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Terence Kelly (born 1944) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor. [1] Education. Kelly is an early graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada . Career. Kelly work worked artistic director of the White Rock Summer Theatre in White Rock, British Columbia. [2]
- Distress to Family 'Immeasurable': Chief Judge
- Kelly Lived in A 'Fantasy World'
- Background of Deprivation
- From Fantasy to 'Harsh New Reality'
- Kelly Befriended Cleo's Mother on Facebook
- Closing A Chapter on 'Evil' Incident
WA District Court Chief Judge Julie Wager described Kelly's actions as being "at the highest level of seriousness". She said Cleo's life, and that of her family, had been "permanently impacted", something she said would never go away. "This isn't a case of luring a child away, that would be serious enough, but the taking of a little four-year-old g...
She also outlined that Kelly had been exposed to severe and complex trauma as a child and had suffered a neurological impairment. The court heard Kelly had created what the chief judge described as an "idealised fantasy world" which protected him from the "depressing" real world. His fantasy world included his like of Bratz dolls, and that he had a...
Kelly's deprived and traumatic upbringing was a major factor in the sentence handed down. "I also fully accept your background of deprivation," Judge Wager said. "No child in Western Australia should have suffered the neurodevelopmental difficulties the trauma, the grief and the neglect that you suffered as a child and as a young person. "Sadly, in...
The court heard Kelly was isolated in prison because of the nature of his crime, something medical reports suggested had made him fearful and feeling hopeless about his future, because he had "gone from the euphoria of fulfilling his idealised fantasy of having a little girl who he can dress up, play with and be with, to a new harsh reality." Judge...
WA Director of Public Prosecutions, Robert Owen, told the court Kelly took Cleo from the family tent sometime between 2.40am and 4.40am in "relative silence". After picking Cleo up, he took her to his car and drove her to his house in Carnarvon where he lived alone. The court heard that after Kelly put Cleo into his car, he was paranoid and took a ...
Speaking after the sentencing, WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch labelled the crime "heinous" and a parent's worst nightmare. "I would expect the community would never think that 13-and-a-half years is enough," he said. "But Judge Wager had to weigh up many things and there were many mitigating circumstances. "I'm a police commissioner and I respec...
- Joanna Menagh
Feb 14, 2024 · Terence Kelly, who abducted four-year-old Cleo Smith from a campsite in WA in 2021, is challenging his 13-year and six-month jail term. His lawyers argue the sentencing judge erred by giving too much weight to his drug use and not enough to his mental impairments.
- Joanna Menagh
May 9, 2023 · Terrence Kelly was jailed last month for 13 years and six months for kidnapping the little girl in a case that made worldwide headlines. On Tuesday it was revealed his lawyers have lodged an appeal against that sentence in the Court of Appeal.
Apr 5, 2023 · Terence Kelly, 37, pleaded guilty last year to taking Cleo Smith from her family's tent in October 2021. After a huge police search, Cleo was found alive 18 days later at Kelly's house, minutes...
- Tom Housden
Apr 5, 2023 · The nighttime theft of a four-year-old girl while she slept beside her parents on a camping trip in Western Australia’s coastal north made headlines across the nation and around the world.
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