R v Michel NAHLOUS [2013] NSWCCA 90

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Michel NAHLOUS [2013] NSWCCA 90 Hearing dates: 18 April 2013 Decision date: 18 April 2013 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1]; Davies J at [2]; Adamson J at [3] Decision: Appeal dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW-Crown appeal against sentence-manifest inadequacy- whether grooming offences require a custodial sentence in all cases -sentence to reflect seriousness of particular conduct-remarks on sentence ought be read as a whole-meaning of 'victim' under s 16A(2)(d) Crimes Act (Cth) in the context of offence charged-does not extend to family of victim of grooming offences Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 16A, s 16A(2)(d), s 16BA Criminal Appeal Act 1912, s 5D Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 474.26(1), s 474.27, s 474.27A Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, s 28, s 28(4) Cases Cited: Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Customs Service v Karam (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 33 DPP v John Francis O'Reilly [2010] VSC 138 DPP v Rodriguez [2012] VCC 1216 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54; 202 CLR 321 Elliott v Harris (No 2) (1976) 13 SASR 516 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 R v Anderson [2012] NSWCCA 175 R v Asplund; Asplund v R [2010] NSWCCA 316; 216 A Crim R 48 R v Burdon; Ex parte Attorney-General (Qld) [2005] QCA 147; 153 A Crim R 104 R v David Wayne Budd (District Court, 2 October 2007, Charteris DCJ, unreported) R v Fuller [2010] NSWCCA 192 R v Rampley [2010] NSWCCA 293 R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 R v Zhu [2013] NSWSC 127 Tector v R [2008] NSWCCA 151; 186 A Crim R 133 Western Australia v Collier [2007] WASCA 250; 178 A Crim R 310 Texts Cited: House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 4 February 2010 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina Michel Nahlous Representation: Counsel: S McNaughton SC and J Roy (Crown) S Stanton (Respondent) Solicitors: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Thomas Booler & Co (Respondent) File Number(s): 2011/294151 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2012-06-15 00:00:00 Before: Nicholson DCJ File Number(s): 2011/294151