How to impose a sentence properly
Court in the Act • Friday, February 15, 2013 Judge hurls abuse at accused in sentencing proceedings ... The Far North Queensland sentencing model
Harrison DCJ: a fine sprayJUDGE Brian Harrison at the Qld Dizzo sitting in Innisfail showed the nation his rigorous sentencing style.
It involved heaping a pile of abuse on the wretch before him - in this case Michael Tewa Tawhi Tamou.
"Stand up please Mr Tamou," Harrison ordered.
He then proceeded to call the hapless soul a ...
"Clown ... idiot ... grub ... boofhead ... goose ... bludger ... angry idiot ... and brainless."
Tamou has breached a community service order, committed numous offences and been before the courts on multiple occasions.
Judge Harrison was fed-up to the back teeth:
"You are going to remain on parole now for about 10 months, and it's up you you.
I don't hold out any confidence. Someone is going to say something to you one day, someone is going to cut you off in a car, or someone is going to say 'boo' to you and out will come the fist, about three seconds before the brain, because that's the way you operate. And I don't think you are ever going to change."
What would the court of appeal say about HH's ripe lingo?
Probably it would think that he was spot-on.
See for yourself.
Far North Queensland, Judge Harrison, Sentencing
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