2022-10-10
Father recorded daughters carrying out 'vicious' beating in video posted to Youtube
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Ms O'Callaghan said "society will look at the video and say my client deserves a custodial sentence" but she asked the court to accept that Lawrence got involved in a misguided way to defend his daughter. He said today that he had decided not to imprison the father and two daughters before he imposed a two-year suspended sentence on each of them. "If this is repeated again, or anything like it, it would be brought back to court and you will go to jail – these two ladies didn't deserve what you did," Judge Nolan said addressing Lawrence, Maughan and Stokes directly.; Having heard evidence last Wednesday, Judge Nolan adjourned to this morning for sentence.