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Date of sentence; pleas of guilty to two counts of using electronic communication to procure child and one count of grooming child, each relating to same 13-14-year-old complainant; head sentence of 12 months’ imprisonment, suspended after 4 months for 3 years (Koppenol DCJ).
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2019] QCA 298
17 Dec 2019
Leave to appeal against sentence refused; sentencing judge did not err, by failing to consider the effect of the provisions of the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004 (Qld) or otherwise, in finding that exceptional circumstances, warranting an order for the applicant’s immediate release from custody, did not exist; sentence not manifestly excessive: Boddice J (Sofronoff P and Fraser JA agreeing).
Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA)
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