BT v R [2019] NSWCCA 147

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: BT v R [2019] NSWCCA 147 Hearing dates: 1 April 2019 Date of orders: 05 July 2019 Decision date: 05 July 2019 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1] Ierace J at [2] Hidden AJ at [3] Decision: Leave to appeal granted, appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – application for leave to appeal against sentence – sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years (and related offences) – whether the sentencing judge properly had regard to the applicant's deprived background – whether special circumstances should have been found – whether sentence unreasonable or plainly unjust Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Legislation Amendment (Child Sex Offences) Act 2015 (NSW) Cases Cited: Beale v R (2015) NSWCCA 120 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 78 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Jones v R [2012] NSWCCA 262 Kertai v R [2013] NSWCCA 252 Morton v R [2018] NSWCCA 84 Newman v R [2018] NSWCCA 208 Perkins v R [2018] NSWCCA 62 Prince v R [2013] NSWCCA 274 R v Fernando (1992) 76 A Crim R 58 R v ND [2016] NSAWCCA 103 R v Scavera [2016] NSWCCA 145 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704; [2001] NSWCCA 534 RR v R [2011] NSWCCA 235 SW v R [2013] NSWCCA 255 Category: Principal judgment Parties: BT (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: S Kluss (Applicant) K Ratcliffe (Crown)