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Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney
04 February 2006
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Courts swipe at police
NSW's Chief Magistrate has challenged police to put up or shut up over allegations that local courts are too lenient when it comes to sentencing.
Derek Price cited statistics which show police prefer to run grievances through the media rather than lodge an appeal.
He said that for the past three years the applications by police to the Director Of Public Prosecutions to lodge appeals as well as the number of appeals actually lodged had fallen.
Last year 91 applications and 45 appeals were lodged. This was down from 120 applications in 2003, which led to 68 appeals. There were no details of the success rate.
On the other hand, there were 10,964 appeals against the severity of magistrate decisions in 2005.
Mr Price has made his feeling known to the Attorney-General, Bob Debus, and has asked that the statistics be conveyed to the Police Minister, Mr Scully.
The Chief Magistrate presides over courts that are the first stop for all criminal cases, handle bail applications and sentence the vast majority of those found guilty of assault, theft and drink-driving.
Mr Price put the "put up or shut-up" argument in early 2003 and obviously feels frustrated that campaigns against "out of touch" magistrates continue.
"I continue to emphasise that if police are dissatisfied with a sentence imposed by a magistrate a leniency appeal should be appropriately considered rather than complaints through the media," Mr Price said.
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