Robin (a pseudonym) v DPP [2025] ACTCA 40
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Robin (a pseudonym) v DPP [2025] ACTCA 40
Project CitationFamily violence offences – references to exposure to violence and substance abuse chapters
Coram: Mossop and Baker JJ, Muller AJ
- Appeal against sentence for family violence offences
- Court referred to appellant’s childhood exposure to violence and alcohol – noted the effects of this upbringing upon the appellant’s moral development, understanding of relationships, and capacity for selfcontrol are clear, referring to the Bugmy Bar Book chapters ‘Early Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse’ and ‘Childhood, Infant and Perinatal Exposure to, and Experience of, Domestic and Family Violence’ – further noted the sentencing judge properly accepted the weight to be given to general deterrence and punishment should be moderated: at [60]
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