› whether Magistrate erred by failing to consider alternative sentencing options
› whether Magistrate failed to have due regard to sentencing principles in the Youth Justice Act
› whether conviction ought to have been recorded - appeal allowed
› sentence imposed reduced
› conviction to stand.
Youth Justice Act, s 4 and s 123; Sexual Offences (Evidence and Procedure) Act; Sentencing Act, s 8.
Brandenburg v Hales and Carlon [2006] NTSC 3; Cranssen v R [1936] HCA 42; (1936) 55 CLR 509; DD v Cahill [2009] NTSC 62; R v Avgoustinos (1975) 13 SASR 48; R v Bryant [2005] QCA 19; Salmon v Chute and Another [1994] NTSC 21; (1994) 94 NTR 1; Sambono v Pettit [2010] NTSC 4, cited.
