Director of Public Prosecutions v Pont
[2022] VCC 1940
•9 November 2022
| IN THE COUNTY COURT OF VICTORIA | Revised Not Restricted Suitable for Publication |
AT Melbourne
CRIMINAL DIVISION
CR-21-02327
| DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS |
| v |
| BARRY PONT |
JUDGE: | HER HONOUR JUDGE CANNON | |
WHERE HELD: | Melbourne | |
DATE OF HEARING: | 8 March 2022, 10 May 2022, 8 August 2022, 20 September 2022 and 27 October 2022 respectively | |
DATE OF SENTENCE: | 9 November 2022 | |
CASE MAY BE CITED AS: | DPP v Pont | |
MEDIUM NEUTRAL CITATION: | [2022] VCC 1940 | |
REASONS FOR SENTENCE
Subject: CRIMINAL LAW
Catchwords: Sentence – Pleas of guilty – Aggravated burglary – Aggravated carjacking – Theft (2) – Drive whilst disqualified (Summary charge) – Relevant criminal history – History of alcohol abuse – Intoxicated at time of offending – No Victim Impact statements - Expert opinion – Suffers from Bipolar Effective Disorder, alcohol use disorder and benzodiazepine use disorder – Diagnosed with bipolar effective disorder during a five year abstinence from alcohol - Likely experiencing manic relapse of Bipolar Effective Disorder at time of offending – Impossibility of knowing contributory role of alcohol compared with that of Bipolar Effective Disorder in relation to offending – Expert opinion that, given the bizarre nature of offending, it would not have occurred in absence of mental health condition - Exception to mandatory s10AD Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) made out - Sufficient evidence to show on balance of probabilities impaired mental function at time of offending causally linked to commission of offences
Legislation: Mental Health Act 2014; s10A(2)(c)(i) and s10AD Sentencing Act 1991
Sentence: Convicted and sentenced (Indictable Charge 3) to 509 days’ imprisonment – Convicted and Sentenced on Indictable Charges 1, 2, 4 and Summary Charge 4 to Community Corrections Order (CCO) of 2 years’ duration – CCO conditions of supervision, drug and alcohol assessment and treatment and mental health assessment and treatment – 511 days’ imprisonment already served – s.6AAA Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) declaration – Ancillary order – Licence cancellation and disqualification (Indictable Charge 3)
APPEARANCES: | Counsel | Solicitors |
| For the Director of Public Prosecutions | Mr J. Goetz (Plea) Mr R. Casey (Sentence) | Solicitor for Public Prosecutions |
| For the Accused | Mr J. Barriero (Plea) Mr S. Northeast (Sentence) | Geelong Lawyers |
HER HONOUR:
1Barry Pont, you have pleaded guilty to one charge of aggravated burglary and one charge of aggravated carjacking. Each of these offences have a maximum penalty of 25 years' imprisonment. You have also pleaded guilty to two charges of theft and that offence has a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment. You have pleaded guilty to the summary charge of driving while suspended which has a maximum penalty of two years' imprisonment or 240 penalty units.
2I must take into account the maximum penalty for the offences you have committed as they reflect the seriousness with which Parliament regards them. You were 61 at the time of the offending and you are now 62.
3
On Wednesday, 16 June 2021 you were walking along Douro Street,
North Geelong trying to get into various premises. At 12.30 am you tried to force the front gate and another gate at premises for L & H Poultry, but you were unable to enter. You then forced, and apparently broke, a metal fence picket and squeezed through the gap, gaining entry to the loading bay area of the factory. You entered an open door of the factory and hid behind a skip to avoid being seen by an employee who walked out of the cool room area.
4You found a filleting knife, which had been left on a box nearby. When a female employee approached in your direction you spoke to her whilst waving the knife around. A second employee exited the cool room and saw you at this time. Neither of these people, nor a number of others, were able to understand English, and so they could not understand what you were saying and you could not understand them. You followed the two employees back into the cool room working area. Once in that area you walked around waving and pointing the knife aggressively.
5You tried to engage in conversation with an employee whose last name was Nguyen. However, due to language barriers it is unknown what was said. The witness Nguyen walked past you and out of the cool room area as the other employees continued working. You walked out of the cool room area where three employees had gone and again engaged in conversation with Nguyen. You left the factory and returned to the loading bay area, looking into the car park before going back inside the factory.
