R v Mirigliani [2020] NSWDC 21

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Mirigliani [2020] NSWDC 21 Hearing dates: 19 December 2019 Date of orders: 24 January 2020 Decision date: 24 January 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Hatzistergos DCJ Decision: See [76] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW — Child sex offences — Child abuse material — Using carriage service to transmit child pornography material or child abuse material to themselves and another person — CEM Scale Categories used — Low to mid range of objective seriousness

CRIMINAL LAW — Child sex offences — Child abuse material — Possession of child abuse material — CEM Scale Categories used — Mid range of objective seriousness

SENTENCING — Commonwealth and State offences — First offence — Plea of guilty — Remorse and contrition — Whether mental health (anxiety) a mitigating factor — Whether family member who needs assistance a mitigating factor Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 91H(2) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth),Pt-1B, ss 16A, 17A, 19AC(1), 20 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW), s 158 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), Pt-3, ss 3A, 5, 21A, 23 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 474.19(1) Cases Cited: Carter v R [2018] NSWCCA138 Elsobky v R [2006] NSWCCA 168 Dipangkear v R [2010] NSWCCA 156 Fitzgerald v R [2015] NSWCCA 266 Le v Regina [2019] NSWCCA 181 Linden v R [2017] NSWCCA 321. Mineham v R (2010) 201 A Crim R 24; [2010] NSWCCA 140 R v Bednarz [2000] NSWCCA 533 R v Booth [2009] NSWCA 89 R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim R 510 R v Gent (2005) 162 A Crim R 29 R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 R v Porte (2015) 252 A Crim R 294; [2015] NSWCCA 174 R v Shortland [2018] NSWCCA 34 R v Thompson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Togias [2001] NSWCCA 522; [2001] 127 A Crim R 23 Saddler v R (2009) 194 A Crim R 452; [2009] NSWCCA 83 Xiao v R (2018) 96 NSWLR 1; [2018] NSWCCA 4 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Mirigliani (Offender) Representation: Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Australian Criminal and Family Lawyers File Number(s): 2018/383761