Murderer Jaden Lee Stroobant has appealed his sentence. Photograph / Supplied
Murderer Jaden Lee Stroobant has appealed his sentence. Photograph / Supplied
The man who brutally beat his 69-year-old neighbour to death and then, as she lay dying and unresponsive, sexually assaulted her twice, has appealed his sentence of preventive detention.
On May 26 Jaden Lee Stroobant was sentenced life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years and preventive detentionfor his "callous and depraved" crimes.
Stroobant's lawyer Emma Priest confirmed that she had filed an appeal against the sentence of preventive detention which was imposed on the two counts of sexual violation with an minimum non-parole period of 10 years.
"The exact grounds are still being formulated, but in short the imposition of PD was out of line with all other cases and the exercise of the discretion was wrong in this case as a result," Priest told the Herald.
"In particular, his age, guilty plea and that he had never been offered substantive rehabilitative opportunities as his longest previous sentence was six months imprisonment.
"The exact details ... will be expanded upon on appeal.
"The result was a manifestly excessive sentence so far as the PD applies in our submission."
Priest said the sentence for murder is not being appealed.