STATE OF TASMANIA v WILLIAM MARK HUTCHINSON (RE-SENTENCE)
25 JUNE 2024
COMMENTS ON PASSING SENTENCE ESTCOURT J
Taking into account the fact that had I sentenced Mr Hutchinson to the period of imprisonment I had settled on, and had no intention of suspending any part of that order, he would likely have served a period of only seven and a half months’ imprisonment before his release on parole.
Taking into account his level of compliance, which had been mixed but ended up well, obtaining level two of the programme, and taking into account the limited number of sanction days that he served, and finally taking into account the absence of any relevant offending, indeed, any offending at all in recent times, I cancel the order pursuant to s 27Q(2)A of the Sentencing Act and I substitute an order that Mr Hutchinson serves a period of four months imprisonment, which sentence I wholly suspend on condition that he commit no offence punishable by imprisonment for a period of two years.