2026-01-21
Hit and run killer caught with mobile phone in prison cell
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; The final year of his sentence was suspended for five years on a number of conditions, including that Cooper be of good behaviour and keep the peace while in custody and for five years following his release. The court was asked to consider whether to activate the suspended sentence after Cooper was convicted at Cloverhill District Court in December of an offence of possessing a mobile phone while in prison.