PW v R [2019] NSWCCA 298

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: PW v R [2019] NSWCCA 298 Hearing dates: 22 November 2019 Date of orders: 20 December 2019 Decision date: 20 December 2019 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Macfarlan JA at [11]; Campbell J at [39] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal against sentence. (2) Dismiss the appeal against sentence. Catchwords: CRIME – application for leave to appeal against sentence – sexual offences – aggregate sentence imposed – whether sentencing judge erred in grouping offences into categories and nominating the same indicative sentence for each offence within the categories – whether sentencing judge erred in not finding special circumstances where he said that doing so would be a form of double counting – leave to appeal granted but appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 61J(1), 61M(1), 61O(1A) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A(g), 53A Cases Cited: DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297; 246 A Crim R 528 Kerr v R [2016] NSWCCA 218 Khawaja v R [2014] NSWCCA 80 Martin v R [2013] NSWCCA 24 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Nguyen v R [2019] NSWCCA 87 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 57 R v AA [2017] NSWCCA 84 R v BA [2014] NSWCCA 148 R v Fidow [2004] NSWCCA 172 R v Simpson (2001) 53 NSWLR 704; [2001] NSWCCA 534 Sivell v R [2009] NSWCCA 286 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: PW (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G D Wendler (Applicant) B Hatfield (Respondent)