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SA man jailed for sexually abusing, secretly filming stepdaughter; An Adelaide Hills man with a surveillance equipment business has been jailed for more than eight years for sexually abusing his stepdaughter and secretly filming her in a bathroom
2014
Judge Gordon Barrett said he believed the man had \"sexual designs\" when he invited the girl to move in with him. \"The situation was made worse by you introducing her to drugs,\" Judge Barrett said. Judge Barrett said there was \"no question of suspension\" because the offending was too serious.
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SA:SA stepdad jailed over sex, drug offences
2014
ADELAIDE, Sept 10 AAP - A \"manipulative and controlling\" man has been jailed for sexually exploiting his 16-year-old stepdaughter, giving her drugs and taking pornographic images of them together. \"It was plain you had sexual designs on your stepdaughter when you did that,\" Judge Gordon Barrett said in the SA District Court on Wednesday. He described the offender as manipulative and controlling, noting the devastating effects on the girl and her mother, who said \"I am disgusted and feel hatred towards this man who was my husband\".
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People smuggler given minimum sentence; An Indonesian fisherman who was found guilty by an Adelaide jury of people smuggling will spend at least three years jail.Judge Gordon Barrett said Zainudin played a minor role in the operation and was as lenient as the law allowed
2012
\"They might even have known that if you were found guilty of people smuggling in Australia the sentencing judge would have no choice but to sentence you to a lengthy term of imprisonment.\" \"Your low level of involvement in this type of crime would call for leniency, but the only leniency I can extend to you is to impose the minimum penalty that the legislature allows me to impose.\" \"However, it is appropriate for the courts to draw the attention of the legislature to the fact that there is good reason to think that the terms of imprisonment which courts are required to impose are often considered to be disproportionate to the culpability of the low level of offenders who come before the courts.\"
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Indonesian people smuggler given minimum sentence; An Indonesian fisherman has been given the mandatory minimum sentence of at least three years jail for people smuggling
2012
\"They might even have known that if you were found guilty of people smuggling in Australia the sentencing judge would have no choice but to sentence you to a lengthy term of imprisonment.\" \"Your low level of involvement in this type of crime would call for leniency, but the only leniency I can extend to you is to impose the minimum penalty that the legislature allows me to impose.\" \"However, it is appropriate for the courts to draw the attention of the legislature to the fact that there is good reason to think that the terms of imprisonment which courts are required to impose are often considered to be disproportionate to the culpability of the low level of offenders who come before the courts.\"
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SA: Man guilty of SA crash that killed friend
2016
William Ferguson's four-wheel drive ran off the Lincoln Highway and rolled near Port Lincoln in October 2015, killing his friend Malinda Francis in the passenger seat. \"That is one of the consequences of taking methylamphetamine. After long wakefulness people's tiredness eventually catches up with them.\" \"I completely reject the accused's account of the lead-up to the crash. I think he has manufactured a story,\" the judge said.
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Man guilty of SA crash that killed friend
2016
\"That is one of the consequences of taking methylamphetamine. After long wakefulness people's tiredness eventually catches up with them.\"
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iPod death smash driver avoids jail; A speeding driver who killed two passengers after he was distracted by his iPod has been given a suspended sentence.Two of his workmates were killed in the crash
2012
\"Although you were travelling at over the speed limit, I found there were no other aggravating features of your driving.\" \"You have been devastated by the loss of your two work colleagues,\" he said. \"You are perfectly conscious of how serious this offence is.\"
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SA: Woman jailed 38 months over fatal SA crash
2016
The body of mother-of-three Kathleen Heraghty, 48, was flung against the windscreen of the car and Judge Gordon Barrett told the District Court on Friday that [Samantha Magdaleine Farrer] must have known she had at least seriously injured someone. When stopped by police, Ferrer said she thought she had hit a pole but Judge Barrett said that was not true and Farrer knew it wasn't true. Judge Barrett said Farrer had expressed her regret over the incident but had not acknowledged her guilt and was appealing her conviction.
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Underpants shooter Jason Griffiths jailed for 10 years over Salisbury Heights home invasion
2014
\"You drove all the way to Adelaide with the guns. You had plenty of time to reflect on what you were doing,\" Judge Gordon Barrett told the court. \"You went to the front door carrying the loaded shotgun. You say that you took the loaded shotgun to scare her.\" \"This time the prospects of your rehabilitation do not look good ... testing shows that you can be emotionally labile and angry and lash out at impulsively at people closest to you.\"
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SA: Woman on drugs guilty over SA road death
2016
Samantha Magdaleine Farrer, 39, was found guilty on Tuesday of causing death by dangerous driving and of leaving the scene of the crash, south of Adelaide, in December 2013. Kathleen Heraghty, 48, was riding along a straight stretch of road when she was hit, with District Court Judge Gordon Barrett rejecting Farrer's contention that she thought she had hit a post. In his verdict, Judge Barrett found that Farrer had most likely been distracted just before the impact as a result of having taken methamphetamine.
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