STATE OF NSW v BASTIAN [2011] NSWSC 641

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: STATE OF NSW v BASTIAN [2011] NSWSC 641 Hearing dates: 23 June 2011 Decision date: 29 June 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: HOEBEN J Decision: Extended Supervision Order for a period of 3 years made pursuant to Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Act 2006 Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Act 2006 - serious sex offence - application for extended supervision order - analysis of statutory criteria for the making of extended supervision order - ongoing risk of committing sex offence if not supervised - safety of community required extended supervision order - meaning of "high degree of probability" - unacceptable risk of committing a serious sex offence if not supervised - extended supervision order made. Legislation Cited: Child Protection (Offenders Prohibition Orders) Act 2004 Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Act 2006 Cases Cited: Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales v Gallagher [2006] NSWSC 420 Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales v Tillman [2007] NSWSC 605 at [27] Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales v Tillman [2007] NSWCA 119 at [5] and [18] Director of Public Prosecutions (WA) v GTR [2008] 198 A Crim R 149 Director of Public Prosecutions (WA) v Williams [2007] 176 A Crim R 110 State of NSW v Richardson (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 276 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales - Plaintiff Raymond Neville Bastian - Defendant Representation: Ms AC Johnson - Plaintiff Ms R Mathur - Defendant Solicitors: IV Knight, Crown Solicitor - Plaintiff Legal Aid Commission - Defendant File Number(s): 2011/00063214