FOUR YEARS IS A JOKE, SAYS KELLY MUM

nero_bolt
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TOTALLY DISGUSTING this sentance....., 4 years for killing a young man who did NOTHING.

 

Kieran Loveridge went out to hurt people that night, he has committed a series of assults already that night befor he king hit Thomas Kelly and killed him.

 

Kieran Loveridge  went looking for trouble that night and he gets 4 years and homas Kelly  is DEAD....

 

THE mother of Thomas Kelly has broken down outside court, telling of her 'horror' at the four-year jail term handed Kieran Loveridge.

Loveridge will serve the minimum term for the king-hit manslaughter of Thomas Kelly, a sentence met withsobs by his family.

 

Outside the court an emotional Kathy Kelly, Thomas's mother, said she was "horrified" by the outcome.

 

"[The sentence is] a joke, an absolute joke. And we're horrified," she said.

 

"This was our son, a boy that was young, honest and starting his life and he's gone. The next person could be your son."

 

Full story here  http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/horrified-mother-of-victim-calls-for-tougher-stance-on-kin...  

 

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This is the first court case.  

 

Kieran Loveridge accused of killing 18-year-old Thomas Kelly cries as he faces the court

 

July 13

 

 

His lawyer Sharon Ramsden said her client wouldn't be seeking bail but he was expected to make an application next Wednesday.

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The decision is  not up on the AustLII Databases yet

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FOUR YEARS IS A JOKE, SAYS KELLY MUM

there was a similar case in victoria earlier in the year, but there was (i believe ) no evidence of intent .  the result was the same, head injuries from the concrete kerb. anyway, in this case there wasn't a custodial sentence.

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