R v Flanagan; R v Brennan (a pseudonym) [2019] NSWDC 306

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Flanagan; R v Brennan (a pseudonym) [2019] NSWDC 306 Hearing dates: 10 May 2019 Decision date: 10 May 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Full time custodial order. For orders for Flanagan see [91 - 99]; For orders for Brennan see [100 - 104] Catchwords: SENTENCING - Juvenile offender - To be dealt with "according to law". SENTENCING - Non-parole period - special circumstances – principles to be applied. SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence – youth – immaturity – deprived background – long history of offending – drug use – intellectual disability – serious offending - aggravated break and enter – aggravated take and drive vehicle- knife used – on parole – aggregate sentence – totality – parity adult and child. Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Anderson v R (1981) VR 155 Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; (2013) 249 CLR 571 DPP v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 155 Elliot v Blessington (2006) 164 A Crim R 208 Hearne v R (2001) 124 A Crim R 451 Hookey v R [2018] NSWCCA 147 JM v R [2012] NSWCCA 83 KT v R (2008) 182 A Crim R 571 Lau v R [2010] NSWCCA 43 MAK v R [2006] NSWCCA 381 Millwood v R [2012] NSWCCA 2 Mooney [2016] NSWCCA 231 R v Boney [2001] NSWCCA 432 R v Clinch (1994) 72 A Crim R 301 R v GDP (1991) 53 A Crim R 112 Roper v Simmons (2005) 125 S Ct 1183 Simpson v R [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 Slade v The Queen [2005] NZCA 19 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCC 247 Weininger v The Queen [2013] HCA 14; (2003) 212 CLR 629 WKR v R (1993) 32 NSWLR 447 Texts Cited: Does Imprisonment Deter? A Review of the Evidence, Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council, April 2011 Parole Supervision and Re-offending: Wai-Yin Wan, Suzanne Poynton, Gerard van Doorn and Don Weatherburn (2016) Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology v149. No.4 Category: Sentence Parties: Paul Flanagan (the offender) Sam Brennan (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr S Fraser. Public Defender (for the offender Paul Flanagan)