State of New South Wales v Stevenson (Final) [2019] NSWSC 778

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Stevenson (Final) [2019] NSWSC 778 Hearing dates: 13 June 2019 Date of orders: 02 July 2019 Decision date: 02 July 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: R A Hulme J Decision: Extended supervision order for 3 years with conditions Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDER – final hearing – application for extended supervision order – interim supervision order previously made – appointment of experts – experts agree that defendant has "high risk" of committing a further "serious offence" – evidence of abatement of risk – six years since commission of any offence with a sexual element – presence of protective factors in defendant's life – defendant also subject to Child Protection Prohibition Order – issue of defendant's preparedness to acknowledge intrusive sexual fantasies – where satisfied to high degree of probability that defendant poses "unacceptable risk" – discretion to grant the application for an extended supervision order exercised – proposed conditions modified Legislation Cited: Child Protection (Offenders Prohibition Orders) Act 2004 (NSW) Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), 5(1), 5B, 5B(d), 5D, 9(1)(a), 9(2), 9(3), 11 Cases Cited: State of New South Wales v Stevenson [2013] NSWSC 1070 State of New South Wales v Stevenson (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 492 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Jason Leslie Stevenson (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms G E Lewer (Plaintiff) Ms S Hall (Defendant)