ex-member DonaldTrump wrote on Apr 12
th, 2007 at 11:58pm:
So this guy knows the attacker, but isn't naming him? And they're ONLY giving him 13 months???
They could have easily said if he didn't name the attacker, they would give him 10 years... but no... they decided to be 'politically correct' about it so not to 'upset' the large Sydney Islamic community... oh diddums.
The guy claims he was high on crystal meth at the time and can't remember the incident, very convenient i know, but unless he confesses to who did it the police can't charge him with the attack. Also, the judge can't increase his sentence, since they cannot prove he really knows who the attacker was (unless they have the ability to read his mind).
The police could only charge him with being an accessory since they could prove he was the getaway driver.
And i don't think this is a case of being politically correct, just another case of the judicial system failing again. If u cast ur memory back to a couple of months ago, the Australian rioter involved in the Cronulla riots got 11 months, so this sentence is on par. I reckon both sentences were light, and both the Australian and Lebanese rioter should have got longer prison sentences.