R v O’Sullivan, R v O’Sullivan, R v Bennett [2019] NSWDC 703

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v O'Sullivan, R v O'Sullivan, R v Bennett [2019] NSWDC 703 Hearing dates: 13 September 2019 Date of orders: 04 October 2019 Decision date: 04 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Buscombe DCJ Decision: See paragraph [80] ff Catchwords: CRIME — Violent offences — Wound with intent to cause grievous bodily harm — Assault occasioning actual bodily harm — in company CRIME — Public order offences — Affray CRIME — Complicity — Joint criminal enterprise — Spontaneous SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Objective seriousness — Relevance of mild intellectual disability SENTENCING — Penalties — Intensive correction orders Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act Crimes Act Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Lawson v R [2018] NSWCCA 215 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Solomen O'Sullivan Brandon Lee Bennett Ma'amoloa O'Sullivan Representation: Counsel: J Martin (Solomen O'Sullivan)

Solicitors: A Hooper (Crown) S Rashidi (Bennett) T Tupou (Ma'amaloa O'Sullivan) File Number(s): 2018/00163292 — R v Solomen O'Sullivan2018/00166601 — R v Brandon Lee Bennett2018/00166653 — R v Ma'amoloa O'Sullivan