16 month sentence for egg smuggler

[herptrader]

Published On: 3-23-2010
Source: Australian Customs Media Release

A 53-year-old Western Australia man has been found guilty and sentenced to 16 months imprisonment for attempting to smuggle parrot eggs into Australia.

Mr Kevin Gledhill pleaded guilty in the Perth District Court earlier this month, and was convicted of importing eggs into Australia contrary to Regulation 303CD of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999.
He was sentenced to 16 months imprisonment with a minimum of eight months to serve.

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[Goodspeed98]

i am sorry to hear that ,hope you can cover from this although is gard to back from and be the same without anything happened .

 

[slim6y]

i am sorry to hear that ,hope you can cover from this although is gard to back from and be the same without anything happened .

What?

 

[Retic]

Who said what now ?

 

[shlanger]

Huh?

 

[slim6y]

I don't drink the stuff, but if you're going to make it I'll take it with no sugar and a little milk.... No... Wait... Hold the milk.

 

[billiemay]

hope you can cover from this although is gard to back from and be the same without anything happened .

I hope you can recover from this although it's hard to come back from and for things to be the same, like nothing happened??

 

[slacker]

I'm thinking that might translate to:

"I am sorry to hear that. I hope you can recover from this [incarceration], although it's hard to go back to the way you were, as though nothing has happened."

 

[slim6y]

WHO?

Seriously... Who????

 

[Stevo2]

What an AWESOME first post!!! lol.

 

[hoppyone]

What the???

 

[maanz641]

:?:?:?:?:?

 

[AM Pythons]

I don't drink the stuff, but if you're going to make it I'll take it with no sugar and a little milk.... No... Wait... Hold the milk.

forget the sugar & milk, & the tea for that matter.. just give me a mug of scotch.. then i could under stand that...:shock:

 

[dottyback]

godspeed..

 

[Wally]

Maybe a little too ' good '.

 

[AM Pythons]

Maybe a little too ' good '.

'98' was a good year for it to...maybe he's still affected by it....:shock:...lol...

 

[Australis]

Geez.. they take bird smuggling more seriously than reptiles.