Arnie's owner appears in court

[Boronia]

https://redlandbaysidenews.com.au/court-appearance-for-man-accused-of-accidentally-killing-dog-and-inventing-stolen-car-story-as-cover/

 

[persephone]

sadly, he won't get what he deserves

[Boronia]

Just saw this taken from Brisbane Times:

"he was sentenced to 240 hours of community service, with no conviction recorded."

from the Moreton Bay Lost and Found Pets (Brisbane Northside) FB page     https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17s6spah9L/

 

[persephone]

[Boronia]

Sensible ABC link  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/arnie-the-dog-owner-nathan-mckeown-sentenced/106307612

 

[Little Gifts]

Very disappointing.  I know his life is now quite messed up from all his lies, but he deliberately broke multiple laws and cost an innocent animal its life. He needs to be punished in a legal sense for that.

[tdierikx]

What is the point of disqualifying him from driving for 8 months... when he was already driving while disqualified?? And driving so drunk and drugged up that he forgot where he parked the bloody car to boot! Those offences alone should have attracted a heftier punishment, let alone he caused the death of his dog during the whole stupid incident.

 

240 hours community service and no conviction recorded is nowhere near enough of a penalty for him to learn from his mistakes. It appears the court of public opinion is punishing him more effectively than the justice system has... not that I agree with vigilantism, but at least he's suffering some sort of consequence I suppose.

 

Our justice system allows judges/magistrates to exercise a certain amount of discretion in sentencing for most crimes not regarded as major (like murder or rape), but maybe there should be some bare minimum sentences for things like this that actually equate to the level of stupidity/indifference displayed by the offender. At the very least this guy's conviction should have been recorded, if only for the driving offences, as by driving while disqualified/intoxicated made him a repeat offender on that count alone.

 

T.