{"id":4725,"date":"2023-02-20T05:42:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T05:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/?p=4725"},"modified":"2023-08-27T07:35:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T07:35:46","slug":"unlawful-assault-withdrawn-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/?p=4725","title":{"rendered":"Unlawful Assault \/ Withdrawn"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4725\" class=\"elementor elementor-4725\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-293a6917 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"293a6917\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-453038c6\" data-id=\"453038c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-744ab24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"744ab24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Case:\u00a0Escaping conviction for cultivating cannabis.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f414c4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f414c4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our client rented a house as a party house and later allowed it to be used for another person to cultivate cannabis. Police found no cannabis at our client&#8217;s home but seized $20,000 suspected to be proceeds of crime.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e1ce55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e1ce55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Charges\/ Ch1 (Cultivate Cannabis); Ch2 (Theft of Electricity);\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-100d932f );\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-1505ffc-font-family ), sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-5f65334 ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-1505ffc-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1505ffc-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-1505ffc-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1505ffc-word-spacing );\">Ch3 (Negligently Deal with Proceeds of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Criminal<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-1505ffc-font-family ), sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-5f65334 ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-1505ffc-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1505ffc-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-1505ffc-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1505ffc-word-spacing );\">); Ch4 (Deal with property suspected to be proceeds of crime); Ch5 (possess Cannabis)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-974b0e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"974b0e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Result\/ withdrawn: Ch2, 3, 5; Plea Ch1, 4 (reduced sum): Fine without Conviction\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aec699 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6aec699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our client was adamant that he was not responsible for the cannabis cultivation although he was aware of the activity in the house. The money seized at his house was from a loan and we obtained a defence witness letter from the lender. We negotiated with the Office of Public Prosecutions to amend the summary that acknowledged that our client had a minimal role in the cultivation and that he had an explanation as to at least $18,000 of the cash seized. Given the minimal role and lack of prior criminal history, the Judge took a lenient approach to sentencing. The client will also have his $18,000 returned to him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case:\u00a0Escaping conviction for cultivating cannabis. Our client rented a house as a party house and later allowed it to be used for another person to cultivate cannabis. Police found no cannabis at our client&#8217;s home but seized $20,000 suspected to be proceeds of crime. Charges\/ Ch1 (Cultivate Cannabis); Ch2 (Theft of Electricity);\u00a0Ch3 (Negligently Deal with &#8230; <a title=\"Unlawful Assault \/ Withdrawn\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/?p=4725\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unlawful Assault \/ Withdrawn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[95,94,47,33],"class_list":["post-4725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-results","tag-attempt-to-commit-an-indictable-offence","tag-fail-to-give-name-address","tag-unlawful-assault","tag-withdrawn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}