The State of New South Wales v Sharpe [2017] NSWSC 469

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The State of New South Wales v Sharpe [2017] NSWSC 469 Hearing dates: 21 April 2017 Date of orders: 21 April 2017 Decision date: 21 April 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 10A of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (the "Act"), the defendant is to be subject to an Interim Supervision Order for a period of 28 days to take effect from 3 June 2017 and that, pursuant to s 11 of the Act, for the period of the Interim Supervision Order, the defendant is to comply with the conditions in the Schedule annexed to the Summons filed 29 March 2017 (other than clause 10).

(2) The Court appoints Dr Andrew Ellis psychiatrist, to examine the defendant and furnish his report to the Court by no later than 2 June 2017.

(3) The Court appoints Dr Jeremy O'Dea, psychiatrist, to examine the defendant and furnish his report to the Court by no later than 2 June 2017.

(4) Grant the parties liberty to apply to the Manager of Listing to obtain a hearing date with an estimate of one (1) day.

(5) Stood over for directions before the Registrar at 9:00am on Tuesday, 2 May 2017. Catchwords: HIGH RISK SEX OFFENDER – Interim Supervision Order – no question of principle Legislation Cited: Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 Crimes Act 1900 Cases Cited: State of New South Wales v Simcock [2016] NSWSC 1805 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: The State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Jamie Richmond Sharpe (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: T Hammond (Plaintiff) A Hawkins (Defendant)