R v Apps [2024] NSWDC 205

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Apps [2024] NSWDC 205 Hearing dates: 24 May 2024 Date of orders: 03 June 2024 Decision date: 03 June 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Scotting DCJ Decision: 1 James Dean Apps is convicted. 2 I impose an aggregate sentence of 2 years and 6 months to date from 9 June 2023 and expire on 8 December 2025. 3 Pursuant to s 20(1)(b) Crimes Act 1914, I order that the offender be released on 8 September 2024 after serving 15 months of the sentence, on entering into a recognisance in the sum of $1,000 to be of good behaviour for 2 years. The further conditions of the recognisance that will apply are that: (a) the offender accepts the supervision of a Community Corrections Officer; (b) the offender obeys all reasonable directions from Community Corrections; (c) the offender is not to travel overseas or interstate without the written permission of Community Corrections; and (d) the offender to undertake such treatment or rehabilitation program as reasonably directed by Community Corrections. Catchwords: CRIME — Child sex offences — Child abuse material — Using carriage service for child pornography material or child abuse material Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) Customs Act 1901 (Cth) Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application No 1 of 2022 (2002) 56 NSWLR 147 Bugmy v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 525 Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339 Danial v R [2008] NSWCCA 15 Deakin v The Queen (1984) 58 ALJR 367 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Johnson v The Queen (2004) 78 ALJR 616 Le v R [2022] NSWCCA 243 Minehan v R (2010) 201 A Crim R 243 Power v The Queen, (1974) 131 CLR 623 R v El Karhani (1990) 21 NSWLR 370 R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v Porte [2015] NSWCCA 174 Xiao v R (2018) 96 NSWLR 1 Category: Sentence Parties: Rex (Crown) James Apps (Offender) Representation: Counsel: V Barros Goncalves (Crown) P de Dassel (Offender)