R v Ridden [2016] NSWDC 2

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ridden [2016] NSWDC 2 Hearing dates: 17 December 2015 Date of orders: 29 January 2016 Decision date: 29 January 2016 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Sentence Catchwords: sentencing; purposes of sentencing; armed robbery; assault police; firearm possession; multiple offences, totality principle; parity; special circumstances; deterrence for young offenders; applicability of Evidence Act 1995 (NSW); aggregate sentence Legislation Cited: s 60(1), s 60(2), s 97(2), s 192J, s 195(1A)(b) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 166 Criminal Procedure Act 1985 (NSW) s 3, s 10A, s 137 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW) s 29(3) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 7(1), s 65(3) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115, Bathurst CJ at [22] Attorney General's Application No. 1 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1; (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 CM v R [2013] NSWCCA 341 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Tony Mawad [2015] NSWCCA 227 Do v R [2010] NSWCCA 182 Gill v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 236 Grube v R [2005] NSWCCA 140 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Johnson v R [2010] NSWCCA 124 Knight v R [2005] NSWCCA 253 Legge v R [2007] NSWCCA 244 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606 M A K & M S K v R [2006] NSWCCA 381 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Munda v Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Anderson NSWCCA (unreported, 25 March 1993) R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Krstic [2005] NSWCCA 391 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 R v Storey [1998] 1 VR 359 R v Thomson (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Thurgar (1990) 51 A Crim R 109 R v War Pensions Entitlement Appeal Tribunal; ex parte Bott (1933) 50 CLR 228 at 256 per Evatt J R v Windle [2012] NSWCCA 222 at [42] The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 The Queen v Pham [2015] HCA 39 The Queen v Ryan (2001) 206 CLR 267 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 212 CLR 629 Texts Cited: Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council, Does Imprisonment Deter? A Review of the Evidence, (April 2011) J Trevena and D Weatherburn, "Does the first prison sentence reduce the risk of further offending?" (October 2015) 187 Crime and Justice Bulletin NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research D Weatherburn, J Hua and S Moffat, "How much crime does prison stop? The incapacitation effect of prison on burglary" (January 2006) 93 Crime and Justice Bulletin NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research W Wan, S Moffatt, C Jones and D Weatherburn, "The effect of arrest and imprisonment on crime", Crime and Justice Bulletin, (February 2012) 158 Crimes and Justice Bulletin NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions Amanda Ridden (Offender) Representation: Ms V Engel, trial advocate, for the Director; Mr R Pontello, of counsel, for the Offender File Number(s): 2013/290260; 2011/17403