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Alleged Mongol nearly got 15 years after police raided his home and confiscated street sign

 

Hmm if you are subsequently tried for a crime committed as a child what would normally be the procedure I wonder.....

IT might seem like petty crime, but a stolen street sign almost landed an alleged Mongols bikie a mandatory 15 year jail sentence.

John-Rae Ross Todd, 27, was found himself in handcuffs at 630am on Wednesday after Taskforce Maxima detectives raided his home and confiscated the “Todd Road” sign on show in his kitchen.

A shocked Todd told detectives the Tweed Shire Council sign had been gifted to him by his father who passed away 15 years ago.

Despite the explanation the stocky, heavily tattooed man was taken to the Southport Watchhouse where he spent the night.

Yesterday he faced the Southport Magistrates Court after police charged him with receiving tainted property and claimed he was a bikie.

Under the new Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Act, the otherwise minor charge attracts a standard court penalty plus a mandatory 15 years jail sentence.

But solicitor Michael Gatenby was quick to dispute the bikie allegations, arguing his client would have been 12 when he received the sign.

After a flurry of discussion behind closed doors, police prosecutions withdrew the bikie allegations and the pending jail term.

Instead Magistrate Kerry Magee applied the usual penalty structure, convicting and fining him just $100.

She further ordered the sign be forfeited and returned to the council.

Mr Gatenby said his client was pleased with the result but upset to lose his “family heirloom”.

“He was extremely upset it has been taken from him as it held sentimental value but he understands he has to comply with the order,” he said.

John-Rae Ross Todd, 27, found himself in handcuffs at 6.30am on Wednesday after Taskforce Maxima detectives raided his home and confiscated a “Todd Road” sign.

A shocked Todd told detectives the Tweed Shire Council sign had been gifted to him by his father who passed away 15 years ago.

Yesterday he faced the Southport Magistrates Court after police charged him with receiving tainted property and claimed he was a bikie.

The bikie allegations were withdrawn but Todd was convicted for receiving and fined $100. The sign was forfeited.

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