Sentencing Remarks of Saini J: R v Ethan
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 25 May 2022 |
| Subject Matter | Criminal |
| Court | Crown Court |
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23/05/2022 12:18:15
REGINA
-v-
ETHAN STRICKLAND
In the Crown Court at Cardiff
Sentencing Remarks of The Honourable Mr Justice Saini
23 May 2022
1. On 10 June 2021, at around 9pm, Mr Ryan O’Connor, aged 26 years, was
murdered and robbed on the Balfe Road roundabout in Newport, South Wales.
On 11 and 12 March 2022, you Ethan Strickland, and your co-defendants
Joseph Jeremy, Lewis Aquilina, and Kyle Raisis were convicted by a jury at
Newport Crown Court of a number offences arising out of the events of that
day. You were convicted of Ryan’s robbery but acquitted of any responsibility
for Ryan’s death.
2. On 13 April 2022, I sentenced your co-defendants who were found guilty of
robbing and killing Ryan. Your sentencing was delayed until today so that I
could hear submissions on your behalf from your Leading Counsel who was
committed in another trial on 13 April 2022. I also needed to receive a pre-
sentence report on you. I have received a detailed and helpful report from the
Probation Service.
3. You are a young man, now aged 19 but just 18 at the date of the robbery. I have
to sentence you for that offence today as well as two unrelated drugs offences,
which it is agreed should be dealt with by me. I have earlier sentenced your co-
defendant Noreen O’Driscoll in respect of the drugs.
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