R v Hynch [2024] NSWDC 613

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Hynch [2024] NSWDC 613 Hearing dates: 15 October 2024 Date of orders: 15 October 2024 Decision date: 15 October 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: State offence — Fixed term sentence of 6 months. Commonwealth offences — Aggregate imprisonment sentence of 3 years 2 months with a non-parole period of 1 year 6 months Catchwords: CRIME — Child sex offences — Child abuse material — Using carriage service for child pornography material or child abuse material CRIME — Child sex offences — Breach Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act orders SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty — Record of previous convictions SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment— Mandatory minimum terms SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — Moral culpability — Objective seriousness SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Accumulation and concurrency — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Aboriginal offender — Mental illness — Mental disorders — Deprived childhood — Drug addiction — Health issues Legislation Cited: Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; (2013) 249 CLR 571 Mill v The Queen [1988] HCA 70; (1988) 166 CLR 59 R v Booth [2009] NSWCCA 89 R v Holder; R v Johnston [1983] 3 NSWLR 245 R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 The King v Hurt [2024] HCA 8 Category: Sentence Parties: Jamarlee Hynch (the offender) Public Prosecutions (Cth) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: K Breckweg (for the Crown)