Qld: Bashing ringleader walks free

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2008
Qld: Bashing ringleader walks free

A teenage girl who instigated a vicious beating of an off-duty police officer and his
girlfriend .. has walked free from court.

18 year old TIANI SLOCKEE was charged with two counts of grievous bodily harm in the
attack on Constable RAWSON JAMES ARMITAGE .. and MICHELLE RENEE DODGE in Coolangatta in
November last year.

SLOCKEE was the alleged ring-leader of almost a dozen youths who kicked and punched the couple.

Southport District Court Judge JOHN NEWTON today placed SLOCKEE on two years' probation
.. noting she'd already spent 91 days in custody.

SLOCKEE .. 18 year old HARLEY LEE TRINDALL .. and seven other minors who can't be named
.. were all sentenced today after pleading guilty.

The harshest sentence was reserved for TRINDALL .. who punched Constable ARMITAGE ..

he was sentenced to nine months in jail.

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