Police v Kinnara Connors [2022] ACTMC 6
1 judgment
Police v Kinnara Connors [2022] ACTMC 6
ReportAssault offences – decision of Galambany Circle sentencing Court – reference to chapters and Report from Bugmy Bar Book Project
Coram: Special Magistrate Hopkins
- 20 year old indigenous offender sentenced for assault offences
- Reference to the Significance of Culture to Wellbeing, Healing and Rehabilitation Report commissioned by the Bugmy Bar Book Committee and importance of offender’s growing connection to Country and culture for long-term healing and rehabilitation: at [4]
- Considered profound and emotional impact of childhood trauma with reference to chapters in Bugmy Bar Book on ‘Childhood Exposure to Domestic and Family Violence’ (November 2019); ‘Early Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse’ (November 2019), ‘Out-of-Home Care’, (September 2021) and ‘Interrupted School Attendance and Suspension’ (December 2019): at [50]-[52]
- Accepted evidence of positive engagement with Worldview Foundation program providing holistic life management programs and employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people facing disadvantage: at [55]-[59]
- Reference to potential negative consequences of imprisonment for offender and community, referring to Bugmy Bar Book, ‘Impacts of Imprisonment and Remand in Custody’ (November 2022) – imposed Intensive Correction Order: at [63]-[67]
Report: Report: Significance of Culture to Wellbeing, Healing and Rehabilitation (2021) (opens in a new tab)Report Judgments (opens in a new tab)See full case: 2022 ACTMC 6 (opens in a new tab)