Australia, March 11 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Feb. 10:
1. DAVIES J: The applicant was charged with 11 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 10 years contrary to s 66A of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) and 1 count of indecent assault with a person under the age of ten years contrary to s 61M(2) of the Crimes Act as it was in 2001.
2. The applicant pleaded not guilty and stood trial before Williams ADCJ in a judge alone trial from 18 to 20 October 2021. By a judgment given on 22 October 2021, the applicant was convicted of all of the offences.
3. He was subsequently sentenced on 18 January 2022 to an aggregate sentence of 9 years commencing 17 October 2021 and ex...