A Waverley man who lured an associate to his unit so he could steal drugs and money was part of a 'merciless' attack intended to cause serious injury, a Supreme Court Judge said in sentencing.
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Justice Robert Pearce was sentencing Sammual Clinton Wilmot, 27, who pleaded guilty to aggravated armed robbery and intentionally causing grievous bodily harm on January 9-10, 2018.
The court heard that a co-accused man Clinton Wilson received a five-year and six-month sentence and Jake Herlihy a sentence of four years and nine months for the same crime. A third man is yet to face trial.
Justice Pearce told Wilmot he would have given him seven years jail but for his plea of guilty and his agreement to give evidence in the upcoming trail.
He sentenced him to five years and six months from April 2022 when his existing sentence finishes with a two year and nine month non parole period.
Justice Pearce said Wilmot had been with a 47-year-old man in the days before the attack when he withdrew $5000 from his bank account and picked up a large amount of ice from Ravenswood.
He texted the man about 11pm and he arrived with a large amount of ice and cash.
When he arrived Wilmot punched him to the jaw and the other men laid into him using a wooden chair leg and subjected him to a prolonged, vicious and brutal beating.
One of the men took the complainant's car keys and drove it to the front of Wilmot's unit and the men including Wilmot loaded him in the back.
"What the intention was has not been made clear," he said.
On the way to Waverley Lake the man regained consciousness and managed to crawl out of the ute, falling onto the road.
Injuries included cheekbones, eye sockets and nasal bones were fractured on both sides of his face. His lower jaw was badly fractured and dislocated. In his neck, the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage were fractured.
Justice Pearce said he was placed on a ventilator and was in intensive care until February 15 in an induced coma.
The attack had a profound effect on the complainant's life.
He said that Wilmot was criminally responsible for all the violence because it was a joint enterprise.
He said the willingness to give evidence was indicative of some contrition but warned that if he failed to co-operate his sentence may be reviewed and increased upon appeal.
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Nick Clark
I am the Supreme and Magistrates Court reporter for the Examiner for the past 18 months. My journalism career has clicked over 30 years and encompasses four different spells at Tasmanian newspapers.
I am the Supreme and Magistrates Court reporter for the Examiner for the past 18 months. My journalism career has clicked over 30 years and encompasses four different spells at Tasmanian newspapers.
