R v Coombes [2019] NSWDC 295

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Coombes [2019] NSWDC 295 Hearing dates: 23 May 2019 Date of orders: 23 May 2019 Decision date: 23 May 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Grant DCJ Decision: You are convicted. You are placed on a community correction order for 12 months. The community correction order is subject to the following conditions: 1. The offender must not commit any offence. 2. The offender must appear before court if called upon. 3. The offender must submit to supervision by a Community Correction officer. 4. The offender is to participate in a rehabilitation program or to receive treatment. 5. The offender is to abstain from the use of illicit drugs. 6. The offender must perform 120 hours of community service work; and 7. The offender must report to the Wollongong Community Corrections Office within 5 days of this order. Catchwords: CRIME — Property offences — Enter dwelling-house with intent to commit serious indictable offence SENTENCING — Penalties — Community Correction Order Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1900 Cases Cited: R v Moon [2000] NSWCCA 534 R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264 Yardly v Betts (1979) 1 A Crim R 329 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Aubrey Coombes (Offender) Representation: Solicitors: Ms A Kerr (Crown) Ms E Parks (Offender) File Number(s): 2018/00265472