprehended violence order CRIME — Domestic violence — "Domestic violence offence" — Stalking or intimidation — Assault occasioning actual bodily harm CRIME — Property offences — Break, enter and commit serious indictable offence — Circumstances of aggravation SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty — Home of victim SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty —Diligent completion of residential rehabilitation program SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment — Aggregate sentence SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Drug addiction — Offender's background — Role of offender — Remorse — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (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 Beattie [2017] NSWCCA 301 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 Queen v Pham (2015) 256 CLR 550; [2015] HCA 39 R v Burton [2008] NSWCCA 128 R v Dunn (2004) 144 A Crim R 180 R v Fernando (1992) 76 A Crim R 58 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; (1999) 106 A Crim R 149 Texts Cited: Corrective Services NSW, "COVID-19 (coronavirus) Response" https://www.coronavirus.dcj.nsw.gov.au/services/corrective-services/impact-of-covid-restrictions accessed 7 August 2021 D Ritchie, "Does Imprisonment Deter? A Review of the Evidence" (April 2011) Sentencing Advisory Council Victoria 1 J Holmes "Crime and Justice Statistics Bureau Brief: Re-offending in NSW" (2011) 56 NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research 1 W Wan, S Poynton and D Weatherburn, "Does Parole Supervision Reduce the Risk of Re-offending?" (2016) 49 Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 497 Category: Sentence Parties: Lee Dillon Eager (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (the Crown) Representation: Solicitors: M Kwan for Legal Aid (NSW) (the offender) A Hughes for Public Prosecutions (NSW) (the Crown) File Number(s): 2021/81081; 2020/265755; 2020/280461