Terence Kelly is sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison for kidnapping four-year-old Cleo Smith near Carnarvon in Western Australia's outback and holding her captive for 18 days.
Sydney, Australia, Apr 5 (EFE).- An Australian court sentenced Terence Kelly to 13 years and six months in prison Wednesday for kidnapping a four-year-old Australian girl from a campsite in October 2021 and whom he kept locked up for 18 days in a room full of dolls. Western Australian State Court Magistrate Julie Wager said …
It was the kidnap ordeal that captured the attention of the nation and made headlines around the world today the man who abducted four-year-old Cleo Smith learns his fate.
Australian mother Ellie Smith endured 18 traumatic days with her little girl missing. Then, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, her phone rang - Cleo was safe.
WA Police fear Cleo Smith s disappearance was an opportunistic abduction, with limited sightings of the four-year-old possible given her family arrived at their camp as it was getting dark.