Court Dismisses Appeal By Sex Offender
A sex offender who was sentenced to 13 years in prison has had his appeal turned down.
The ruling said, “Maleke Martin, the appellant in this case, [“the Appellant”] was convicted on 9 December 2022 of three charges, two being the sexual exploitation of a young person by a person in a position of trust, contrary to section 182B[1][b] and section 182B[1][a] of the Criminal Code Act 1907respectively, and the third being the offence of showing offensive material to a child, contrary to section 182[c] of the Code.
“He was sentenced on 11 April 2023 to terms of imprisonment of 13.5 years, 16 years and 6 years respectively, the said terms to run concurrently, for a total of 16 years.”
The ruling added, “The proper test is whether the conviction is safe, not whether counsel lacked competence. In this case the defence was conducted by senior counsel who had attended a conference on the issue of child safeguarding, and there is no suggestion made anywhere that Ms Christopher did not conduct the trial with the necessary skill and competence, or that the trial was unsafe because of the lack of training given to counsel. I would dismiss this ground of appeal.”
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