Federal Court of Australia
NOT FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
DISTRICT REGISTRY
GENERAL DIVISION
No. G 39 of 1986
ON APPEAL FROM THE, SUPREME COURT
OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
BETWEEN : GEOFFREY ANDREW CHARLES WILLIAMS Applicant AND: THE QUEEN Respondent Th MINUTE OF ORDER \% YY OK ¢ JUDGE MAKING ORDER Neaves J. Re ced DATE OF ORDER 1 August 1986 6 25 AUG 1986 FEDERAL "vn, OF
WHERE, MADE Canberra
AUST, LIV PRINCIPAL
DHE COURT ORDERS THAT the application be dismissed.
Note: of the Federal Court Rules.
Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
DISTRICT REGISTRY
) ) ) ) No. G 39 of 1986 ) ) )
GENERAL DIVISION
ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
BETWEEN : GEOFFREY ANDREW CHARLES WILLIAMS Applicant AND: THE QUEEN Respondent CORAM: Neaves J. DATE 1 August 1986
EX TEMPORE REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
This is an application by Geoffrey Andrew Charles Williams ("the applicant") for bail pending the hearing of an appeal instituted by him in this Court against the severity of the sentence imposed upon him in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (Kelly J.) for an offence of maliciously inflicting grievious bodily harm, an offence against s.35 of the Crimes Act, 1900 (N.S.W.) in its application to the Territory. It is unnecessary to refer to the facts giving rise to the offence in any detail. It 1s
sufficient to say that the applicant was waiting ina toilet
block at a caravan park at the north side of Canberra and he attacked the victim, who was then aged about 70 years, when she came in to use the toilet facilities 1n the block and inflicted upon her general injuries including serious facial injuries. Kelly J. described the attack as a brutal one. The applicant had pleaded guilty to that offence, which was committed on 31 January 1985, and on 30 May 1986 he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of eighteen months with a non-parole
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