R v Brown; R v Leuthwaite [2020] NSWDC 16

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Brown; R v Leuthwaite [2020] NSWDC 16 Hearing dates: 5 February 2020 Date of orders: 13 February 2020 Decision date: 13 February 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Buscombe DCJ Decision: See paragraphs [147] to [156] Catchwords: CRIME — Violent offences — Detain for advantage — Circumstances of aggravation CRIME — Complicity — Joint criminal enterprise SENTENCING — Objective Seriousness — Aggravating factors — Gratuitous cruelty — Planning — Victim vulnerability — Grave risk of death to another person or persons SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Age of offender — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Bullock v R [2016] NSWCCA 131 DPP v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Lawson v R [2018] NSWCCA 215 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Matthew James Leuthwaite Brooke Levina Jane Brown Representation: Counsel: D Robinson (DPP) R Khalilizadeh (Leuthwaite) B Robinson (Brown)

Solicitors: G Ellis (DPP) N Karim (Leuthwaite) K Zoutendijk (Brown) File Number(s): 2018/002935502018/00294973 Publication restriction: Statutory non-publication order concerning identities of juvenile offenders