R v Whiteman
[2021] NSWDC 557
At a glance
Source factsCourt
District Court of NSW
Decision date
2021-09-23
Catchwords
- CRIME - Child sex offences - Child abuse material -Using carriage service - Using carriage service to groom person 10 =14 & >16 (penile/vaginal sexual intercourse)
Source
Original judgment source is linked above.
Catchwords
Judgment (77 paragraphs)
Seq 20: Have sexual intercourse with child >=14 & >16 (fellatio) (Form 1 referable to seq 19)
- The pair began sending each other text messages and arranged to meet up. One night, between 1 January and October 2006 after 11.30pm, Child 2 snuck out of her home and met Whiteman who was waiting in his car.
- He drove her to a nearby beach. They walked down to the sand and lay on a blanket. Child 2 performed oral sex on him. The two then engaged in penile/vaginal sexual intercourse. Child 2 was 14 at this time.
- He continued to message Child 2 for a short period before ending all communication with her.
Child 3 - born 1993
- In 2007, Whiteman (then 19 years) met and befriended Child 3 at a social activity where both participated.
- During the next few months they exchanged private messages over social media. He made her feel good about herself and excited that an older male was showing her a lot of attention.