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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Hannah Neale

Teen spared jail over violent intercom invasion and assault

A teenager who violently assaulted and robbed a man "may have been somewhat led down the garden path," a judge has said.

Earlier this week the ACT Supreme Court handed the burglar, who cannot be named due to his age at the time of his crimes, a two-year suspended jail sentence.

He previously pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated burglary and joint commission assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

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