Hayneâs first night alone in Parklea Jarryd Hayne spent his first night behind bars in isolation because of his celebrity status amid concerns he will be targeted by other inmates.
Crime by Josh Hanrahan, Linda Silmalis, Brenden Hills 8th May 2021 7:39 AM
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Subscriber only Convicted rapist Jarryd Hayne spent his first night behind bars alone after being immediately isolated from the other inmates inside his temporary new home at Parklea Correctional Centre. Hayne, 33, was on Thursday Âsentenced in the Newcastle District Court to a minimum of three years and eight months in prison after being convicted by a jury in March on two counts of sexual assault without Âconsent.
Matthew Patrick Fisher, now 25, sneaked into woman s room and got in her bed
She was sleeping when sex was initiated she thought he was her lover
Only as he was leaving did she realise he was a completely different man
Fisher was found guilty of rape but only got a community corrections order
Prosecutors appealed it as plainly unjust and he was jailed for five years
Hayneâs first night alone in Parklea Jarryd Hayne spent his first night behind bars in isolation because of his celebrity status amid concerns he will be targeted by other inmates.
Crime by Josh Hanrahan, Linda Silmalis, Brenden Hills 8th May 2021 7:39 AM
Premium Content
Subscriber only Convicted rapist Jarryd Hayne spent his first night behind bars alone after being immediately isolated from the other inmates inside his temporary new home at Parklea Correctional Centre. Hayne, 33, was on Thursday Âsentenced in the Newcastle District Court to a minimum of three years and eight months in prison after being convicted by a jury in March on two counts of sexual assault without Âconsent.
Prison is handbag thief s last chance to beat drug addiction, court says
A court dismesses an appeal filed by a man who was convicted of stealing handbags from elderly women
6 May 2021, 3:52pm
by Matthew Agius
A court has dismissed an appeal filed by a man who had been convicted together with his twin brother of stealing handbags from elderly women, saying that incarceration was his last hope of overcoming his drug addiction.
Stephen Cassar, 35, from Qormi, had been arraigned in court in December 2019 together with his brother Gordon, accused of aggravated theft and recidivism.
Both brothers had pleaded guilty and had been sentenced to two years in prison, as well as being ordered to return the cash and items stolen from their victims.
Six years’ jail for teacher who repeatedly raped 12-year-old student
The Court of Criminal Appeal confirmed a six-year prison sentence given to a teacher who sexually abused a student
5 May 2021, 4:13pm
by Matthew Agius
The Court of Criminal Appeal has confirmed a six-year prison sentence handed to a teacher who sexually abused a student for a four-year period between 1992 and 1996.
Alexander Giacomotto, 69, of Birkirkara, was arrested in 2007 after the boy opened up to his girlfriend and was encouraged to tell the police.
The victim was targeted when he was just 12 years old and carried on till he was 16. He had been taken by his teacher to his Qawra apartment, where he was plied with alcohol and shown pornography. The boy was subsequently pressed to perform a sex act on the man.