R v Ware (a pseudonym) [2024] NSWDC 424

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ware (a pseudonym) [2024] NSWDC 424 Hearing dates: 19 July 2024 Date of orders: 19 July 2024 Decision date: 19 July 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of imprisonment of 8 years with a non-parole period of 5 years Catchwords: CRIME — Child sex offences — Sexual intercourse with child <10 — Indecent assault with child >10 — Circumstances of aggravation — Sexual intercourse with child >10 <14 — Circumstances of aggravation SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — Moral culpability — Objective seriousness — Form 1 offences — Delay SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Alcohol addiction — Mental illness and disorders — Ill health — Advancing age — Childhood sexual abuse by father — Exposed to alcohol abuse and domestic violence in childhood Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Sentence 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) 56 NSWLR 146; [2013] NSWCCA 115 Carey v R [2024] NSWCCA 90 Kutchera v R [2007] NSWCCA 121 Magnuson v R [2013] NSWCCA 50 Mill v The Queen [1988] HCA 70; (1988) 166 CLR 59 R v Cattell [2019] NSWCCA 297 R v Todd [1982] 2 NSWLR 517 R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102 Wright v R [2008] NSWCCA 91 Texts Cited: Australian Federal Government, Royal Commission, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Final Report (December 2017) Category: Sentence Parties: Aaron Ware (a pseudonym) (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: A Booker (for the offender)