Lawyer Representing Bikie Groups says Controversial NSW Laws Abused
Friday 13 July 2012 @ 3.22 p.m. | Crime
The ABC reports that a key lawyer representing bikie groups has said that the use of the controversial NSW police powers on a young disability pensioner "vindicates claims the laws would be abused".
The laws relating to consorting allow police in NSW to charge people for communicating four or more times with convicted criminals, with an associated jail term of up to three years. The laws are aimed at the bikie gang culture following a raft of shootings in Sydney.
In this case Inverell man Charlie Foster who was born with an intellectual disability and cannot read or write, was sentenced to between to months' in jail for a series of shopping trips and walks friends who have prior convictions. Mr Fosters lawyer says the charges show the laws have the capacity to be misused.
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