R v Scroop [2024] NSWDC 515

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Scroop [2024] NSWDC 515 Hearing dates: 30 August 2024 Date of orders: 30 August 2024 Decision date: 30 August 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of imprisonment of 4 years with a non-parole period of 2 years 6 months Catchwords: CRIME — Violent offences — Domestic violence —Assault occasioning actual bodily harm — Use offensive weapon with intent — Intimidation CRIME — Drug offences — Cultivate prohibited plant — Knowingly take part in cultivation SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty — Record of previous convictions — Series of criminal acts SENTENCING — Guidelines for sentencing — Role of guidelines SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Form 1 offences — General principles — Moral culpability — Objective seriousness SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Drug addiction — Health issues — Mental illness — Mental disorders —Institutionalisation — Deprived childhood — Institutional childhood sexual abuse Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; (2013) 249 CLR 571 Munda v State of Western Australia [2013] HCA 38; (2013) 249 CLR 600 Ridgeway v R [2024] NSWCCA 152 Veen v The Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 Texts Cited: "Impacts of Imprisonment and Remand in Custody" (2022) The Bugmy Bar Book Project Category: Sentence Parties: Kevin Scroop (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Solicitors: I Vizintin solicitor for Legal Aid (NSW) (for the offender) A Bird solicitor for Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) File Number(s): 2023/94061