R v McAlister [2024] NSWDC 357

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v McAlister [2024] NSWDC 357 Hearing dates: 5 June 2024 Date of orders: 7 June 2024 Decision date: 05 June 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Community Corrections Order for a period of 3 years Catchwords: CRIME — Sexual offences — Sexual intercourse without consent CRIME — Sexual offences — Sexual assault SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Good character — Plea of guilty — Remorse — Unlikely to re-offend SENTENCING — Penalties — Community Correction Order SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — General deterrence — Objective seriousness — Purposes of sentencing — Sentencing statistics SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis — Short adjournment for Duty Parole Court Report SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Youth — Deprived childhood — Mental illness — Health issues — Vulnerable in gaol Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Blackman and Walters [2001] NSWCCA 121 R v Thompson (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; [2000] NSWCCA 309 Yardley and Betts (1979) 22 SASR 108 Texts Cited: B Gilbert, "Attrition of Sexual Assaults from the New South Wales Criminal Justice System" (2024) Bureau Brief, Bureau of Crime Statistics (BOCSAR), 170 Category: Sentence Parties: Scott McAlister (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: S Howell (for the offender)