Last Friday, the Herald Sun and associated
News Limited outlets run a story with this opening:
Appeal judge Justice Geoff Nettle said the sentence handed down to Brett Janson, 40, was so inadequate it would "shock the public consciousness".
By a 2-1 majority the court held that the sentence was "manifestly inadequate" and they re-sentenced him to a total of four years with a two-year minimum.
Over the weekend, Alan Howe, sentencing expert in chief at the Herald Sun (or so it seems), wrote an opinion piece with this opening line:
Perhaps she is a delicate petal, County Court judge Felicity Hampel. But it seems she might be among our worst judges.
The case itself,
DPP v Janson [2011] VSCA 19, only became available on Austlii today.