6At this time a Mr Vu was sitting in the driver's seat of his car talking on his mobile phone. He did not notice you come out and return to the factory. Mr Vu pulled his car out from the loading area and onto the crossover area, closing the gate behind him. He returned to the driver's seat and waited in the car with the engine running. When you returned inside the factory you again approached Mr Nguyen and engaged in an unknown conversation. Whilst doing this you continued to hold and wave the knife around. You then followed Mr Nguyen back into the cool room area where he continued to work.
7You then walked around the cool room and entered a second cool room area, looking through boxes of chicken stacked on pallets. Mr Nguyen approached you and engaged in further conversation, telling you to leave the cool room. Shortly after this you walked out through both cool rooms and again into the loading dock area.
8The conduct that I have just described gives rise to Charge 1, aggravated burglary, and Charge 2, theft, which relates to you stealing the filleting knife. The basis for Charge 3, aggravated carjacking, is that when you went to the loading dock area you saw the illuminated taillights of Mr Vu's car which was still stationary outside the gates. You hid beside a white minibus parked in a loading dock. You moved the knife, which was in your right hand behind your back, and peered around the bus to Mr Vu's car. You waited for about a minute before approaching the car.
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At 12.46 am you opened the gate and approached the passenger side door of
Mr Vu's car. You opened the door and asked Mr Vu, 'Who are you?' Mr Vu replied that he worked at the factory. You then said, 'Who the fuck are you?' You then entered the car further, producing the knife, and you held it
5 centimetres away from Mr Vu's neck. Mr Vu, who was afraid of being attacked by you, got out of his car with its stull running, but he had the keys in his pocket. He opened the gate and returned to the factory, carefully watching you. You followed him.
10When he got to the loading dock area you demanded the keys from Mr Vu. You started to aggressively wave and point the knife at him, causing him to run into the cool room area in extreme fear. You followed Mr Vu into the cool room and continued to wave the knife around, yelling and causing all the employees to congregate together and to back away from you in fear. You approached the group who fled to a second cool room area and hid behind bins and boxes. You then took a trolley containing four boxes of chicken from the cool room and left the factory.
11After you loaded the boxes into the backseat of Mr Vu's car. One of the employees attempted to get into Mr Vu's car to prevent you from leaving. You chased the employee twice with the knife around the car before getting into the driver's seat. Shortly after this you got out of the car and approached the employees, all of whom were congregated in the car park area of the factory. You further demanded Mr Vu's keys before getting back into the car and driving away north on Douro Street.
12Your theft of the boxes of chicken gives rise to Charge 4. You also committed the offence of driving whilst your licence was suspended which gives rise to the summary offence. I was told that your offending was captured on CCTV cameras at the factory and the relevant footage was provided to police.
13At about 1.28 am police, who were patrolling the area, observed the stolen car in the back of 79 Giddings Street, North Geelong. You were found sitting in the driver's seat of the car and you were arrested by police. You appeared to be intoxicated. The knife and three boxes of chicken were found in the car. The chicken was returned to the factory for disposal.
14You took part in a record of interview at 6.01 am and during that interview you made full admissions to all offending, saying that the reason for it was that you had had enough and wanted to rob someone. You made extensive admissions to your offending in the course of the record of interview, saying that you had been drinking and had been talking to your son who had been in a lot of trouble with the Tax Department. You said it had just got to you, that you had no family left, that your wife had left and your two boys had died. You then thought that you might go and rob someone.
15You then gave a fairly full account of your offending, saying that you took Mr Vu's car because your car had been T-boned on both sides. You said that you had been drinking for three days and you knew that you cannot drink as you did stupid things when you did drink. That you used to go to AA to stop, but you had stopped going. You said you lost control and when that happens people get hurt. That you went for a drive in the car and ended up putting it in the backyard. You sat in it and had a smoke and then the police turned up.
16You said you wished to get into a factory and just see what was worth taking. That you were not going to rob anyone personally. You said that you were a boilermaker or welder by trade, and knew what to take. You denied threatening Mr Vu with the knife. You said you asked him to give you the keys, but he said it did not have any keys. You denied holding the knife close to Mr Vu's throat, but agreed that someone who was sitting in the car, as he was, might perceive that you were pointing the knife at him. You said that if you were in his position you would feel 'pretty worried'. You also referred to Mr Vu's ethnic background in the most racist and deplorable terms. I do hope that you know better than this in the cold light of day, Mr Pont.
