R v Gallacher [2024] NSWDC 207

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Gallacher [2024] NSWDC 207 Hearing dates: 24 April 2024 Date of orders: 24 April 2024 Decision date: 24 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Imprisonment for 1 year 9 months to be served in the community subject to Intensive Correction Order Catchwords: CRIME — Violent offences — Robbery SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Conditional liberty — In company SENTENCING — Guidelines for sentencing — Role of guidelines SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — Surrender — Mercy SENTENCING — Penalties — Intensive Correction Orders SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — General deterrence — Form 1 offences — Moral culpability — Objective seriousness — ­ Traumatic impact of domestic violence — Hardship to family — Imprisonment of mothers — Whether an ICO is appropriate SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Drug addictions — Mental health — Victim of domestic violence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: CMB v The Attorney General for the State of NSW [2015] HCA 9; 256 CLR 346 Legge v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 244 Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 Panetta v R [2016] NSWCAA 85 R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim R 510 R v Ellis (1986) 6 NSWLR 603 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; (1999) 106 A Crim R 149 R v Zerafa [2012] NSWSC 978 Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267 Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] HCA 3 Texts Cited: Grace Crivellaro, "Woman feared she would be murdered", Illawarra Mercury (Illawarra), 27 October 2023 Category: Sentence Parties: Anne Marie Gallacher (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Solicitors: M Kwan solicitor for Legal Aid (NSW) (for the offender) C Buckthought solicitor for Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) File Number(s): 2022/393251