a much taller man and weighed about 110 kg. After the altercation, Martin took a significant quantity of drugs and cash from Mr Le Dinh’s premises, leaving Mr Le Dinh mortally wounded. He died from his injuries shortly after. His body was discovered the next day by his brother.
Martin was found guilty after a trial lasting 2 weeks. At time of writing he was yet to be sentenced.
Cringle & Allred
In May 2012, Shane Cringle was detained in the Alexander Machonochie Centre. Due to a mix up concerning drugs, Cringle needed to repay a drug debt, however, he did not have the immediate resources to do so. Cringle sought and found assistance from his friend Jackson Allred who was at liberty. It was agreed that Allred would do a robbery for the benefit of Cringle. Cringle supplied the target name and address to Allred and sought the assistance of his partner Ms Amber Haber who agreed to take Mr Allred to the intended target.
Police became aware of the contact between Cringle and Allred and monitored the phone calls. This enabled police to determine the time and location of the robbery. Police followed Allred and Haber as they were being driven by another person to the intended target address. Upon entering the target’s street in Florey, police stopped the car, and arrested those inside. Cringle and Allred were charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. The case was a classic case of conspiracy as the robbery itself had not yet been carried out.
The trial lasted nine days, after which the jury found both Cringle and Allred guilty. Cringle was seen as the instigator, planner and the beneficiary of the planned robbery, and as such his culpability to this agreement was seen as higher than that of Allred’s. Cringle was sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment, with a non-parole period of thee years. Allred was sentenced to five and half years imprisonment with a non-parole period of three years.
K
K was a well known sportsman who became involved in coaching junior players including offering private coaching. In the context of his role as a coach, K committed numerous sexual offences against young males. He ultimately pleaded guilty to numerous counts including counts of sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16 and committing acts of indecency on a person under the age of 16.
K had originally pleaded not guilty however after a trial date was set he entered pleas of guilty to 25 charges in satisfaction of a number of charges against him. The sentencing judge sentenced K to an aggregate sentence of 12 years imprisonment with a non parole period of seven and a half years. The Crown appealed against the sentence on the ground that the sentences imposed where manifestly inadequate. The Court of Appeal unanimously upheld the Crown’s appeal. The Court noted that the aggregate sentence imposed by the primary judge did not adequately reflect the total of the respondent’s criminality with regard to the offences. “He abused the trust of the victims, their parents, and the members of the [sporting] club to prey upon children.”
The Court of Appeal resentenced K to an aggregate of 19 years imprisonment with a non parole period of 11 years 10 months.
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