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Newcastle Herald
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'Very serious': sentence upheld over attack on woman in Scone street

Newcastle courthouse. File picture

A man who attacked a woman as she walked home through the streets of Scone has had a severity appeal over his sentence dismissed, with a judge saying the 26-year-old needs to spend time in custody reflecting on his crimes.

Nicholas Daota faced Newcastle District Court on Tuesday in an attempt to reduce the 18-month jail term handed to him by Magistrate Kevin Hockey in Muswellbrook Local Court in March.

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