Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions has told a court the justice system is no longer in crisis and Covid-era sentencing discounts should end.
Appearing in the Victorian Supreme Court on Wednesday, Kerri Judd KC argued the “backlog” of cases caused by the pandemic had ended and guilty pleas should no longer attract higher sentence mitigation.
“We, for the first time, submit today there ought be no Worboyes sentencing benefit,” she said.
“We say the administration of criminal justice is no longer beleaguered … and there is no more backlog.”
Ms Judd appeared to prosecute the case of Darren Chalmers, 56, who is to be sentenced after confessing to the cold-case slaying...
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