The Court held that the defendant posed an unacceptable risk of committing another serious offence if not kept under supervision, and imposed a 5-year extended supervision order under ss 5B and 9(1)(a) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW). The Court rejected the defendant's submission that a 3-year duration was appropriate, finding that the expert evidence uniformly supported 5 years given the defendant's chronic antisocial personality disorder, high risk of violent reoffending, significant risk of sexual reoffending, poor supervision history, and limited insight. On disputed conditions, the Court confirmed that conditions need not have a direct demonstrated link to past offending but must address the risk of future offending of the relevant type, and that supervising officers may be expected to exercise their discretion in a practical and common-sense manner.
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