Coward punch survivor Danny Hodgson has slammed the WA justice system after his attacker allegedly robbed and assaulted a girl.
Life stays at a standstill for Hodgson and his associate Jessica Pollock after a one-punch assault left the 27-year-old with a catastrophic mind harm.
“Unless you’re in this situation, you can’t put it into words what it’s actually like to have your life taken away from you,” Hodgson stated.
Meanwhile his attacker freed, now 19, was freed solely to allegedly reoffend.
“He’s seen what a punch can do to someone,” Hodgson stated.
“I’ve had six brain surgeries, I’m serving a life sentence and to be honest, he is invincible and he knows he is.”
The teen thug was on bail when he knocked the proficient soccer participant to the bottom close to Perth practice station in September 2021.
He was sentenced to a few and a half years behind bars however served 22 months.
The supervised launch assessment board let him out early in May, even after he was charged over a Banksia Hill Detention Centre riot.
“It’s the people who are meant to stop them who are just as guilty,” Hodgson stated.
A couple of weeks in the past, the 19-year-old allegedly punched a Geraldton bottle store employee.
Police alleged she had been attempting to cease him from stealing.
“I think it’s mainly the justice system that needs to really take this and just see what these people are doing, ruining people’s lives on a daily basis,” Pollock stated.
The former footballer was significantly upset that when the Justice of the Peace launched the accused on bail she had not been instructed in regards to the youthful man’s assault on Hodgson.
The board urgently cancelled his supervision order yesterday and he was taken again into custody.
“We’re trying to build our life back again and it’s just constant hits to the ground from the justice system,” Pollock stated.
9News requested the assessment board for a replica of the choice explaining why {the teenager} was launched early, however was instructed for confidentiality causes it was unable to supply particulars relating to a youngster’s matter.
Attorney-General John Quigley has promised a assessment.
“The board processes are sound but I’ll be making enquiries into the circumstances of his release, this offence, and his re-arrest,” he stated.
Source: www.9news.com.au
