R v Campbell (a pseudonym) [2017] NSWDC 359

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Campbell (a pseudonym) [2017] NSWDC 359 Hearing dates: 17th November 2017- 14th December 2017 Date of orders: 14 December 2017 Decision date: 14 December 2017 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Berman SC DCJ Decision: Sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment consisting of a non-parole period of 8 months and a head sentence of 16 months to be served in a Juvenile Detention Centre. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Sentence – Child offender – Sexual assault of his younger cousins – Plea of guilty involves an acceptance of knowledge of serious wrongdoing. Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act. Cases Cited: RP v R [2015] NSWCCA 215 Category: Sentence Parties: The Crown Paul Campbell (a pseudonym) Representation: Counsel: Ms D Daleo – Crown Mr M Johnston SC with Mr M Smith– Offender

Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecution – Crown McGirr Lawyers – The offender File Number(s): 2016/299506 Publication restriction: There is to be no publication of the name of the complainants or of any material which may tend to identify the complainants. That is to include the true name of the offender.

Judgment

Introduction 1. There is to be no publication of anything which would tend to identify the victims in this matter, including the name of the offender. In any case, by reason of s15A Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act, the offender is not to be identified. 2. This judgment is published on Caselaw using pseudonyms.