Parole Board Decision

In the matter of the Corrections Act 1997

and

In the matter of an Application for Parole by Justin Richard Maynard

24 April 2006

Reason for Decision

The applicant is presently in custody in relation to the following offences:

(a) Unlawful Possession

(b) Common Assault

(c) Aggravated Armed Robbery

(d) Assault

(e) Injure to property

(f) Trafficking in a narcotic substance

(g) Trafficking in relation to a prohibited substance

(h) Assault

(i) Trespass

(j) Stealing

(k) Unlawful possession

(l) Aggravated Burglary

(m) Assault (4 counts)

(n) Aggravated Assault (4 counts)

(o) Attempted Burglary

The applicant received a sentence of imprisonment of 8 years 4 months and 28 days in relation to all of the above offences.

On 19 April 2005 the applicant was granted parole in relation to the above offences. As a result of the applicant being charged with a further offence his parole was revoked on 22 July 2005.

The applicant is now eligible to be considered for parole again and has been for sometime.

The applicants earliest release date from prison is 26 May 2008.

The Board has been provided with documentation, which fully outlines the circumstances surrounding the offences committed by the applicant.

The Board has been provided with a number of victim impact statements, which fully outline the affect the applicant’s conduct has had upon the victims of his crimes. The Board has taken the various statements into account when considering the prisoner’s application for parole.

In considering the prisoner’s application for parole the Board has taken into account the statutory criteria that it is required to do so pursuant to the Correction’s Act 1997

The Board has taken the following matters into account when considering the prisoner’s application for parole:

(a) The comprehensive pre parole report prepared by his probation officer

(b) The applicant’s prison record which has been satisfactory

(c) The applicant’s prior convictions

(d) References

(e) The applicant’s prospect of employment.

The applicant was of the view that his failure to complete his last period of parole related to his decision to return to the North West Coast and reside with his mother.

Since his return to prison the applicant has commenced a relationship. The applicant has decided to reside in the Hobart area with his father. The applicant’s father is a respected elder in the Aboriginal community.

The Board requested the applicant’s father to appear before it .He did so on 24 April 2006. The Board was impressed by the arrangements the applicant’s father had made in relation to the possibility of the applicant being granted parole. The applicants father had a clear understanding of the type of conditions which would be placed upon him should he be granted parole. He indicated he would support the applicant in complying with any conditions placed upon him by the Board.

The Board is of the view that the applicant residing in Hobart with his father represents a significant change in circumstance since his last application for parole. The Board is of the view that the applicant’s prospect of successfully completing a period of parole has increased due to the applicant’s father’s willingness to assist him and allowing the applicant to reside with him.

The Board is of the view that the change in the applicant’s circumstances and with appropriate conditions attached to his parole he should be afforded the opportunity of being granted a further period of parole.