It is no longer possible for the ACT Magistrates Court to "share the same optimism" as a higher court about a former drug "kingpin" after he ended up being tasered in a chicken coop-style shed while fleeing from police officers, a judicial officer said as she sentenced the offender.
Thor Sven Kristiansen, 33, appeared via audio-visual link in the Magistrates Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to 13 charges, including assaulting a police officer, resisting police and unauthorised possession of a firearm.