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Mr Pont, you have committed offences which objectively are serious and I must impose a punishment which is just in all of the relevant circumstances. Your conduct must also be appropriately denounced in all of the relevant circumstances. You entered the workplace of a number of people who were doing nothing more than trying to earn a living in the dead of night. You engaged in aggressive and frightening conduct towards a number of them, especially
Mr Vu. These people were entitled to go about their business and feel safe in doing so, but you put their sense of safety at risk.
18There are no victim impact statements, but it takes little imagination to know that your conduct must have been very frightening for the employees at the factory, especially Mr Vu, and it is to be hoped that the trauma that you no doubt inflicted on that occasion is something that these people have been able to have addressed. However, I agree with defence that your offending was bizarre, and it appears that at the time you were labouring under an impairment of mental function, in combination with a high level of intoxication. I will return to this aspect a little later on.
19In sentencing you I must have regard to your criminal history which is not the lengthiest these courts have ever seen, however, it does have some matters directly relevant to your current offending.
20On 25 June 2014 you were dealt with for one charge of make threat to kill and one charge of unlawful assault. You received a six-month good behaviour bond with which you complied.
21On 15 December 2016 you were convicted of recklessly causing injury and fined $500.
22On 28 November 2017 you were dealt with by way of an adjournment without conviction for shop theft.
23On 30 January 2019 you were convicted of three charges of intentionally damaging property and one charge of contravening an interim personal safety intervention order, and placed on a 12-month community correction order with various conditions, including supervision, alcohol dependency assessment and treatment, and offending behaviour programs as directed. The previous shop theft charges were dismissed upon compliance of your good behaviour undertaking in relation to that matter.
24On 6 December 2019 you were convicted of one charge of theft and ordered to undergo a six-month community corrections order. On that day you were dealt with for breaching the community corrections order imposed on 30 January 2019 and the order was varied so that it was extended to 29 July 2020.
25Clearly, the offending for which I sentence you is of a more serious nature than these matters and I take into account that this has been your first time in gaol.
26In sentencing you I take into account your background, although an accurate account of this has been somewhat hampered because of the state of your mental health. However, I understand that you have spent your entire life living in the Geelong area and you are the oldest of five children. You went to school until Year 11 and you reported being physically abused as a child by your father who was a disciplinarian. You have worked most of your life in a range of areas, including the old Ford Motor factory, in welding and in the construction industry.
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You were with your now former wife for 33 years. The relationship ended
12 years ago, however, you have three children from that relationship, two of whom are still alive. Sadly, you son Luke died in 2017 of a drug overdose when he was 29 years old. You have another son and a daughter, both of whom are in their late 30s. I was told that you have consumed alcohol excessively at various times in your life and that at the time of the offending your increased consumption of alcohol occurred in the context of a downward spiral. I was told that your grandson, Cayden, who was only eight years old, died from a congenital heart condition in 2017, and your son Luke died only three months after this. Your daughter, who suffered from mental health and drug addiction problems, had been admitted into a rehabilitation facility and you had recently suffered the breakdown of a relationship with a woman called Susan.
28In sentencing you I have allowed for a significant discount in the sentence which you would otherwise receive due to your early preparedness to plead guilty to the offences which occurred in the Magistrates' Court at the committal mention stage. In pleading guilty at this early stage, you have saved the witnesses the time and trouble of giving evidence, and you have saved the community the time and expense of running contested proceedings.
29Also, you are entitled to a palpable allowance in your favour due to the fact that you have been prepared to plead guilty during the COVID-19 pandemic and in doing so you have contributed to the reduction of the backlog of trials in this court. Also, you have been in custody for nearly one and a half years and, therefore, you have borne the brunt of COVID-19 restrictions which have varied in severity from time to time. Therefore, you have endured a particularly harsh form of incarceration which I have taken into account.
30A central matter in your case has been your mental health and the degree to which your mental illness contributed to the offending. Although the prosecution relied on particular extracts from the record of interview, which were comprehensible, there were answers that you gave during the course of that interview which were of a bizarre and clearly florid nature and the offending itself, as I have said, was of a bizarre nature, occurring in full view of CCTV and many witnesses, close to your home and in circumstances where I understand that you did not need a car, or the poultry that you stole, nor did you need money.
