R v NB (No.2) [2024] NSWDC 598

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v NB (No.2) [2024] NSWDC 598 Hearing dates: 13 December 2024 Date of orders: 13 December 2024 Decision date: 13 December 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraphs [78]-[80] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – child sexual offences against the offender's niece – significance of hearing disability – consideration of 'psychosocial' disability and how it bore upon the offender's moral culpability Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss, 66A(1), 66DA Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss, 3A, 21A, 22A Cases Cited: Cheung v The Queen (2001) 209 CLR 1 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 71 NSWLR 1 DPP (NSW) v TH [2023] NSWCCA 81 EG v R [2015] NSWCCA 21 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 R v BH [2023] NSWCCA 278 R v Champion (1992) 64 A Crim R 244 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 RC v R; R v RC [2020] NSWCCA 76 Savvas v The Queen (1995) 183 CLR 1 Scott v R [2020] NSWCCA 81 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) NB (the Offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr A Lynch for the ODPP Ms I Reed for the Offender

Solicitors: ODPP Donna Smith Criminal & Traffic Lawyer File Number(s): 2022/00265638 Publication restriction: Non-publication of the complainant's name and the names of others who might tend to disclose the complainant's name.