NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Glover [2011] NSWDC 65 Hearing dates: 1 April 2011 Decision date: 12 April 2011 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Neilson DCJ Decision: Total sentence of 1 year and 10 months imprisonment, comprising a non-parole period of 11 months and the balance of the sentence Disqualified from driving for 2 years Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - Sentence - Aggravated Dangerous Driving Occasioning Grievous Bodily Harm - PCA significantly above threshold - Poor driving record - Life threatening serious injury to child aged 2 years and 6 months
Victim was offender's son - Extra Curial Punishment of offender (severe injuries) - Extra Curial Suffering of offender (anguish and remorse for damage done to own child) - Hardship to primary and secondary victims of the crime (son and mother caused by effect of offender's incarceration) - Prosects of rehabilitation (enhanced by lengthy period on parole)
Guideline Judgment considered - Not a case falling within the typical case under Crimes Act 1900 section 52A - Clash of competing sentencing principles Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 s 52A(4) Cases Cited: Hughes v R [2008] NSWCCA 48 R v Dhanhoa [2000] NSWCCA 257 R v Dutton [2005] NSWCCA 248 R v Howcher [2004] NSWCCA 179 R v Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR 209 R v Koosmen [2004] NSWCCA 359 R v Whyte [2002] NSWCCA 343, 55 NSWLR 252 Rosenthal v R [2008] NSWCCA 149 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Daniel Glover Representation: Mr C Irani (Crown) Mr B Vasic (Offender) File Number(s): 2010/119208
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