R v RAG (No. 3) [2025] NSWDC 36

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v RAG (No. 3) [2025] NSWDC 36 Hearing dates: 28 February 2025 Date of orders: 28 February 2025 Decision date: 28 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraphs [116]–[117] and [121] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – offender found not fit to be tried – special hearing – on limited evidence, offender found guilty of sexual offences against his daughter and granddaughter – offences spaced nearly twenty years apart in case of the two victims – whether sentence of imprisonment would have been imposed – limiting term Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 61M, 66C Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW), ss 63, 65 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 21A, 25AA, 54, 54D Cases Cited: DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Magnuson v R [2013] NSWCCA 50 Muldrock v The Queen (2010) 244 CLR 120 R v AN [2005] NSWCCA 239 R v Cattell [2019] NSWCCA 297 R v DCM (Unreported, NSWCCA, 26 October 1993) R v Gavel (2014) 239 A Crim R 469 R v Hathaway [2005] NSWCCA 368 R v JH (No.2) [2024] NSWDC 56 R v Pethybridge (No.3) [2022] NSWDC 520 R v RAG (No.2) [2024] NSWDC 411 R v Smith (1987) 27 A Crime R 315 R v Stefanac [2022] NSWCCA 129 R v Wilson (No.6) [2019] NSWSC 529 RS v R [2013] NSWCCA 227 Young (a Pseudonym) v R [2022] NSWCCA 111 Texts Cited: S Odgers, Sentence (6th ed, 2022) Category: Sentence Parties: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) RAG (the Offender) Representation: Counsel: Ms E Curran for the ODPP Mr W Tuckey for the Offender