Bray v R [2018] NSWCCA 301

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Bray v R [2018] NSWCCA 301 Hearing dates: 21 November 2018 Decision date: 20 December 2018 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Rothman J at [2]; R A Hulme J at [3] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal granted. 2. Appeal against sentence dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – sentence appeal – aggravated indecent assault of children – criticism of assessment of objective seriousness of offences – discussion of degree of precision required – no error in finding special circumstances and reducing non-parole period by six months – aggregate sentence not manifestly excessive – unhelpful reliance upon comparative cases and statistics – contradictory reasoning in Scales v R [2017] NSWCCA 293 disqualifies it as useful comparator Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 61M(2) Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW) s 128C Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 1999 (NSW) r 214A Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) s 44(2B) Cases Cited: Chaloner v R [2018] NSWCCA 59 Corby v R [2010] NSWCCA 146 Dawson v R [2013] NSWCCA 61 EG v R [2015] NSWCCA 21 EJDG v R [2012] NSWCCA 251 GSH v R; R v GSH [2009] NSWCCA 214 Gumbleton v R [2017] NSWCCA 314 JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297; 246 A Crim R 528 Knight v R [2015] NSWCCA 222 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 Rampe v R [2018] NSWCCA 163 Regina v AEM Snr; Regina v KEM; Regina v MM [2002] NSWCCA 58 Scales v R [2017] NSWCCA 293 WC v R [2015] NSWCC 52 Why v R [2017] NSWCCA 101 Wray v R [2014] NSWCCA 166 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Shane Bray (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr T Game SC with Mr J Brock (Applicant) Ms M England (Crown)