R v Sturgess [2024] NSWDC 208

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Sturgess [2024] NSWDC 208 Hearing dates: 4 April 2024 Date of orders: 4 April 2024 Decision date: 04 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of imprisonment - 4 years with a non-parole period of 2 years and 6 months Catchwords: CRIME — Violent offences — Detain person for advantage CRIME — Violent offences — Robbery in company SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Record of previous convictions — Breach of conditional liberty SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Co-offenders — Parity — Deterrence — Objective seriousness — Purposes of sentencing — Multiple offences — Totality SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Aboriginal offender — Drug addiction — Mental illness — Deprived childhood — Institutionalised — Childhood sexual abuse in juvenile detention — Mental illness Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (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 R v Girdler [2023] NSWDC 616 R v Nyrhinen [2023] NSWDC 615 Category: Sentence Parties: Tristan Sturgess (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Solicitors: M Kwan solicitor for Legal Aid (NSW) (for the offender) K MacKinnon solicitor for Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) File Number(s): 2023/116831