DPP v Druett [2024] ACTSC 56

• Took into account on sentence offender’s significant childhood disadvantage.
• Further took into account impact of offender’s incarceration on his relationship to his children

[64] I further note it was a choice of the offender not to expose his young children to a custodial setting through visits and knowledge that he is in prison. Consequently he has not seen his children for a number of months. I note the negative effects of parental incarceration identified in the Bugmy Bar Book:

Parental incarceration may interfere with the attachment relationship between a child and their parent or caregiver, cause financial hardship, disrupt care and living arrangements, and subject children to stigmatisation and shame. This may impact upon a child’s emotional, behavioural, and psychological development, educational performance, delinquency and risk of offending.