R v MM (No 2) [2018] NSWDC 528

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v MM (No 2) [2018] NSWDC 528 Hearing dates: 29 January to 19 February 2018; 15 June 2018 Date of orders: 27 August 2018 Decision date: 27 August 2018 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Sutherland DCJ SC Decision: Aggregate sentence of 32 years with a non-parole period of 24 years. The sentence will commence on 19 June 2015. The non-parole period will expire on 18 June 2039; the balance of term of 8 years will expire on 18 June 2047. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Trial – Judge alone – Child sexual offences – Persistent sexual abuse of a child - Six complainants and multiple charges – 77 counts – Grandfather – Step-grandfather – Child abuse material — Production/Dissemination/Possession – Procuring or grooming child for unlawful sexual activity – Supply drugs to groom child – Ongoing abuse – Blackmail victims – Indecent assault "with" or "towards" Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Act 2007 Drugs (Misuse and Trafficking) Act 1985 Cases Cited: BR v R [2015] NSWCCA 255 Bravo v R [2015] NSWCCA 302 BT v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 267 FD v R [2013] NSWCCA 139 Franklin v R [2016] NSWCCA 319 GAT v R [2007] NSWCCA 208 GSH v R; R v GSH [2009] NSWCCA 214 Hitchen v R [2010] NSWCCA 77 JL v R [2014] NSWCCA 130 Josefski v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 41 Mills v R [2017] NSWCCA 87 MRW v R [2011] NSWCCA 260 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120; 212 A Crim R 254 Nguyen v The Queen [2016] HCA 17; (2016) 256 CLR 656 Paxton v R [2011] NSWCCA 242; (2011) 219 A Crim R 104 PH v The Queen [2009] NSWCCA 161 Postiglione v R [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v BJW [2000] NSWCCA 60 R v Fisher (1989) 40 A Crim R 442 R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 R v KW [2018] NSWDC 209 R v Mclean [2001] NSWCCA 58; (2001) 121 A Crim R 484 R v MAK [2006] NSWCCA 381; (2006) 167 A Crim R 159 R v MM [2018] NSWDC 181 R v PGM [2008] NSWCCA 172 R v Rapley [1999] NSWCCA 302 R v Sea Court of Criminal Appeal, 13 August 1990, unreported R v Slater [2003] NSWCCA 178 R v Tuala [2015] NSWCCA 8 R v Youkhana [2004] NSWCCA 412 Regina v Gebrail Court of Criminal Appeal, 18 November 1994, unreported The Queen v Kilic [2016] HCA 48; (2016) 259 CLR 256 ZA v R [2017] NSWCCA 132 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) MM (Offender) Representation: Counsel: L McSpedden (Offender) M Fox (Crown)