Gaol For Two Years

Press, Volume C, Issue 29674, 18 November 1961, Page 15

Gaol For Two Years

Brian George Ashford Martin, aged 21, a workman, was sentenced to two years’ gaol by Mr Justice Richmond in the Supreme Court yesterday when he appeared for sentence on charges of burglary, assisting a prisoner to escape and receiving. Martin had pleaded guilty to the charges of buglary and assisting a prisoner to escape. He pleaded not guilty to the charge ot receiving but was found guilty by a jury. His Honour sentenced Martin to two years’ gaol on the burglary charge, and six months’ gaol on each of the receiving and assisting to escape charges, the sentences to be concurrent and to include the remainder of the term of imprisonment he is at present serving. Martin’s early upbringing was one of the most unfortunate he had ever read about, said his Honour, referring to the probation officer’s report. Martin, however, must learn that crime did not pay and that he would have to change his ways or be in and out of prison ail his life. For Martin, Mr J. N. Matson said all the offences had been committed in the same period, last June. The prisoner’s crimes sprang from association with bad companions and impulsive acts rather than deep-laid plans for committing offences.