QLD:Crown wants tougher penalty for cop

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2010
QLD:Crown wants tougher penalty for cop

By Christine Flatley

BRISBANE, Aug 24 AAP - Federal prosecutors are appealing a sentence given to a Queensland
police chief who imported illegal firearm parts.

Former head of Water Police Alan Jeffrey Magarry was sentenced in Brisbane Magistrates
Court last month to a $4000, two-year good behaviour bond.

No conviction was recorded after Magarry pleaded guilty to three counts of importing
prohibited goods under the Customs Act.

Magarry was charged following an investigation by customs officials into four parcels
sent to his home from the United States.

The parcels contained illegal machine gun conversion kits.

Magarry was formally stood down from police duties in November, and is still awaiting
the outcome of a police ethical standards investigation.

Lawyers acting on behalf of acting commonwealth director of public prosecutions John
Thornton last week lodged documents in the Brisbane District Court indicating they were
seeking to appeal the sentence on the grounds it was "manifestly inadequate".

No date has been set for the appeal.

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