
Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie
Attorney-General Orders Bus Assault Appeal
Victor P Taffa
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Jarrod Bleijie will appeal the sentence of a 21-year-old woman who assaulted a man on a Gold Coast bus.
Larna Janet Watmough was sentenced to two months’ jail, wholly suspended, and 12 months’ probation in the Southport Magistrates Court after she assaulted a 77-year-old vision impaired man while they were riding on the bus.
The Attorney-General’s appeal is on the grounds that the sentence is manifestly inadequate and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will act on his behalf in the District Court.