Julius Sterling Fox, the 27-year-old homeless man who bashed World Surfing Champion Stephanie Gilmore with a metal bar on December 27, 2010 has been sentenced to four years in jail, according to a story on Goldcoast.com.au.
Judge James Black, while acknowledging Fox’s mental illness, said he was a danger to the public and a longer sentence was needed. . . “The public cannot rely on this offender either being compliant with his medication or with him not aggravating his condition by consuming illegal drugs.” . . Judge Black jailed Fox for a total of four years but ordered him to be released on parole in December next year.
That’s the good news. The bad news is that he has already served 600 days and will be released on parole in December of 2013. Hopefully he’ll stay on his “anti-psychotic medication” when he gets out.
[Link: Goldcoast]
