Lack of internet slows up sentencing of driver

MAGISTRATE Alison Viney had to postpone her sentence for 21-year-old Samuel Corlyon yesterday because there was no internet at Tweed Local Court.

Magistrate Viney was relieving for Geoff Dunlevy, and quickly discovered she had to do it the old school way.

The first sentence of the day in Tweed was a $800 fine and six months disqualification after Corlyon plead guilty to driving with a 0.106 blood alcohol level at Byron Bay on April 19.

The FIFO worker from

Logan Village told police he had drunk seven pints of full strength beer before driving.

When it came time to sentence Corlyon, Magistrate Viney was stopped in her tracks. “This is the first courtroom in New South Wales where I haven’t been able to access the internet,” Magistrate Viney said. She said she usually looked up sentencing guidelines for drink driving offences online.

The court was adjourned for the magistrate to print out sentence guidelines before handing down the $800 fine and six months disqualification for Corlyon.