In the matter of the Corrections Act 1997
and
In the matter of an Application for Parole by Nicole Maree Sterling
13 September 2005
The Board has considered your application for parole and we have decided that we will grant you parole. You will be paroled from the 22 September 2005 until the 22 March 2006.
You will be provided with a copy of your parole order upon your release from prison. You will need to sign that. You will need to carefully read the conditions of your parole.
One of those conditions is that you refrain from the consumption of prohibited substances and drugs. You will be drug tested during your period of parole and if you return a positive reading you will come back before the Board and I think you realise that your parole will be revoked.
We have also made an order that you refrain from the consumption of intoxicating liquor and that you not enter upon or remain upon licensed premises except for the purpose of attending Drysdale.
(DISCUSSION ON ATTENDANCE AT SPORTING VENUES)
After further consideration the Board has reached what it considers to be a compromise. We will delete the condition you not go on licensed premises so you can go onto licensed premises but remaining in place that you can’t consume intoxicating liquor.
So you can play netball, go for a drink of soft drink with the girls afterwards, but you can’t drink any alcohol.
The Board notes that you were convicted of one count of aggravated robbery and we take into account the comments on sentence made Slicer J when sentencing you.
The Board also has been provided with victim impact statements which were tendered to the Court and we take into account the effect that your crime had upon your victims.
We also note that you were charged with being in possession of stolen property and obtaining goods by false pretences and motor vehicle.
As a result of all of your criminal conduct you received a sentence of eighteen months imprisonment and fifty-seven days for non payment of fines.
The Board notes that your earliest release date is the 18 December 2005. We are of the view that you should be granted parole primarily because you have made a significant effort to free yourself from drugs. We note that your prior offending was all drug related. We note that you were previously on the methadone program and you are now free from that program and you have been drug free for a period of some seven months and you have returned negative drug tests when you’ve been tested in prison.
In our view given your earliest release date is December of this year you would benefit from a period of parole and for that reason we intend paroling you effective from the 22 September 2005.
You will be on parole, as I said, till March next year. You will be drug tested during that time. If there is any slip up you can expect to come back before us and you can expect to go back to prison.
