BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159

Reported Decision: 201 A Crim R 379

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159

HEARING DATE(S): 7 May 2010

JUDGMENT DATE: 30 July 2010

JUDGMENT OF: Hodgson JA at 1; Johnson J at 9; Rothman J at 107

1. Leave to appeal against sentence granted. DECISION: 2. Sentence passed at the Port Macquarie District Court on 17 April 2009 quashed. 3. In place thereof, the Applicant is sentenced to imprisonment comprising a non-parole period of three years commencing 6 March 2008 and expiring on 5 March 2011, with a balance of term of two years commencing 6 March 2011 and expiring on 5 March 2013. 4. The earliest date upon which the Applicant will be eligible for release on parole is 5 March 2011.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence following trial - sexual intercourse without consent - offender aged 16 years 11 months - erroneous regard to standard non-parole period - erroneous description of sentence imposed on offender for earlier sexual assault offence - whether lesser sentence warranted under s.6(3) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 - repeat juvenile sex offender - relevance of intoxication - relevance of youth and immaturity - lesser sentence passed

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

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