62-year-old bank robber Brenden James Abbott, known as the "Postcard Bandit," sues Western Australian government for wrongful imprisonment since May 2016.
62-year-old bank robber and fugitive Brenden James Abbott, known as the "Postcard Bandit," is suing the Western Australian government for wrongful imprisonment. Abbott's lawyers argue that sentencing laws introduced in 1996 do not apply to him and that his WA custodial sentence lapsed while he was in custody in Queensland. Abbott, who is serving a 14-year sentence for bank robbery, a prison riot, and escaping from Fremantle Prison in 1989, is also challenging the constitutional validity of laws requiring inmates returned to prison after an escape to serve an additional period of imprisonment. If successful, Abbott's legal action could result in him being declared falsely imprisoned since May 2016.
June 17, 2024
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