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I have taken into account the psychological reports of Mr Aaron Cunningham, forensic psychologist, dated 4 October 2021 and Ms Carla Lechner, clinical psychologist, dated 4 January 2021. As noted by your counsel in written submissions, according to Mr Cunningham's report you were diagnosed with bipolar disorder 20 years ago and you have been prescribed Tegretol for
17 years, as well as Seroquel. You gave a description of your offending to
Mr Cunningham which was rather fantastical, clearly signalling that you were unwell and were experiencing a range of delusions.
32When you were assessed by Ms Lechner over two sessions in December 2021 you again gave an account which was somewhat contradictory and confusing. You told her that you had stopped taking your medication in the months leading up to the offending and described experiencing extreme stress, like a pressure cooker. At that time, you presented with an elevated mood, and grandiose and tangential thinking, again making references to some fantastical matters. At that time, you impressed as being mentally unwell and you had been recommended psychotropic medication. You had symptoms of a bipolar mood disorder at that time and had recommenced taking mood stabilisers whilst in custody.
33When this matter was originally listed for hearing in this court your counsel had requested the matter to be adjourned so that further assessment of your mental health be made. I agreed with that view and a psychiatric assessment of you through Forensicare was arranged. A report was prepared by Dr Katherine Tan, consultant psychiatrist. The report indicated that you had suffered a relapse of bipolar effective disorder to the point where you no longer were able to plead. This resulted in the hearing for your matter to be adjourned so that we could see if you were going to be well enough to enter a plea and take part in proceedings after several months. Subsequently you became well enough to enter pleas.
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However, it was agreed that a pre‑sentence report ought to be obtained from
Dr Tan in relation to the state of your mental health at the time of the offending and the extent of its contribution toward the offending. Dr Tan provided the court with a most helpful further report on 20 October this year, where she gave the following opinions: she found that your presentation and history were consistent with bipolar effective disorder, alcohol use disorder, and benzodiazepine use disorder. After noting that she had previously found you unfit to stand trial, and then, after a period of mental health treatment, fit to stand trial, she indicated that she was of the view that you were presently fit, although you maintained some unusual beliefs.
35She found that whilst impossible to give a numerical or fractional figure in respect of the contributory role of alcohol, compared with the role of bipolar effective disorder, in respect of your offending, she said that at the time of the offending it appeared that you were likely experiencing a manic relapse of bipolar effective disorder and that, given the bizarre nature of your offending, it was her opinion that this would not have occurred in the absence of your mental health condition. She also noted that you were first diagnosed with bipolar effective disorder during a period of five years of abstinence from alcohol and in the context of other psychosocial stressors.
36She found that your current offending occurred in the context of alcohol intoxication which was likely a contributory factor, however, your offending did not occur as a result of your alcohol use alone. She found that on the balance of probabilities she believed it was unlikely that you have committed the offences simply because of alcohol intoxication alone in the absence of bipolar effective disorder or other major mental illness. Dr Tan said that when she most recently interviewed you on 29 September this year you showed some early warning signs of relapse. However, you also showed good insight into the need to engage with therapeutic intervention and to be open in your communication with your treating team.
37She found that your prognosis was dependent on your capacity to engage with ongoing mental health supports and drug and alcohol treatment services. In reaching her conclusions as to the role of your mental illness in the offending, she also noted the fact that you did not have a significant criminal history before the current offending. Dr Tan noted that you were currently under the care of the Ravenhall Outpatient Intensive Case Management Service who could provide an update in relation to any discharge planning and community support upon release from custody. She also indicated that assistance could be obtained from the Mental Health Advice and Response Service in order to facilitate communication between the various mental health services which would be relevant to you.
38She said that it was her strong advice that you did not stop taking medication without first obtaining advice from a healthcare professional and that if you were to be released into the community you would benefit from a referral to your relevant area mental health service. In this regard I agree with you, Mr Pont, who said on the last occasion, as I recall, that the best professional help you could receive, perhaps in addition to other treaters, was a psychiatrist. That person needs to keep you on top of your medication and see whether changes need to be made from time to time and, of course, the most important thing is you have got to keep taking the medication as directed.
