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A ROCKHAMPTON prison inmate has appealed to have his sentence reduced.
Numaka Dowling has filed an appeal in the Rockhampton District Court with the Queensland Police Service.
The appeal relates to two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, for which he was charged on March 15, 2020.
Mr Dowling was sentenced in the Yeppoon Magistrates Court on October 29 by Magistrate Jason Schubert.
According to the appeal, for one charge he was given 15 months probation and $500 compensation and for the second charge he was ordered to three months imprisonment with a 15 month suspension and $1000 compensation.
Standard probation as per terms was ordered and convictions recorded.
She said his partner woke to get some water and a loud bang woke the male victim.
âHe called out and observed the side light window smashed,â Ms Sargent said.
She said Corbett smashed the glass window before unlocking the front door, pushing it open and the four offenders âstormedâ into the house. James Michael Glenn Corbett.
Ms Sargent said the male victim retrieved nunchucks after identifying Wheaton and Phillips.
She said Phillips had lived with the male victim and he met Wheaton during that period.
Ms Sargent said the female victim went to the bedroom and then left the house.
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A WOMAN given immediate parole release in August for a “passive attempt at a robbery” had to wait more than three months to be released from prison.
Cheyenne Hope Conlon, 23, was sentenced in Rockhampton District Court on August 25 for armed robbery of the Dean St Bakery on December 4, 2019, where she received two years and nine months prison term with 70 days presentence custody declared and immediate parole release.
However, due to 28 charges outstanding in the magistrates court which were only finalised on December 1, 2020, she spent an extra three months behind bars.
Rockhampton Magistrate Philippa Beckinsale said she was surprised these matters could not be dealt with in the district court at the same time as the armed robbery, but had heard there had been a policy change which left these 28 matters in the magistrates court.
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Subscriber only A DRUNKEN joy ride-like moment sitting on the bullbar of a woman s car ended up with a man being run over and a young woman facing the prospect of jail. The injured man, who supported the driver in court last week, didn t want his friend charged and did not provide the driver s details to the police when they started asking questions following his knee surgery at Rockhampton Hospital. Katie Joanna Spry, 25, pleaded guilty on December 11 in Rockhampton District Court to one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing grievous bodily harm. The maximum penalty in Queensland for this charge is 10 years jail.
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A YOUNG MAN who attempted to rob a supermarket with a hammer had been subjected to a violent lifestyle by his gang-member father and just wanted money to help his overworked mother.
Navajo Nikora Povey, 20, watched his mother make ends meet holding down three jobs, living in the garage of a cousinâs house with his siblings while paying rent on a second residence and unwittingly supporting her then partnerâs gambling habit.
Povey felt so responsible to help his mother, he formulated a plan, then hid in bushes outside his target business for hours while in a state of mental conflict about the wrongness of an armed robbery, versus a strong desire to help his mother.