R v SLD (No 4) [2024] NSWDC 594

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v SLD (No 4) [2024] NSWDC 594 Hearing dates: 12 December 2024 Date of orders: 16 December 2024 Decision date: 16 December 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Fitzsimmons SC DCJ Decision: (1) I impose a sentence of imprisonment of 1 year 6 months to date from 24 October 2023 and to expire on 23 April 2025. (2) I impose a non-parole period of 1 year 1 month to date from 24 October 2023 and to expire on 23 November 2024. (3) As the sentence imposed is less than 3 years, pursuant to s 158 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 the offender is taken to be to be subject to a parole order (being a "statutory parole order") directing the release of the offender on parole at the end of the non-parole period (being 23 November 2024). (4) Therefore, the offender is entitled to immediate release on a parole pursuant to s 158 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW). Catchwords: CRIME – sentence – high risk offender – failing to comply with extended supervision order – verdict following judge alone trial – prior breaches of extended supervision order Legislation Cited: Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999, s 158 Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, ss 3, 12 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, ss 3, 21A(2)(d), 21A(2)(j), 66 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 DC v R [2023] NSWCCA 82 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Droudis v R (2020) 103 NSWLR 806; [2020] NSWCCA 322 Monteiro v R [2022] NSWCCA 37 Muldrock v R (2011) 244 CLR 120 R v SLD (No 3) [2024] NSWDC 480 Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] HCA 3 State of New South Wales v SLD (Final) [2023] NSWSC 978 Category: Sentence Parties: Rex SLD Representation: Counsel: Mr D Bhutani (Offender)