State of New South Wales v Watson [2011] NSWSC 1692

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Watson [2011] NSWSC 1692 Hearing dates: 11/10/2011 Decision date: 11 October 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Rothman J Decision: 1Order 2 made by his Honour, Justice Adams on 18 August 2011 be set aside from the date of this order. 2Pursuant to section 9(1)(a) of the Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Act 2006 ("the Act"), the Defendant be subject to an extended supervision order for a period of 3 years from the date of this order. 3Pursuant to section 11 of the Act, direct that, for the period of the order, the Defendant comply with the conditions set out in the Schedule to this Order. 4The Commissioner of Corrective Services will pay for any cost relating to the electronic monitoring of the defendant, including the costs of installing, maintaining and operating the electronic monitoring equipment. In the event that the Commissioner of Corrective Services does not pay such costs, the State of New South Wales undertakes that it will pay such costs. Catchwords: Serious Sex Offender - application for Extended Supervision Order - statutory requirements satisfied - no issue of principle - Extended Supervision Order made for 3 years Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Act 2006 Cases Cited: Fardon v Attorney-General (Qld) (2004) HCA 46; (2004) 223 CLR 575 M v M (1988) HCA 68; (1988) 166 CLR 69 State of New South Wales v Richardson (No. 2) [2011] NSWSC 276 State of New South Wales v Thomas (Preliminary) [2011] NSWSC 118 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Peter Watson (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R Ranken (Plaintiff) S A Beckett (Defendant) Solicitors: Crown Solicitor's Officer (Plaintiff) Legal Aid (Defendant) File Number(s): 2011/235403