Regina v DJH [2016] NSWDC 211

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Regina v DJH [2016] NSWDC 211 Hearing dates: 9 June 2016 Date of orders: 13 September 2016 Decision date: 13 September 2016 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Lerve DCJ Decision: Sentenced to imprisonment Catchwords: Criminal law – sentencing – child sexual assault – multiple complainants over twenty year period Legislation Cited: Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act, 1995 Crimes Act, 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: The Attorney General's Application Under section 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No. 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 AH v The Queen [2015] NSWCCA 51 R v BJW (2000) 112 A Crim R 1 Brown v The Queen [2014] NSWCCA 215 R v Burchell (1987) 34 A Crim R 14 R v CMB [2014] NSWCCA 5 at [46]-[48] R v MJR (2002) 130 A Crim R 481 R v Muldoon unrep. NSWCCA 13.12.1990 PWB v The Queen [2011] NSWCCA 84 R v Van Ryn [2016] NSWCCA 1 Veen v The Queen (No. 2) 164 CLR 465 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions DJH Representation: Counsel: Mr L Shaw, Crown Prosecutor Mr I Nash for and with offender

Solicitor: Ms Kathryn White, DPP Mr D Buchanan, Legal Aid Commission File Number(s): 2014/179129, 2014/179142, 2014/179163, 2014/179170, 2014/233510, 2015/254793 Publication restriction: I direct that there be no publication of the name of any of the complainants or anything that might tend to identify them and given the familial relationship between them and the offender I direct that there be no publication of the name of the offender.