Lilico v Meyers

[2003] QCA 1

[2003] QCA 1

COURT OF APPEAL

WILLIAMS JA
JERRARD JA
MACKENZIE J

Appeal No 7 of 2003
THOMAS JAMES LILICO  Appellant/Applicant
v.
FEDERAL AGENT PATRICK MEYERS  Respondent 
BRISBANE
..DATE 14/01/2003

ORDER

WILLIAMS JA:  The Court has reached the conclusion that a custodial sentence was called for given the need for the sentence to be an effective general deterrent against conduct of the type in question.  But given the personal circumstances of the applicant the Court has reached the conclusion that he should be released from the sentence of three months imprisonment pursuant to section 20(1)(b) of the Crimes Act after serving 14 days thereof. 

The Court will publish fuller reasons for arriving at that conclusion at a later date.  The order of the Court will therefore be:

1. Grant leave to appeal;
2. Allow the appeal only to the extent of deleting the provision that the applicant be released after serving one month and inserting in lieu thereof a provision that the applicant be released after serving 14 days of the sentence imposed.

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