R v Pagett [2024] NSWDC 186

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Pagett [2024] NSWDC 186 Hearing dates: 5 April 2024 Date of orders: 5 April 2024 Decision date: 05 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate imprisonment sentence of 4 years with a non-parole period of 2 years 6 months Catchwords: CRIME — Violent offences — Recklessly cause grievous bodily harm — Use offensive instrument with intent to prevent lawful apprehension TRAFFIC LAW AND TRANSPORT — Traffic law — Offences — Reckless and dangerous driving — Drive whilst disqualified SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment — Intensive Correction Order not appropriate SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty — Record of previous convictions — Victim a police officer SENTENCING — Guidelines for sentencing — Role of guidelines SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — Remorse SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Dispute about objective seriousness — Form 1 offences — Purposes of sentencing SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Multiple traffic offences — Totality— Co-offenders — Parity SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Agreed facts — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Drug addiction — Impoverished childhood — Institutionalisation — Institutional abuse — Mental health disorders — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (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 Bolamatu v R [2003] NSWCCA 58 Bugmy v The Queen; [2013] HCA 37 (2013) 249 CLR 571 Decision restricted [2022] NSWCCA 246 Devaney v R [2012] NSWCCA 285 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 G v R (No 1) [2023] NSWCCA 320 Henry v R [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 Lloyd v R [2022] NSWCCA 18 Luque v R [2017] NSWCCA 226 Mill v The Queen [1988] HCA 70; (1988) 166 CLR 59 Munda v Western Australia [2013] HCA 38; (2013) 249 CLR 600 Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 Owen v R [2022] NSWCCA 214 Paterson v R [2021] NSWCCA 273 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 Pym v R [2014] NSWCCA 182 R v Cahyadi [2007] NSWCCA 1; 168 A Crim R 41 R v Franks [2005] NSWCCA 196 R v Harris [2007] NSWCCA 130; 171 A Crim R 267 R v Holder; R v Johnston [1983] 3 NSWLR 245 R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 R v Sharpe [2006] NSWCCA 255 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 R v Wheeler [2000] NSWCCA 34 R v XX (2009) 195 A Crim R 38 R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] HCA 3 Van Ryn v R [2016] NSWCCA 1 Veen v The Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 Category: Sentence Parties: Maxwell John Pagett (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: A Booker (for the offender)