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R v Free[2020] QCA 58

Reported at (2020) 4 QR 80
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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    R v Free; Ex parte Attorney-General (Qld)

  • Shortened Case Name:

    R v Free

  • Reported Citation:

    (2020) 4 QR 80

  • MNC:

    [2020] QCA 58

  • Court:

    QCA

  • Judge(s):

    Philippides JA, Bowskill J, Callaghan J

  • Date:

    31 Mar 2020

  • Selected for Reporting:

    Editor's Note

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary JudgmentDC1632/19 (No citation)11 Oct 2019Date of sentence; offender lured young child away from shopping centre and sexually abused her; head sentence of 8 years’ imprisonment with recommendation for early parole imposed for taking child for immoral purposes (count 1); lesser concurrent terms imposed for deprivation of liberty (count 2) and indecent treatment (count 3) (Dick SC DCJ).
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2020] QCA 58 (2020) 4 QR 80 (2020) 282 A Crim R 9431 Mar 2020A-G’s appeal against sentence imposed on count 1 allowed; errors in exercise of discretion whether to make SVO declaration and fixing parole eligibility date; offender resentenced to 8 years’ imprisonment with no SVO declaration and no early recommendation for parole: Philippides JA, Bowskill J, Callaghan J.

Appeal Status

Appeal Determined (QCA)

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