Meet a zero striker #3

Zenyata THOMSON is a Third Striker.  He is a recidivist aggravated robber.

Aged in his early 20s, he already has over 20 criminal convictions as an adult and is believed have multiple youth court convictions also. He is a gang associate.

For his third strike, he was convicted on 6 counts of aggravated robbery. He is a menace to law abiding society.

Under the Government’s proposed re-introduction of Three Strikes 2.0, he will be on a clean slate.  His prior strike offences count for nothing, and he is a zero striker.

Just as bad, under the Government’s proposed Three Strikes 2.0, Mr Thomson would not qualify as a Third Striker if he did it all again!

This is because it is proposed that a person would only be a striker if they had been sentenced to more than 24 months imprisonment for all strike offences.

For Mr Thomson’s first strike offence – an aggravated robbery – he was only sentenced to 1 year and 9 months imprisonment.  For his second strike offence – another aggravated robbery – he was sentenced to 1 year and 11 months imprisonment.Neither meet the Government’s threshold to be considered a striker AT ALL!

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