2025-10-06
Thief with 133 priors has jail sentence for electric cable theft overturned
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Maughan later lodged an appeal against the severity of his effective seven-month jail sentence. Judge Fiona O'Sullivan decided to suspend both sentences of seven and six months in full for a period of 12 months on the condition that Maughan complies with all directions of the probation service.