R v NICHOLS, William Ronald [2016] NSWDC 389

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v NICHOLS, William Ronald [2016] NSWDC 389 Hearing dates: 3 February 2016 – 1 April 2016 Date of orders: 01 April 2016 Decision date: 01 April 2016 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Judge S Norrish QC Decision: Full-time custodial sentence. For orders see [107] Catchwords: CRIMINAL – Detain for advantage – SENTENCING – discount for cooperation with police – role of co-accused where they did not inflict punishment directly upon victim –degree of planning – relevance of motive – where prisoner is provoked by the victim – extent to which general deterrence is applied – no prior offending – protective custody – positive steps taken by the prisoner for rehabilitation – comparative sentencing. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act (1900) (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act (1999) (NSW) Cases Cited: Barlow v R [2008] NSWCCA 96 Blackman and Walters [2001] NSWCCA 121 Lattouf v R [1999] NSWSC 1382 R v Collett and Robson Court of Criminal Appeal unreported, 7 June 1979 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Newell [2004] NSWCCA 183 R v Rayment [2010] NSWCCA 85 R v Speechley [2012] NSWCCA 130 R v Swan [2006] NSWCCA 47 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] 49 NSWCCA 309 R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 16 Regina v Sukkar [2006] NSWCCA 92 SL v R [2015] NSWCCA 30 Veen v R (No. 2) [1988] 165 CLR 465 Williams v R [2006] NSWCCA 33 Yardley v Betts (1979) 22 SASR 108 at 112-3 Z v R [2014] NSWCCA 323 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) William Ronald Nichols (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr M. Pincott – Crown Mr G. Walsh – Offender File Number(s): 2014/00125097 Publication restriction: Nil