DivineRAiN
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...has appealed his hefty jail sentence as he is afraid his depraved crimes will continue to make him a target for other violent inmates.
Ross' lawyer, Chris Bruce SC, told the NSW Court of Appeal on Tuesday that his client had been beaten on four separate occasions since he was jailed and fears he may be the victim of 'ongoing intimidation and violence' if he is to serve his full sentence.
Mr. Bruce said Ross' had a 'price on his head' in jail and argued the sentencing judge did not consider the 'onerous' conditions faced by inmates who have harmed young children once they are locked up, the Daily Telegraph reported.
'There will be 40 years of ongoing intimidation and violence,' Mr. Bruce said on Tuesday.
'The reality is this will be ongoing this won't cease and infact if he does stay in jail he will ne 68 when this might cease,' he added.
But Justice Peter Michael Hall said the 'high level of brutality' and 'extreme nature of offending' could warrant the sentence, despite Ross' punishment being harsher than comparable case.
Crown prosecuter Sally Dowling SC reminded the court of the terrifying conditions Tanilla endured before her murder, arguing that torture was the only way to describe Ross' offending, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Tanilla's stepmother Brooke Bowen rejected Ross' claims that his life was at risk in jail and argued the toddler was forced to live in fear for much of her short life.
'So what? What about Tanilla? She was fearing for her life for weeks while he was bashing her what help did she get? She won't live to see 68, she is gone, she couldn't even live to see three.'
The three-judge appeal panel is yet to make its decision on Ross' sentence, while a coronial review into Tanilla's death is set of August 30.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...m-wants-sentence-cut-fears-safety-prison.html
Why do I feel this monster is going to get what he wants?