R v Ryan [2019] NSWDC 195

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ryan [2019] NSWDC 195 Hearing dates: 18 April 2019 Date of orders: 22 May 2019 Decision date: 22 May 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Yehia SC DCJ Decision: See [119] – [123] Catchwords: Historical indecent assaults on children committed by a person in authority

Application of the principles of totality and proportionality where the offender has previously served a lengthy term of imprisonment and comes to be sentenced following expiration of the non-parole period

Considerations of the competing principles of sentencing Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedures) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 5, 7, 8, 21A, 24, 25AA Parole of Prisoners Act 1966 (NSW)(repealed) Cases Cited: DPP v George Pell [2019] VCC 260 Mainwaring v The Queen [2009] NSWCCA 207 Mill v The Queen (1988) 36 A Crim R 468 R v Todd (1982) 2 NSWLR 517 Ryan v R (2001) 206 CLR 267 R v Ryan (No 2) [2003] NSWCCA 35 R v Vincent Gerard Ryan (26 September 1997 – unreported – NSWDC) R v Vincent Gerard Ryan (30 May 1996 – unreported – NSWDC) Texts Cited: Chasmore, J, & Shackel, R (2013). The long-term effects of child sexual abuse. Canberra: Australian Institute of Family Studies. Rich, P (2003). Sexually Abusive Behaviours, Victims, and Perpetrators, Understanding, Assessing and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders (pp.15-37). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Final Report (2017) Vol 3, 77. Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions Vincent Gerard Ryan Representation: Counsel: David Patch Michael King