Parole Board Decision

In the matter of the Corrections Act 1997

and

In the matter of an Application for Parole by Andrew Darrell LEGGE

11 January 2007

Reason for Decision

On 11 December 2001 the Applicant was convicted of the following crimes:

(a) Accessory after the fact to murder

(b) Unlawfully set fire to property

In relation to the above crimes the Applicant was sentenced to a period of 7 years. It was ordered that the Applicant not be eligible to be considered for parole until serving 3 and a half years of that sentence.

On 20 August 2001 the Applicant was convicted of a minor offence resulting in a one day sentence.

On 8 August 2002 the Applicant was convicted of:

(a) Burglary

(b) Stealing

(c) Drive whilst disqualified

In relation to those crimes the Applicant was sentenced to a period of four months to be served concurrently. No eligibility parole period was set.

On 19 September 2006 the Applicant was convicted of three (3) counts of stealing.

The Applicant was sentenced to 6 weeks cumulative to the above sentences. A non-parole period of 6 weeks was set in relation to those offences.

The total sentence was 7 years and 6 weeks with a non-parole period of 3 years, 6 months and 6 weeks.

The Applicant became eligible to be considered for parole on 2 October 2004. Parole was granted from 12 October 2004 to 24 February 2008. Parole was then twice suspended in January 2005. It was then revoked on 11 February 2005. On 8 April 2005 parole was granted from 26 April 2005 to 1 June 2008. Parole was then suspended on three more occasions and revoked again on 25 August 2006. Following the further convictions of 19 September 2006 the Applicant again applied for parole.

Further charges involving drive without due care and attention, three stealing charges, unlawful possession of a dangerous article, four charges of exceed the speed limit, one charge of robbery, a breach of a Police Family Violence order and three charges of assault initially came before a magistrate on 11 August 2006. The Applicant appeared before the Parole Bopard on 10 November 2006 and 8 December 2006 but his application for parole was adjourned pending the outcome in relation to the above charges.

In an appearance before the Parole Board on 11 January 2007 the Board confirmed with his solicitor that all charges had been dismissed. The applicant was therefore released on parole.

The reasons parole has been reinstated is that the Applicant has satisfactory accommodation. He has work available. He no longer lives with the person making the allegations of robbery, assault and breach of the Family Violence order. It is the Board’s belief that the Applicant will be better rehabilitated outside the prison system.

Paroled 30/01/07 – 19/08/08