R v David Keith Green [2019] NSWDC 66

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v David Keith Green [2019] NSWDC 66 Hearing dates: 13 March 2019 Decision date: 21 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Mahony SC DCJ Decision: Full-time custodial sentence. For orders see [44] Catchwords: Arson; Bugmy principles applied Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1995 Cases Cited: Bugmy v R (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Kennedy v R [2010] NSWCCA 260 R v Fernando [1992] 76 A Crim R 58 R v Mazur (2000) 113 A Crim R 67 R v Perrone (1989) 43 A Crim R 360 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) David Keith Green (Offender) Representation: Solicitors: E Navea (Crown) P Cranney (Offender) File Number(s): 17/331556 Publication restriction: Nil

remarks on sentence 1. On 13 March 2019 the offender was arraigned on an Indictment containing the following charge: 1. On 24th day of October 2017, at Moree in the State of New South Wales, recklessly damaged the Corrective Services cell complex at 58 Frome Street, the property of the New South Wales Police Force, by means of fire. 1. The offender pleaded guilty upon arraignment, although the Crown acknowledged that a plea of guilty had been entered earlier in the Local Court to a similar charge. 2. The offence contravened s 195(1)(b) of the Crimes Act 1900. The maximum penalty proscribed was 10 years imprisonment. There is no Standard Non‑Parole Period.