R v GN [2020] NSWDC 59

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v GN [2020] NSWDC 59 Hearing dates: 12 November 2018, 13 November 2018, 14 November 2018, 15 November 2018, 16 November 2018, 19 November 2018, 16 July 2019, 17 July 2019, 18 July 2019, 19 July 2019, 22 July 2019, 23 July 2019, 24 July 2019, 15 November 2019, 12 December 2019 Date of orders: 24 March 2020 Decision date: 24 March 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Lerve DCJ Decision: Guilty to all counts on indictment Catchwords: CRIME – Child sex offences – assault with act of indecency <10 CRIME – Child sex offences – assault with act of indecency <16 CRIME – Child sex offences – sexual intercourse with child <10 Legislation Cited: Evidence Act, 1995 Crimes Act, 1900 Cases Cited: R v Bauer (a pseudonym) [2018] HCA 40 HML v The Queen [2008] HCA 16 KRM v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 221 R v Louizos [2009] NSWCCA 71 Mahmood v Western Australia [2008] HCA 1 NZ v R (2005) 63 NSWLR 628 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (the Crown) GN (Accused) Representation: Solicitors: Ms M Morgan (for the Crown) Mr D Barron (for the Accused) File Number(s): 2015/229073 Publication restriction: No publication of the name of the complainants or anything that might identify them, including the name of the accused.

Reasons for verdicts in judge alone trial. THE COURT REMINDS ALL CONCERNED THAT THE RELEVANT LEGISLATION PROVIDES THAT THERE MUST BE NO PUBLICATION OF THE NAMES OF THE COMPLAINANTS OR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT IDENTIFY THEM. GIVEN THE FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPLAINANTS AND THE ACCUSED THAT PUBLICATION RESTRICTION EXTENDS TO THE ACCUSED.