R v Tan (No 3) [2023] NSWDC 298

R v Tan (No 3) [2023] NSWDC 298

Given the seriousness of the offending, the harm to the victim, the offender's guilty plea, absence of prior convictions, reasonable prospects for rehabilitation, and the significant period already spent in custody, the appropriate sentence is a community correction order, not a custodial sentence. The s 5(1) threshold for imprisonment was not crossed.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
21 July 2023
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Sentence
Legal Topics
['threat to Distribute Intimate Images' 'sentencing' 'child Victim' "offender Belief as to Victim's Age" 'period Spent in Custody' 'community Corrections Order']
['criminal Law'] ['threat to Distribute Intimate Images' 'sentencing' 'child Victim' "offender Belief as to Victim's Age" 'period Spent in Custody' 'community Corrections Order']

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Procedural Posture

Criminal / Sentence

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['What is the appropriate sentence for an offender who threatened to distribute intimate images of a child victim, believing her to be above 16 when she was actually 12?' 'How should the period already spent in custody be considered in determining the appropriate sentence?' 'Are community-based options preferable to a custodial sentence in the circumstances of this offence?']

Ratio Decidendi

Given the seriousness of the offending, the harm to the victim, the offender's guilty plea, absence of prior convictions, reasonable prospects for rehabilitation, and the significant period already spent in custody, the appropriate sentence is a community correction order, not a custodial sentence. The s 5(1) threshold for imprisonment was not crossed.

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