Man Who Sexually Assaulted 7YO Girl Is Concerned About The Affect His Arrest Is Having On His Daughters

[Sugar Cookie]

The father-of-two accused of kidnapping a seven-year-old girl from Kmart and sexually assaulting her is concerned about the affect his arrest is having on his daughters.

Sterling Mervyn Free, 26, will apply for bail on charges of kidnapping and indecent treatment of a child under 12.

His solicitor Shaune Irving, who works for the high-profile firm Moloney MacCallum Abdelshahied Lawyers, confirmed he had been instructed to 'make an immediate application,' The Courier Mail reported.

Free hopes to spend Christmas with his young family, who are said to be standing by him amid the allegations.

'He does have a deep concern for the impact this is having on his family. He's a father. He's got two little girls. He obviously loves his children,' Mr Irving said.

The solicitor said Free is holding up okay in prison and that his thoughts remain with his family.

Free is being kept in isolation inside 'Australia's nastiest prison' after he received a barrage of threats.

'It's very important that people understand that whilst he is charged with a serious offence, he still has the right to a fair trial,' Mr Irving said.

'He also has the right to feel safe and not fear any sort of retribution or retaliatory behaviour from the public.'

Free, 26, is alleged to have kidnapped the seven-year-old while she shopped with her mother at a Kmart store in Westfield North Lakes, north of Brisbane, on Saturday afternoon.

He is accused of driving the girl to bushland at nearby Pumicestone Passage and sexually assaulting her before returning her to the store.

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[Dead Stephanie]

GTFOH, for fucks sake. Shoot him in the face

 

[staysblazed_xo]

What about the affect on the 7 year old you abused?

 

[Sejanus]

No I would argue he obviously does not love his children. If he loved his children he would have been able to think for a moment what effect his actions would have on them. You would also have been able to understand what his actions were doing to the other child that he took. So for the defense lawyer to say that he obviously loves his children stop.. Horseshit!

I would really like there to be some amendment to laws that when a****** lawyers make Preposterous claims for clearly guilty clients that they wind up sharing a cell with them. It doesn't have to go on for the full sentence but you know maybe even a couple of weeks a month just enough to really make them stop and think about the b******* that they're stirring

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The girl is going to have a fucked up Christmas so he should too.

 

[mrs_hell]

“he obviously loves children.” HAHA

 

[Keepalowprofile]

Fuck him and his lawyer too.

 

[Babs]

Free hopes to spend Christmas with his young family...

Mr. Free should not be free - keep his sorry ass in prison. OMG, what about his daughters? Think they'll be safe with him in the house? Fuck no!

 

[Satanica]

Free hopes to spend Christmas with his young family, who are said to be standing by him amid the allegations.

Who? His wife? Hopefully, she'll change her tune when she sees the evidence.

 

[Prettypink513]

Yikes! My mom has been on edge since she dreamed this happened to my 8 year old. She dreamed she was in Walmart with Trinity and a man snatched her, raped her, and took her back to the store. *shudders*

 

[JustLikeHoney]

That statement is evidence enough that this fucking knob should never be allowed to have contact with his daughter.

 

[Turd Fergusen]

If true, at least he brought the girl back to the store. Most kids that are kidnapped and raped are killed.

 

[cubby]

Most kids that are kidnapped and raped are killed.

But if he is not in jail,the next one won't be returned alive. The next one will be left in the bushland, most certainly will be dead before she is found.

 

[myra manes]

Lock him up, toss the key ..

 

[Knox]

He shouldn't be within ten thousand miles of those little girls! His daughters or not. They are just victims of his in waiting. The mother had better rethink her standing by him real quick. I truly hope she's not that stupid for her daughters sake.

 

[lithiumgirl]

But if he is not in jail,the next one won't be returned alive. The next one will be left in the bushland, most certainly will be dead before she is found.

Yeah like the guy that threw that little girl in the pond, those sexual assault charges he was already facing didn't hold him back, and when he gets out he'll make sure his next victim is good and dead and I don't see this guy being much different. I hope the victims parent tell everyone about him in a discreet and dignified and not loud mouthy way, and that the mother of these little girls is shamed into some kind of action other than supporting a piece of shit like this.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

23 Oct 2019

The eight year sentence handed down to a man who lured a young girl away from her mother in Kmart and molested her will be appealed by Queensland's Attorney-General.

Sterling Mervyn Free will be eligible for parole in August 2021

Yvette D'Ath said she sought advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions and would appeal the sentence on the basis that it was "manifestly inadequate".

Sterling Mervyn Free lured the seven-year-old from her mother in the toy aisle of Kmart in Westfield North Lakes in December last year.

He then drove her to an isolated spot about 30 minutes away and indecently assaulted her.

He dropped the girl back to the centre more than an hour later.

Kmart child abduction sentence to be appealed by Queensland Attorney-General

The eight year sentence handed down to a man who lured a young girl away from her mother in Kmart and molested her will be appealed by Queensland's Attorney-General, who says it was "manifestly inadequate".

www.abc.net.au

 

[Brillig]

That is a short sentence. Eligible for parole a year and a half from now.

 

[notchback]

That is a short sentence. Eligible for parole a year and a half from now.

I'm glad the Attorney General is appealing the sentence. That's way to short. Of course, being Australia, it'll probably stand. He'll get his pony and a new name when it's all over.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

From Tue 31 Mar 2020

The Queensland man who molested a seven-year-old girl after luring her away from her mother in Kmart will no longer be eligible for parole next year, after the state's Attorney-General won an appeal.

Father-of-two Sterling Mervyn Free was originally allowed to make a bid for release in August 2021, but the Court of Appeal on Tuesday ruled there should be no recommendation for early parole.

The decision means he will become eligible after serving half of his eight-year jail term, rather than one-third.

Free last year admitted to taking the girl from Kmart at Westfield North Lakes in December 2018, driving her to an isolated spot about 30 minutes away and sexually abusing her, before dropping her back to the centre almost 90 minutes later.

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Man who molested 7yo girl in bushland after abducting her from Kmart no longer eligible for parole

The man who molested a girl, 7, after luring her away from her mother in Kmart will no longer be eligible for parole next year, after Queensland's Attorney-General won an appeal.

www.abc.net.au

Sentence Timeline and Release Details

• Maximum Expiry Date: Free was taken into custody in December 2018. Because he was handed an eight-year sentence with 306 days of pre-sentence custody already served, his absolute maximum sentence expires in December 2026.

• Parole Eligibility: Following the Queensland Court of Appeal's ruling, his early parole recommendation was stripped away. By Queensland law, he became eligible to apply for parole after serving exactly 50% of his sentence, which was in December 2022. [1, 2]

Because Australia's state parole boards generally do not publicly publish the exact day-to-day release dates or community management statuses of individual prisoners due to privacy laws, an exact release date has not been broadcast. However, because his full eight-year head sentence has reached its end, he cannot legally be held on these specific charges past late 2026.