20 Oct 2022

Fresh wave of criticism after Meyer appeal declined

From Morning Report, 6:40 am on 20 October 2022

A failed bid to put a teenage serial rapist behind bars has sparked a fresh wave of criticism and possibly more protests.

The Crown belatedly appealed Jayden Meyer's sentence of nine months home detention after initially agreeing it was the right one that took a rehabilitation approach.

But in a scathing judgement Justice Sally Fitzgerald said they'd left it six weeks too late to try to overturn a punishment she is calling manifestly inadequate.

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