Tony Robertson to become ‘pin-up-boy’ to change Appeal system

8th April 2016
“If the criminals knew they risked having their sentence increased I am sure we would see a drastic reduction in these ridiculous appeals.” McVicar

The Sensible Sentencing Trust will be using the Tony Robertson appeal as an example of why New Zealand’s appellate system must change.

Trust founder, Garth McVicar said, “Robertson has spent much of his criminal life making a mockery of the justice system and now he has ridiculed and taunted the Appeal Court.”

“The Appeal Court has the jurisdiction to increase a criminal’s sentence in cases where an appeal was frivolous and we believe Robertson’s case was an absolute classic example of a frivolous appeal.”
‘It seems ironic on the same day the Parole Board exercised its powers to give child killer Jules Mikus a 5 year postponement order the Appeal Court allow an equally venomous criminal to make a laughing stock of them.”

McVicar said SST would be making Robertson the pin-up-boy to change the appeal system.
“We will write to every MP and lobby to have legislation introduced to ensure that in cases like Robertson it would be mandatory for the Appeal Court to increase the applicant’s sentence.”
“I am sure there would be no tears for Robertson if the Appeal Court had used their prerogative and increased his 24 year sentence by at least 10 years.”

“If the criminals knew they risked having their sentence increased I am sure we would see a drastic reduction in these ridiculous appeals.”

Both Mikus and Robertson feature in the Sensible Sentencing Offender Data Base.

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