R v Guevara [2023] NSWDC 655

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Guevara [2023] NSWDC 655 Hearing dates: 5 October 2023 Date of orders: 5 October 2023 Decision date: 05 October 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate imprisonment sentence of 11 years with a non-parole period of 7 years 2 months Catchwords: CRIME — Sexual offences — Indecent assault — Circumstances of aggravation CRIME — Child sex offences — Indecent assault >16 — Circumstances of aggravation — Sexual intercourse with child >10 <14 SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of trust — Multiple victims SENTENCING — Guidelines for sentencing — Role of guidelines — Administration of justice was facilitated by the conduct of the defence SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Good character — No record of previous convictions SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Sentence after guilty verdicts at trial — Delay — General principles — Moral culpability — Multiple offences — Accumulation, concurrency and totality — Aggregate sentences — Crushing sentence — Objective seriousness — Purposes of sentencing SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure ­ —Instinctive synthesis — Disputed facts — High Risk Offender warning given SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Significant childhood trauma — Experienced war and war related violence —Refugee Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: BT v R [2010] NSWCCA 267 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1 Campbell v R [2014] NSWCCA 102 Christov v R [2009] NSWCCA 168 Corby v R [2010] NSWCCA 146 Decision restricted [2023] NSWCCA 10 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Beattie [2017] NSWCCA 301. GSH v R; R v GSH [2009] NSWCCA 214 LB v R [2019] NSWCCA 151 MAK v R [2006] NSWCCA 381 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mill v The Queen [1998] HCA 70; (1988) 166 CLR 59 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Clinch (1994) 72 A Crim R 301 R v Doff [2005] NSWCCA 119 R v Gavel [2014] NSWCCA 56 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v KNL [2005] NSWCCA 260 R v NJK [2011] NSWCCA 151 R v R E [2023] NSWCCA 184 R v Van Ryn [2016] NSWCCA 1 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168; [2004] NSWCCA 13 RJA v R [2008] NSWCCA 13 Ryan v The Queen [20011] HCA 21; (2001) 206 CLR 267 Tepania v R [20018] NSWCCA 247 Weininger v The Queen [2003] HCA 14; (2003) 212 CLR 629 Texts Cited: W Wan, S Poynton and D Weatherburn, "Does Parole Supervision Reduce the Risk of Re-offending?" (2016) 49 Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 497 Category: Sentence Parties: Miguel Enoc Guevara (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: C Doosey (for the offender) K Ratcliff (for the Crown)