R v Till [2024] NSWDC 298

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Till [2024] NSWDC 298 Hearing dates: 10 May 2024 Date of orders: 10 May 2024 Decision date: 10 May 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of imprisonment of 4 years with a non-parole period of 2 years Catchwords: CRIME — Child sex offences — Child abuse material — Possession CRIME — Child sex offences — Sexual intercourse with child >14 <16 SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — No record of previous convictions — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Form 1 offences — Moral culpability — Multiple offences — Objective seriousness SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis — Aggregate sentence SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Mental illness — Autism Spectrum Disorder — Special circumstances 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 Bell v R [2019] NSWCCA 251 Blackett v The Queen [2021] NSWCCA 210 Brown v R [2023] NSWCCA 330 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Donald (a pseudonym) v R [2021] NSWCCA 198 Minehan v R [2010] NSWCCA 140 Nelson v R [2016] NSWCCA 130 R v RD [2014] NSWCCA 103 R v Taane [2014] NSWCCA 330 Wakeling v R [2016] NSWCCA 33 Category: Sentence Parties: Christopher Till (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: S Fraser (for the offender)