R v Drenkhahn [2020] NSWDC 113

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Drenkhahn [2020] NSWDC 113 Hearing dates: 14 February 2020 Decision date: 14 February 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of four years imprisonment. Non-parole period of two years Catchwords: SENTENCING - after trial - indecent assault - sexual assault – old offences. SENTENCING- relevant factors on sentence - available maximum penalties - victim impact – delay -strong subjective case - special circumstances. Legislation Cited: Children's (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Procedure Act 1987 Firearms Act 1996 Cases Cited: Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Moon v R [2000] NSWCCA 534; (2000) 117 A Crim R 497 MPB v R [2013] NSWCCA 213 R v Cattell [2019] NSWCCA 297 R v MJR (2002) 54 NSWLR 388 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 Texts Cited: Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Criminal Justice Report, August 2017) Category: Sentence Parties: Reinhard Drenkhahn (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr I Lloyd QC (for the offender) Ms N Keay (for Director of Public Prosecutions)

Solicitors: WMD Law (for the offender) File Number(s): 2016/00375896 Publication restriction: Pursuant to s 15A Children's (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 and s 578A Crimes Act 1900, there is to be no publication of any information, picture or other material that identifies or is likely to lead to the identification of the child complainant