The Court granted an 18-month extended supervision order under ss 5B and 9(1)(a) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), being satisfied to a high degree of probability that the defendant posed an unacceptable risk of committing a serious violence offence if not supervised. The risk finding was based on the defendant's entrenched personality pathology, chronic substance use disorders, repeated non-compliance with parole and prior ESO conditions, lack of insight into his offending, and the extreme gravity of his index offences (two murders). The Court tailored conditions with reference to the secondary rehabilitative object of the Act, including modifying electronic monitoring so it would not automatically apply but could be reimposed if necessary.
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