State of New South Wales v Matthews (AKA Hackett) (Final) [2019] NSWSC 1360

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Matthews (AKA Hackett) (Final) [2019] NSWSC 1360 Hearing dates: 3 October 2019 Date of orders: 10 October 2019 Decision date: 10 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Cavanagh J Decision: (1) Pursuant to ss 5B and 9(1) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), the defendant be under supervision in the community for a period of 2 years commencing on 10 October 2019. (2) Pursuant to s 11 of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), during the period of his extended supervision in accordance with (1) above, the defendant is to comply with the conditions in the Schedule to these reasons. (3) Until the final disposition of Local Court proceedings number 2019/00045212, an order restricting access to the Supreme Court's file in respect of this proceeding such that access would only be permitted to a non-party with leave of a judge of the Court, and only after the parties have had notice of the non-party's application for access and have been afforded an opportunity to be heard. Catchwords: Civil Law – Application pursuant to the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) – High Risk Sex Offender – Final Hearing Legislation Cited: Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 Cases Cited: Cornwall v Attorney General for New South Wales [2007] NSWCA 374 State of New South Wales v Grooms (Final) [2019] NSWSC 353 State of New South Wales v Holschier (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1921 State of New South Wales v Keith Farringdon [2018] NSWSC 874 State of New South Wales v Ley Thomas Baker (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 483 State of New South Wales v Matthews AKA Hackett (preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 770 State of New South Wales v Simcock (Final) [2016] NSWSC 1805 State of NSW v Steven Single [2019] NSWSC 176 Wilde v State of New South Wales [2015] NSWCA 28 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales – Plaintiff Darren Matthews (AKA Kain Hackett) – Defendant Representation: Counsel: Ms S E Davidson (Plaintiff) Ms K Stares (Defendant)