R v Grimes [2020] NSWDC 172

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Grimes [2020] NSWDC 172 Hearing dates: 6 April 2020 Decision date: 06 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of three years 9 months with a non parole period of two years. Catchwords: SENTENCING – Aggravated break and enter – steal motor vehicle – obtain benefit by deception.

SENTENCING – Relevant factors on sentencing – a strange, confronting and frightening incident in Barrack Heights - early guilty plea – structure of sentence – duress – criminal history – Bugmy factors – never lived normal community life – need for fulltime rehabilitation program – spec circumstances – COVID-19. Legislation Cited: Children's (Criminal Detention) Act 1987 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Administration of Sentencing) Act 1999 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999. Cases Cited: Brown v R [2020] VSC 60 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Giang v R [2017] NSWCCA 25 Henry v R (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Munda v Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600 R v Herring (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 203 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 R v Windle [2012] NSWCCA 222 R v Z (2005) 2 AC 467 Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267 Tiknius v R (2011) 221 A Crim R 365 Texts Cited: Parole Supervision and Re-offending: Wai-Yin Wan, Suzanne Poynton, Gerard van Doorn and Don Weatherburn (2016) Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology v149. No.4. p 497. http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Documents/ parolesupervisionandreoffending.pdf Category: Sentence Parties: Craig Grimes (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Solicitors: Mr J Hibbard, Trial Advocate, Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT Ltd (for the offender) Ms A Cabrera (for Director of Public Prosecutions) File Number(s): 2019/00079672