R v Trindall [2024] NSWDC 520

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Trindall [2024] NSWDC 520 Hearing dates: 6 September 2024 Date of orders: 6 September 2024 Decision date: 06 September 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of imprisonment of 3 years with a non-parole period of 1 year 9 months Catchwords: CRIME — Property offences — Break, enter and commit serious indictable offence — Circumstances of aggravation — Larceny CRIME — Fraud — Dishonestly obtain property by deception SENTENCING — Appeal against sentence SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty — Record of previous convictions SENTENCING — Guidelines for sentencing — Role of guidelines SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — Moral culpability — Objective seriousness — Intensive Correction Order not appropriate SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Drug addiction — Mental disorders — Institutionalisation — Disadvantaged childhood —Institutionalised childhood sexual abuse Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; (2013) 249 CLR 571 Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 Ponfield v R [1999] NSWCCA 435; (1999) 48 NSWLR 327 Hoskins v R [2021] NSWCCA 169 Texts Cited: S Indyk and H Donnelly, "Trends in the use of full-time imprisonment 2006-2007" (2007) 36 Sentencing Trends & Issues: Judicial Commission of New South Wales Category: Sentence Parties: Sean William Trindall (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: B Hart (for the offender)