State of New South Wales v Christopher Roy Lee [2018] NSWSC 473

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Christopher Roy Lee [2018] NSWSC 473 Hearing dates: 20 March 2018 Date of orders: 20 March 2018 Decision date: 20 March 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 5B and s 9(1)(a) of the Crimes (High Risk Offender) Act 2006 (NSW), the defendant is subject to an extended supervision order for a period of 3 years from 20 March 2018. (2) Pursuant to s 11 of the Act the defendant is to comply with the conditions set out in the Schedule of Conditions for the period of the order. (3) Access is restricted to the Court's file such that access is permitted to a non-party only with the leave of a judge of the Court, and with prior notice to the parties so as to allow them an opportunity to be heard in respect of the application for access. Catchwords: CIVIL LAW – high risk offender – extended supervision order – where defendant concedes statutory requirements – previous offence of murder – subsequent sexual offending – dispute as to various conditions under ESO – no question of principle Legislation Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) ss 3, 5B, 5I, 9(1)(a), 9(2), 10C(2), 11 and 13 Cases Cited: Fardon v Attorney-General for the State of Queensland (2004) 223 CLR 575; HCA 46 State of New South Wales v Bugmy [2017] NSWSC 855 State of New South Wales v Burns [2014] NSWSC 1014 State of New South Wales v Carr [2014] NSWSC 1348 State of New South Wales v Green (Final) [2013] NSWSC 1003 State of New South Wales v Lee (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 27 State of New South Wales v Lee (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 145 State of New South Wales v Lee [2017] NSWSC 1766 Veen v R (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 Veen v R [1979] HCA 7; (1979) 143 CLR 458 Wilde v State of NSW (2015) 249 A Crim R 65; [2015] NSWCA 28 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Christopher Roy Lee (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Edwards (Plaintiff) Ms A Cook (Defendant)