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Subscriber only One man in a group accused of break and enter has been convicted in his absence after he failed to appear in court. Defence lawyer Paul Cranney told the court his client Aaron Grachan, 32, from Tregear, could not be located when he was due to face Byron Bay Local Court on Monday along with co-accused Nicholas Kevin Varela, 39, from Hornsby. The pair are charged with break and enter dwelling house with intent to steal, entering enclosed lands without a lawful excuse and aggravated break and enter in company with intent to steal. Julia Fernandez-Milner and David Keown are also listed as co-accused in court documents.
Oversight Commission Hears Update on COVID-19 Outbreak at Halawa Prison
Community justice advocate Kat Brady tells the oversight commission she’s received calls and emails from concerned family members who have relatives imprisoned at Hālawa.
“Guys on one floor heard another man screaming on the floor above them. ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe.’ The other incarcerated people were trying to help him,” says Brady, “And the ACOs said ‘We’re doing headcounts and we’ll get to him after.’ Well, the person died. So what kind of statement does that make for the people inside?”
Oversight Commission Hears Update on COVID-19 Outbreak at Halawa Prison
Community justice advocate Kat Brady tells the oversight commission she’s received calls and emails from concerned family members who have relatives imprisoned at Hālawa.
“Guys on one floor heard another man screaming on the floor above them. ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe.’ The other incarcerated people were trying to help him,” says Brady, “And the ACOs said ‘We’re doing headcounts and we’ll get to him after.’ Well, the person died. So what kind of statement does that make for the people inside?”
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A MAN who assaulted a group of people at the Arts Factory in Byron Bay has described his own behaviour as âshameful and disgustingâ.
Thomas Grieve, 28, from Airlie Beach in Queensland, had pleaded guilty to two counts each of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault.
Grieve was arrested after a drunken incident during which he assaulted four people shortly after midnight on November 2.
Before he was sentenced, Grieve read to Byron Bay Local Court a letter to the court expressing there were âno wordsâ to compensate âany physical or emotional traumaâ he caused and he was âtruly and unreservedly sorryâ on Monday.
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Subscriber only A BALLNA man who left his victim with cracked ribs after a random assault and fled police at speed in a stolen car while drunk, has avoided more time behind bars. Jake Parke, 23, was sentenced for a host of crimes before the court in Byron Bay on Monday. In the first incident, Parke was with another unknown man outside Ballina Court House shortly before 5am on January 15 this year. According to court documents the victim, Anthony Reid, was released from the adjacent Ballina police station following an unrelated matter and Parke and his companion asked him for a cigarette as he passed them.