Aussie wrote on Aug 27
th, 2023 at 4:27pm:
On the other hand......do the crime, do the time.
A very Aarssie thing to say.
SLD, now 36, is still causing concern as authorities grapple with the question of what to do with him. His sentence has expired but he seems beyond rehabilitation. A problematic prisoner, he served the full two decades behind bars plus another two years ordered in 2021 when he was adjudged too dangerous to release. The court heard evidence that he fantasised about killing again and had threatened to rape female corrections officers.
‘Fixated on sex’ (like gweggy turd.
ed.)One psychiatrist observed that SLD was preoccupied with sex and fixated on losing his virginity immediately upon his release, leading to concerns for the safety of females around him. His psychological state, another expert concluded, “makes it more likely he would act without compunction should he feel the need”.
Now, a court, cautiously backed by a numerous experts and the state, has decided SLD can be freed but only under strict supervision that includes GPS monitoring and line-of-sight surveillance in a community offender support unit managed by Corrective Services on the grounds of Long Bay jail. However, there remains a sense of dread around the case of SLD, a shiver of unease that runs through the August court judgment.
SLD has been diagnosed with a severe personality disorder including anti-social and psychopathic features marked by an inflated sense of self-importance, entitlement and disregard for the feelings of others.
Managing him in the community would be “extremely challenging’’, Justice Stephen Campbell warned as he granted the five-year supervision order sought by the Crown.
If SLD removed his GPS monitor and absconded, said one expert, he was at high risk of committing a serious offence.
Justice Campbell, noted that SLD was “liable to offend in a circumstance where his will is denied” and “his offending may involve the use of a weapon”.
The judge was at pains to say that he was not asked to consider imposing another period of detention. Notwithstanding the challenges around the case, he said “it does seem apparent that there is nothing to be gained by keeping SLD in custody’’. Justice Campbell noted that the court needed to bear in mind “SLD’s general right to be at liberty following the expiration of the sentence lawfully passed upon him”. The experts said he could be safely managed in the community under stringent restrictions.
When SLD had served his 20 years, the state applied to the Supreme Court for a continuing detention order (CDO), a mechanism to detain prisoners who are at unacceptable risk of reoffending. In the face of unanimous psychiatric evidence of SLD’s continuing danger to the community, the order was granted and he remained in custody.
The court heard that the experts believed further time in prison would have little rehabilitative value on SLD and that he could be managed in the community with extreme restrictions – but only if he co-operated, which he had already struggled to do.
In the first months of living in the supervised offender support unit under the new restrictions on an interim order, SLD had already run into trouble, allegedly visiting an area of the unit that was out of bounds, and breaching internet restrictions by accessing WhatsApp, YouTube and a link-up app call Tagged. The court heard he told the arresting office, “listen miss, I will choose what conditions to follow and what ones aren’t important”, going on to say he should be allowed to leave the unit without supervision.
“His intense preoccupation with sex continued and was a frequent source of frustration to him and a source of his disgruntlement with the conditions,” Justice Campbell said. “Regrettably, his compliance with the ISO has not been free of significant disruption. It has not been what is required of him. He has made clear that ‘he will not follow conditions that he does not feel are important’.’’
At the time of Justice Campbell’s judgment on August 18, SLD was back in remand, having told another court that he was not willing to return to the secure unit. Corrective Services has said it is willing to have him in the unit if he agrees to behave. “I am not aware whether SLD has agreed to this,’’ Justice Campbell said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/courtney-morleyclarkes-killer-will-be-fr...The death penalty is the answer.
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