State of New South Wales v John Raymond Holschier [2016] NSWSC 234

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v John Raymond Holschier [2016] NSWSC 234 Hearing dates: 25/9/14, 26/9/14, 31/10/14, 10/11/14, 2/12/14, 5/12/14 Date of orders: 08 December 2014 Decision date: 14 March 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hidden J Decision: Extended supervision order made Catchwords: HIGH RISK VIOLENT OFFENDER – Application by State for extended supervision order – issues as to duration of order and some of the conditions proposed Legislation Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 Cases Cited: Attorney General for the State of New South Wales v Steadman [2013] NSWSC 170 State of New South Wales v Green (Final) [2013] NSWSC 1003 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (plaintiff) John Raymond Holschier (also known as Raymond John Godfrey) (defendant) Representation: Counsel: T Hammond (plaintiff) G Scragg (defendant)

Solicitors: Crown Solicitor (plaintiff) Legal Aid Commission (defendant) File Number(s): 2014/179588 Publication restriction: On 26 September 2014 Hidden J made an order prohibiting publication of the names of the 2 children of whom the defendant is the father with his current partner, or the publication of anything which may identify those children or is likely to lead to their identification until further order of the Court.

Judgment 1. HIS HONOUR: The plaintiff, the State of New South Wales, applied to this Court for a high risk violent offender extended supervision order against the defendant, John Raymond Holschier, under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006. A continuing detention order had initially been sought, but was not pressed. On 8 December 2014, I made an extended supervision order for 3 years with a number of conditions set out in a schedule. I undertook to give reasons later. These are those reasons.