R v TAANI, Otukinekina [2016] NSWDC 394

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v TAANI, Otukinekina [2016] NSWDC 394 Hearing dates: 31 March 2016 Date of orders: 31 March 2016 Decision date: 31 March 2016 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Judge S Norrish QC Decision: Full-time custodial sentence. For orders see [72] Catchwords: CRIMINAL – recklessly cause grievous bodily harm – security guard assault upon a patron – CCTV footage of the assault – SENTENCE – early plea of guilty – offender a foreign national – no criminal history at the time of the offence – offender was professionally trained in handling intoxicated patrons – victim was vulnerable – provocation from the victim outweighed by the response of the offender – historical offence – decision by the offender to leave the country and whether it was connected to the offence – impact of delay upon sentence to be imposed – determination of the objective seriousness of the offence - standard non parole period Legislation Cited: Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 Mill v The Queen [1988] 166 CLR 59 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] 244 CLR 120 Pearce v The Queen [1998] 194 CLR 610 R v Bloomfield (1998) 44 NSWLR 734 R v Dungay (2001) 126 A Crim R 216 R v Thawer [2009] NSWCCA 158 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] 49 NSWCCA 309 R v Todd (1982) 2 NSWLR 517 R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 Way v R (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Otukinekina Taani (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr. Mcauliffe (Crown) Mr. Hutchinson (Defendant) File Number(s): 2014/00325700 Publication restriction: Nil