R v EBSWORTH [2024] NSWDC 377

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v EBSWORTH [2024] NSWDC 377 Hearing dates: 23 August 2024 Date of orders: 23 August 2024 Decision date: 23 August 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Everson SC, DCJ Decision: (1) The offender is convicted of charge sequences 1, 4, 6 and 8 on the Amended Charge Certificate dated 24 April 2024. (2) I impose an aggregate sentence of imprisonment of 5 years 9 months that expires on 12 May 2029. (3) I impose a non-parole period of 3 years 3 months that expires on 12 November 2026. (4) I refer the offender to the Drug Court to determine whether he should be the subject of a compulsory drug treatment order. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bugmy v the Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Munda v Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR Fisher v R [2021] NSWCCA 92 R v Hamilton (1993) 66 A Crim R 575 R v Hearne [2001] NSWCCA 37 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 Lloyd v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 18 R v McNaughton (2006) 66 NSWLR 566 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 Category: Sentence Parties: Rex Brandon Ebsworth Representation: Counsel: Ms R Thampapillai (for Brandon Ebsworth)

Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (NSW) for the Crown; Karim Criminal Defence Lawyers for the offender. File Number(s): 2023/00223807 Publication restriction: There is a self-executing statutory non-publication order prohibiting the publication of any information that may reveal criminal offending by or towards the offender when he was a child.