No conviction on appeal in animal cruelty offence
Sydney District Court – June 2015Our client instructed us to enter a plea of guilty to an animal cruelty charge. We appeared for her sentencing in the Local Court, but unfortunately the Chief Magistrate could not be persuaded to deal with the matter without conviction. Determined to maintain a clean record, the client instructed us to appeal the severity of her sentence to the District Court. When we appeared, the judge did not take long to be persuaded, and ordered that the matter be dismissed with under section...
UPDATE: Accused Gold Coast Balcony Killer Loses Appeal for Police Pursuit
UPDATE: Gabriel Tostee has lost an appeal against his jail sentence for a high-speed police pursuit which took place in July 2014. Tostee appealed his 10-month jail sentence in the Lismore District Court, but was knocked back by Judge Anthony Blackmore. He led police on a pursuit while travelling back from Splendour in the Grass music festival to the Gold Coast, reaching speeds of almost 200km/h. The pursuit was alcohol-fuelled, and ended across the border in Queensland with Tostee driving on rims after NSW...
Convicted murderer Brett Cowan to challenge confession evidence on appeal
Queensland murderer Brett Cowan is appealing his conviction for the murder of Sunshine Coast schoolboy Daniel Morcombe, on the basis that his videotaped confession to an undercover police officer infringed his right to remain silent. The argument his counsel intends to raise is that his confession was involuntary, and Cowan was tricked into confessing. The elaborate covert police operation involved undercover officers acting as members of a criminal gang, membership of which required Cowan to disclose his prior...
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