39Dr Tan noted that you did not currently meet criteria for involuntary treatment under the Mental Health Act 2014, which means that you would engage in any mental health follow-up as a voluntary client unless the court ordered otherwise and that is what I plan to do. She also said that it was important for you to receive drug and alcohol supports with interventions focusing on triggers, early warning signs and vulnerable periods for use and/or relapse. Dr Tan also noted that you had indicated that you have stable accommodation upon release and an established therapeutic relationship with a local general practitioner. She encouraged you to engage with all services made available to you by the court and other services.
40In view of the psychiatric pre-sentence report to which I have just referred, the prosecution most properly made the following concessions. Firstly, that the exception provided by s10A(2)(c)(i) of the Sentencing Act 1991 (which I will refer to as 'the Act') - that the exception to the mandatory s10AD of the Act, which imposed a mandatory minimum non-parole period, had been made out and that there was sufficient evidence to show on the balance of probabilities that at the time of the offending you had impaired mental functioning which was causally linked to the commission of the offence such that it substantially reduced your culpability.
41However, as you have committed the offence of aggravated carjacking pursuant to s10A(2)(c)(i) of the Sentencing Act 1991 (which I will refer to as 'the Act') - that the exception to the mandatory s10AD of the Act, this meant that I must make an order in relation to that offence that you serve a term of imprisonment and that in relation to that particular offence I must not impose a sentence of imprisonment in combination with a community corrections order. However, it does not mean that in relation to the other offences which you have committed that I may not impose a community corrections order.
42Mr Goetz for the prosecution submitted that the court ought to impose a term of imprisonment with a non-parole period. However, when I asked him about a combination sentence involving a community corrections order and sentence of imprisonment, he indicated that this would be acceptable. The concern for the prosecution was that you are subject to supervision in the community. I understand that concern as it also has been mine.
43In view of the evidence now before me as to your impairment of mental function at the time of the offending, the causal nexus with the offending and the extent to which your mental illness was operating on you, as well as the proper concessions made by the prosecution, I find that your moral culpability is substantially reduced, as is the weight which would otherwise attach to general and specific deterrence. The weight which I would otherwise attach to punishment and denunciation is also substantially reduced.
44On the other hand, I must place fairly substantial weight on protection of the community, although you are currently in a much better position than you were at the time of the offending. Having said all this, there are some early warning signs that your mental health may be declining and so I must also be concerned about this and your history of alcohol abuse.
45I have read the most helpful letters from your mother and your brother, Alan, both of whom are very supportive of you, and who confirm the difficulties that you have suffered in your life and the apparent impact of these upon you. Your brother confirmed that you have a strong work ethic, and that you are intelligent and motivated in respect of any work that you have done, and you are a valuable team member who is always willing to help your workmates. Your mother and your brother also spoke about your medical health problems concerning your heart and diabetes which have not been managed well by you.
46In view of your mental health and medical health issues, I find that any time in gaol that you have already served, and would otherwise serve if I were to keep you there, would be harsher because of these conditions. In all of the relevant circumstances I find that your prospects of rehabilitation are guardedly good, however, the challenge for you will be to take advantage of all of the supports offered to you under the community corrections order that I am going to impose, and to maintain your abstinence from alcohol or any other addictive substance, as well as to ensure that you maintain your medication regime and receive good, prompt and regular advice and monitoring in these respects.
47Mr Barreiro, who appeared on your behalf at the plea hearing, submitted that the time that you had served in custody, in view of all the relevant circumstances, was enough, and that I ought simply to impose a sentence for the equivalent period, declaring that the time had already been served. As I said to Mr Barreiro, I must also be concerned for protection of the community and balancing all relevant matters.
48In my view, notwithstanding a reduction in the weight attaching to a number of sentencing principles, it was appropriate to impose a sentence which would involve you undertaking a community corrections order immediately upon your release from custody. It is my hope and expectation that Community Corrections liaise with the relevant authorities in order to facilitate a smooth and effective transition for you into the community in circumstances where you have been deemed suitable for a community corrections order.
49Therefore, in relation to all of the offences, including the summary offence, you are convicted and you are sentenced as follows: first of all, I am going to deal with Charge 3. In relation to Charge 3 I impose a sentence of 509 days' imprisonment and I declare that that period has already been served. In fact, you have served 511 days' imprisonment now because of the internet breakdown, but, in my view, 509 days is the appropriate sentence in relation to that charge, all relevant matters considered.
