EH v Queensland Police Services

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

District Court of Queensland

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

06/08/2008

LITIGATION TYPE

Access to Justice

SUBJECT MATTER

Protest activities

REVIEW TYPE

N/A

SUMMARY

CRIMINAL LAW – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE – GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE – SENTENCE MANIFESTLY EXCESSIVE OR INADEQUATE – where the appellants were each charged with offences of obstructing a railway, trespassing on a railway, using a dangerous attachment device to interfere with transport infrastructure, and contravening a direction or requirement – where the appellants pleaded guilty to all charges and were sentenced to three months imprisonment, wholly suspended for two years for the use of a dangerous attachment device – where appellants appeal against the sentence of imprisonment pursuant to section 222 of the Justices Act 1886 (Qld) on the grounds that it is manifestly excessive – where the Crown concedes that sentence of imprisonment was manifestly excessive – where the appellants are resentenced – where the dangerous attachment device offence is a new offence – relevance of motive on sentence

CASE DOCUMENTS

EH v Queensland Police Services [2020] QDC 205