R v Wilson [2024] NSWDC 593

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Wilson [2024] NSWDC 593 Hearing dates: 11 October 2024 Date of orders: 11 October 2024 Decision date: 11 October 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Sentence of imprisonment of 3 years and 4 months with a non‑parole period of 2 years Catchwords: CRIME — Child sex offences — Sexual intercourse with child >14 <16 — Circumstances of aggravation SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Record of previous convictions — Breach of conditional liberty SENTENCING — Guidelines for sentencing — Role of guidelines SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — Form 1 offences — Moral culpability — Objective seriousness SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Aboriginal offender — Drug addiction — Mental illness — Multiple mental disorders — Acquired brain injury — Psychotic episode — Assaulted in custody — Institutional and other childhood sexual abuse — Deprived childhood —Intergenerational trauma Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing 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] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Bell v R [2019] NSWCCA 251 Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; (2013) 249 CLR 571 Decision restricted [2023] NSWCCA 10 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Engert v R (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Nasrallah v R [2021] NSWCCA 207 Nelson v R [2016] NSWCCA 130 Paterson v R [2021] NSWCCA 273 R v Gavel [2014] NSWCCA 56 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v Windle [2012] NSWCCA 222 R v Van Ryn [2016] NSWCCA 1 Ryan v The Queen [2001] HCA 21; (2001) 206 CLR 267 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 Texts Cited: Commonwealth, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Final Report - Volume 3 Impacts, (2017) Category: Sentence Parties: Glenn Thomas Wilson (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: J Cooper (for the offender)