Sidney Brady was an independent 89-year-old man until he was savagely beaten in a senseless attack during a home invasion, by Allan Ronald Poland. Since the horrifying ordeal in October 2011, the elderly man spent two months in hospital, swapped his walking stick for a frame and now lives under the full-time care of his daughter and son-in-law. 89-year-old Sidney Brady after vicious bashing by Aboriginal, Allan Ronald Poland His attacker, Poland, 32 at the time, was sentenced in the West Australian District Court to 16 years and four months in prison after being convicted earlier in 2013 by a jury. There is also a lifetime restraining order placed against him so he cannot contact his victim, who was aged 91 at the time of the trial. Members of Mr Brady’s family wept in court as details of the crime were explained. The court heard Mr Brady was dog-sitting…
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A Sudanese woman who stole a mobile phone from a man who had been bashed unconscious by a male associate was ordered to undertake a Community Corrections Order to perform 100 hours of unpaid community work. The County Court sitting at Mildura on 16 September 2013 was told that 18-year-old Agar Yak had been consuming wine with two co-accused Sudanese men for about five hours before the assault and theft took place. Crown prosecutor David O’Doherty said Yak and the two men left the house in Chapman Street, Swan Hill, Victoria in the early hours of 21 January 2013 after a 21-year-old co-accused had made repeated references about wanting to knock out a white boy, drag him inside the house, cut his throat and kill him. Mr O’Doherty said the group were walking along Chapman Street when the 22-year-old victim was seen walking towards them. The prosecutor said the 21-year-old…