Etheredge v Freeman [2022] ACTMC 11
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Etheredge v Freeman [2022] ACTMC 11
ReportSentencing for property damage – Galambany Court – reference to incarceration of caregivers chapter of Bugmy Bar Book and Significance of Culture to Wellbeing, Healing and Rehabilitation Report
Coram: Special Magistrate Hopkins
- Aboriginal offender with disadvantaged background including incarceration of father, early substance abuse and death of Grandmother
- Referenced Incarceration of a Parent or Caregiver chapter from Bugmy Bar Book – research establishes negative and intergenerational impact of incarceration of parent on child’s emotional, behavioural and psychological development: [21]-[22]
- Referenced Vanessa Edwige and Dr Paul Gray, Significance of Culture to Wellbeing, Healing and Rehabilitation report – importance of strengthening connection to community and culture as central to long-term healing and rehabilitation of offender: [39]
- Suspended sentence imposed as recommended by elders – reference to Yeddung Mura: Aboriginal corporation delivering services to First Nations People in ACT: [63]
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