50In relation to Charges 1, 2 and 4, as well as the summary charge, I intend to place you on a community corrections order, but I can only do this with your consent. So please listen carefully to the order that I propose. The community corrections order would run for a period of two years. The conditions of the community corrections order would be the mandatory terms that apply to all community corrections orders which are:
- you must not commit another offence for which you could be imprisoned during the time that the order is in force;
- you must comply with any obligation or requirement prescribed by regulation 17 of the Sentencing Regulations 2011;
- you must report to, and receive visits from, the secretary to the Department of Justice or his or her delegate;
- you must report to the Geelong Community Correction Centre before 4 pm within two clear working days of your release from gaol. So, within two clear working days of today. And so that means that you have to report to them by 4 pm on Friday;
- you must let a community corrections officer know within two clear working days of you changing your address or job;
- you must not leave Victoria without first obtaining permission to do so from the secretary to the Department of Justice or his or her delegate;
- you must obey all lawful instructions from, and directions of, the secretary to the Department of Justice or his or her delegate.
51The conditions that apply in addition to the mandatory terms that I have just referred to are:
- you must be under the supervision of a community corrections officer for a period of two years;
- you must undergo assessment and treatment, including testing, for drug and alcohol abuse or dependency as directed by the regional manager;
- you must undergo mental health assessment and treatment, including but not limited to mental health, psychological, neuropsychological and psychiatric treatment, if necessary, in a hospital or residential facility as directed by the regional manager. In this regard I require that you be referred for psychiatric and psychological assessment and treatment urgently, and that this mental health condition and drug and alcohol condition that I have imposed, or would impose, I require that those conditions be applied intensively by Community Corrections throughout the duration of the order.
52Now, having heard the conditions that I propose, do you consent to the terms and conditions of the order?
53OFFENDER: Yes, I do, Your Honour.
54HER HONOUR: Thank you. I should tell you that if you do not comply with all of the requirements of the order you will face breach proceedings before me. You will be sentenced in relation to the breach and you will be resentenced in relation to the charges, in which case you may well be sentenced to a period of imprisonment. I would regard a breach of the community corrections order as a most serious matter, whether it be because of further offending or because of non‑compliance with any of the other conditions of the order. Do you understand this?
55OFFENDER: I do, Your Honour.
56HER HONOUR: Do you still consent to the order?
57OFFENDER: I do.
58HER HONOUR: All right. Thank you. Well, therefore, in relation to the charges, except for Charge 3 which I have previously told you about, you are convicted and sentenced to a community corrections order in the terms and conditions that I have just set out. If not for your pleas of guilty I would have sentenced you a total effective sentence of five years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of three years.
59In respect of Charge 3, as the law requires this, I must cancel all driver's licences held by you and you are disqualified from driving for a period of 24 months.
60Is there any backdating available in relation to that, Mr Prosecutor?
61MR CASEY: I'm actually not sure, Your Honour. I don't think there's a restriction on that.
62HER HONOUR: I don't think there is.
63MR CASEY: No.
64HER HONOUR: Yes, I don't think there is.
65MR CASEY: So, it's a matter for Your Honour.
66HER HONOUR: Yes, well, I think it will have to be from today unfortunately.
67MR CASEY: Commence from today.
68HER HONOUR: It would be good if Mr Pont could get his licence back sooner than that, but it seems that the law requires this. I'll give leave to the parties if they find out that I can backdate it to some other date - - -
69MR CASEY: Yes, Your Honour. Thank you.
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HER HONOUR: - - - to let me know and I'll amend the orders accordingly. All right. All right. Well, look, I have made those orders and the document setting out the community corrections order has been prepared so I would ask that you help Mr Pont with the signing of the community corrections order, please,
Mr Northeast.
71MR NORTHEAST: Thank you, Your Honour.
72HER HONOUR: All right. Yes, I've signed that order. All the very best, Mr Pont. I really do - I hope you keep going the way you're going - - -
73OFFENDER: Thank you.
74HER HONOUR: - - - and keep things under control with your medication and getting the help that you need. Okay.
75OFFENDER: I had been out of control. I'll fix that, Your Honour.
76HER HONOUR: Well, done. Good on you.
77OFFENDER: Thank you.
78HIS HONOUR: All right. Yes, we'll now adjourn.
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