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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.