R v Roberts [2019] NSWDC 282

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Roberts [2019] NSWDC 282 Hearing dates: 29 April 2019 Date of orders: 29 April 2019 Decision date: 29 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Priestley SC DCJ Decision: see paragraph [98] Catchwords: Sentence – possess / transmit / access child abuse materials Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Commonwealth Criminal Code Cases Cited: Fitzgerald v R [2015] NSWCCA 266 Lyons v R [2017] NSWCCA 204 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Minehan v R [2010] NSWCCA 140 Mouscas v R [2008] NSWCCA 181 R v Gent (2005) 162 A Crim R 29 R v Linardon [2014] NSWCCA 247 R v Martin [2014] NSWCCA 283 R v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 112 CLR 629 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) Gavin James Roberts Representation: Solicitors: Mr McCaw for the Commonwealth Mr Randle for the offender File Number(s): 2018/33295 Publication restriction: Nil

Judgment

INTRODUCTION 1. HIS HONOUR: The offender has pleaded guilty to three Federal offences and one State offence being: 1. use carriage service to transmit child pornography in breach of s 474.19(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth); 2. use carriage service to access child pornography in breach of s 474.19(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth); 3. possess child abuse material in breach of s 91H(2) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW); and 4. commit an offence under s 474.19 on three or more occasions involving two or more people in breach of s 474.24A(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth).