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Jail term for ’stupid’ serial hoon
Source ABC A serial hoon who fled Victorian police on multiple occasions at speeds of up to 230 kilometres an hour has been sent to jail.
Jamie Tabone, 23, of Berwick has a string of convictions for driving while disqualified.
Last week he pleaded guilty to leading Victorian police on two high speed chases and several more charges of driving while disqualified.
During one chase at ...
Televise courts: ex-judge
Source The Age VICTORIA'S courts should be more open to the electronic media and allow proceedings to be recorded and televised, a recently retired Supreme Court judge says.
Philip Cummins, who retired six months ago, said yesterday that recordings of proceedings should be made available and that ''snobbery'' from parts of the legal profession had prevented the introduction of cameras.
In a speech to the Melbourne Press ...
Murderer granted appeal hearing
Source SMH A Victorian man jailed for at least 29 years for brutally bashing and drowning Adelaide teenager Carly Ryan will be allowed to appeal against his murder conviction.
The South Australian Court of Criminal Appeal on Tuesday granted Garry Francis Newman leave to challenge his conviction earlier this year.
The grounds related to points of law and certain evidence presented at Newman's trial.
In March, Newman, 50, ...
Child killer suicidal and abused: lawyer
A mother twice convicted of killing her two young sons has repeatedly tried to kill herself and should receive a lesser sentence than the one originally imposed, a Melbourne court has heard.
Donna Fitchett, 51, who murdered her sons Matthew, nine, and Thomas, 11, in September 2005, has attempted suicide four times since the killings and has been repeatedly assaulted and abused as a "kiddie killer" ...
Rally against court ‘injustice’
Source 3AW And once again they came. In the pouring rain, that one speaker welcomed as 'tears from heaven, they stood on the steps of Parliament House today. United by their grief and by anger and frustration about the lack of justice in our courts. Lenient sentences, suspended sentences, criminals’ names suppressed. Full story 3AW AND AUDIO
Full ViewWWII veteran basher jailed (HeraldSun Article)
Today we saw one of the saddest days in our Court system as a War veteran was subjected to another assault by Magistrate Bakos. How a repeat offender with a drug problem and no respect for anyone could have remorse is one of the nine wonders of the world.
Really, until we get rid of the bleeding hearts on our bench we will continue to see ...