State of New South Wales v Lett (Final) [2019] NSWSC 1210

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Lett (Final) [2019] NSWSC 1210 Hearing dates: 29 August 2019 Date of orders: 13 September 2019 Decision date: 13 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walton J Decision: The State shall bring in short minutes of order reflecting this judgment by 4pm on 13 September 2019. Catchwords: CIVIL – application pursuant to the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) – serious violence offence – serious sex offences – application for extended supervision order – whether the defendant poses an unacceptable risk of committing another serious offence – consideration of factors in s 9 – extended supervision order made for 5 years – conditions imposed – directions Legislation Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Amendment Act 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: R v Lett (Unreported, New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal, Hunt CJ at CL, Sully and Levine JJ, 27 March 1995) State of New South Wales v Ceissman [2018] NSWSC 508 State of New South Wales v Dillon (Final) [2018] NSWSC 1626 State of New South Wales v Farringdon [2018] NSWSC 874 State of New South Wales v French (Final) [2017] NSWSC 1475 State of New South Wales v Kamm (Final) [2016] NSWSC 1 State of New South Wales v Lett [2019] NSWSC 593 State of New South Wales v Pacey [2015] NSWSC 1983 State of New South Wales v Simcock (Final) [2016] NSWSC 1805 State of New South Wales v Thurston [2018] NSWSC 421 State of New South Wales v TT (Preliminary) [2017] NSWSC 1797 State of New South Wales v Wilson (Preliminary) [2017] NSWSC 1367 Wilde v State of New South Wales (2015) 249 A Crim R 65; [2015] NSWCA 28 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Phillip Wayne Lett (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D New (Plaintiff) A Hughes (Defendant)