R v FORREST, David Michael [2017] NSWDC 241

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v FORREST, David Michael [2017] NSWDC 241 Hearing dates: 7 April 2017 Date of orders: 07 April 2017 Decision date: 07 April 2017 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Judge S Norrish QC Decision: Full-time custodial sentence. For orders see [125] Catchwords: CRIMINAL – Sentence – Commonwealth and State offences – multiple counts of use carriage service to transmit indecent material to a person under 16 years – possess and transmit child abuse material and child pornography – 34 year old male – Form 1 offence – offending occurred over substantial period of time – assessment of material under the CETS scale – offender suffers from considerable intellectual disabilities and limitations – pre-sentence custody – strict bail conditions – offender vulnerable in custody – weight to be given to general deterrence – no prior criminal record – early plea of guilty – some delay in sentencing Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 Douar v R [2005] NSWCCA 455 Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45 Jones v The Queen 242 CLR 520 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25 Mill v R (1988) 166 CLR 59 Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39 Pearce v R (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Asplund; Asplund v R [2010] NSWCCA 316 R v Bailey [2012] NSWSC 1074 R v Booth [2009] NSWCCA 89 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Hemsley [2004] NSWCCA 228 R v Porte [2015] NSWCCA 174 R v Smith (1987) 44 SASR 587 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 Wong v DPP (Cth) [2001] HCA 64 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) David Michael Forrest (Defendant) Representation: Representatives: Ms. Westgarth (Crown) Mr. Miralis (Defendant) File Number(s): 2015/00013079