R v SLD (No 3) [2024] NSWDC 480

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v SLD (No 3) [2024] NSWDC 480 Hearing dates: 30 September 2024 – 4 October 2024, 8 October 2024, 16 October 2024 Date of orders: 16 October 2024 Decision date: 16 October 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Fitzsimmons SC DCJ Decision: Count 1 - Not guilty Count 2 - Guilty Count 3 - Not guilty Catchwords: CRIME – judge alone trial – high risk offender – previous conviction and sentence for murder of an infant – released into the community on an extended supervision order – non association with children condition - alleged contravention of extended supervision order – alleged associating with young children at a beach visit – meaning of associate – relevant actus reus and mens rea of offence - Legislation Cited: Crimes (High-Risk Offenders) Act 2006, ss 5(b), 9(1)(a), 12 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Procedure Act 1986, s 132(1), 132(6), 133(2), 133(3) Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Police Powers and Parole) Act 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: Athens v Randwick City Council [2005] NSWCA 317 [2005] 64 NSWLR 58 Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427 Fleming v R (1998) 197 CLR 250 Goyal, in the matter of ACN 154 520 199 Pty Ltd (in Liq) [2018] FCA 129 Kirkpatrick v Kotis (2004) 62 NSWLR 567 Laming v Jennings [2018] VSCA 335 Repatriation Commission v Nation (1995) 57 FCR 25 Sertari Pty Ltd v Quakers Hill SPV Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 340 State of New South Wales v SLD [2023] NSWSC 978 State of NSW v Wilkinson [2020] NSWSC 1813 TAL Life Ltd v Shuetrim; MetLife Insurance Ltd v Shuetrim [2016] NSWCA 68 Thiess v Collector of Customs [2014] HCA 12; 250 CLR 664 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rex SLD Representation: Counsel: Mr D Bhutani (accused)