R v Pagett; R v Williamson [2024] NSWDC 623

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Pagett; R v Williamson [2024] NSWDC 623 Hearing dates: 1 November 2024 Date of orders: 1 November 2024 Decision date: 01 November 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Pagett – Sentence of imprisonment of 3 years 4 months with a non‑parole period of 1 year 8 months Williamson – Sentence of imprisonment of 3 years 9 months with a non-parole period of 1 year 11 months Catchwords: CRIME — Violent offences — Detain — In company — Intimation — Assault occasioning actual bodily harm SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Record of previous convictions SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — No record of previous convictions — Remorse SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Co-offenders — Parity — Deterrence — Moral culpability — Objective seriousness — Purposes of sentencing SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Aboriginal offenders — Drug addiction — Health issues — Mental illness — Youth and immaturity — Trauma — Sexual and physical assaults in custody — Deprived childhood Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Cases Cited: Afu v R [2017] NSWCCA 246 Bell v R [2019] NSWCCA 271 Blackman & Walters [2001] NSW CCA 121 Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; (2013) 249 CLR 571 Clarke-Jeffries v R [2019] NSWCCA 56 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 DM v R [2005] NSW CCA 181 Green v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; (2011) 244 CLR 462 Hearne v R [2001] NSWCCA 37 KT v R [2008] NSWCCA 51 Lau v R [2010] NSWCCA 43 Magaming v The Queen [2013] HCA 40; (2013) 252 CLR 381 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Geddes (1936) 36 SR (NSW) 554 Veen No 2 [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 Yardley v Betts (1979) 22 SASR 108 Category: Sentence Parties: Mataja Pagett (the offender) Jayden Williamson (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: N Keay (for the Crown) S McGee (for the offender Pagett)