R v Doolan (No 2) [2023] NSWDC 600

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Doolan (No 2) [2023] NSWDC 600 Hearing dates: 6 October 2023 and 7 December 2023 Date of orders: 7 December 2023 Decision date: 07 December 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate imprisonment sentence of 2 years 11 months with a non‑parole period of 1 year and 8 months Catchwords: CRIME — Property offences — Break, enter and commit serious indictable offence — Circumstances of aggravation — Offences committed while on parole — Failure to keep to conditions of s 11 bail SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment — Intensive Correction Order not imposed — Community safety SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Pleas of guilty SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Age of offender — Childhood deprivation — Abused in juvenile custody — Long history of offending — Institutionalisation — Mental illness — Special circumstances SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Form 1 offence — Serious offending but near bottom of range Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; (2013) 249 CLR 571 Hoskins v R [2021] NSWCCA 169 Jackson v R [2010] NSWCCA 162 Jinnette v R [2012] NSWCCA 217 Kentwell v R (No 2) [2015] NSWCCA 96 Ponfield v R [1999] NSWCCA 435; (1999) 48 NSWLR 327 R v Doolan [2023] NSWDC 472 R v Doolan (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 194 R v Fernando (1992) 76 A Crim R 58 R v Hookey [2018] NSWCA 147 R v Huynh [2005] NSWCCA 220 R v Lewis [2014] NSWSC 1127 Veen v The Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14 Category: Sentence Parties: Leaum Doolan (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: T McKenzie (for the offender)