Monday 13 January 2020

Convicted Child Rapist Brett Hill To Appeal Severity Of Sentence

BY IAN CROUCH

Convicted sexual predator, Brett Hill is set to challenge the severity of his gaol sentence.

The 49-year-old was sentenced in December to a minimum of 17 years behind bars for the repeated rape of an 11-year-old girl over 5 hours at Adamstown Heights in June 2018.

It means Hill is not due for release until at least June 2035 when he'll be 64 years old.

Fairfax reports 6 days after his sentence was handed down, Hill's lawyers filed a notice of intention to appeal.

His lawyers have six months to file the actual appeal and will then need to prove the sentence handed to Hill was manifestly excessive.

Brett David Hill