10 young South Australians who have faced court in 2021 and their crimes
From “off their face” teens making reckless choices to brutal bashings, these are the fresh faced offenders who have found themselves in SA courts in the past year.
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Plenty of South Australian teenagers have found themselves in trouble with the law this year.
Here is a list of young offenders who have recently appeared before the courts, and the consequences they’ve faced.
SA teen caught selling child abuse material
A teenager arrested for hosting an online chat group trading in child exploitation material was the first youth in South Australia to be caught selling the abhorrent material, a court heard.
The 17-year-old male, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, “shared, traded and sold” links containing thousands of images and videos of sickening material between January and March 2020.
Magistrate Oliver Koehn said the teen charged up to $10,000 for links to the material, which contained children as young as toddlers.
He said an analysis of the links shared found they contained 64,941 images and 17,450 videos, though not all of these were child exploitation material.
The now-19-year-old pleaded guilty to four offences, including aggravated disseminate child exploitation material, communicating with a child to make them amenable to sexual activity and hosting a website dealing with child exploitation material at an earlier hearing.
Mr Koehn suspended a seven-month period of detention in lieu of a 12-month good behaviour bond.
He declined to record any convictions.
Caleb Galffy
A young person was jailed for his drug-fuelled crime spree, including causing a police officer to injure herself in a chase after he fled from police custody.
Caleb Levi Galffy, 19, told officers during his arrest that he had swallowed an object so he could be taken to hospital, before running from the waiting room.
During sentencing Magistrate Simon Smart said Galffy had committed various crimes, including possessing a stolen motorcycle, breaking into a car and producing a knife at someone during a confrontation.
The court heard Galffy was arrested by police for breaching his bail in March, last year.
“You were conveyed to the Lyell McEwin Hospital as you reported to police that you had swallowed an object,” Mr Smart said.
“Whilst at the hospital and in police custody you ran from the waiting area – you ran out of the hospital and jumped a fence.”
Galffy, of Elizabeth East, had previously pleaded guilty in Adelaide Magistrates Court to multiple charges, including escape from custody and carrying an offensive weapon.
Mr Smart sentenced Galffy to one year and 14 days jail, with a non parole period of nine months.
Convictions were recorded.
Adelaide teen filmed children, fellow students
An Adelaide man filmed two children next door “in a vulnerable position” not for sexual reasons but because he envied their childhood, a court has heard.
The now 20-year-old, whose name is suppressed, pleaded guilty in the District Court to six counts of indecent filming and to producing and possessing child exploitation material.
The court heard the accused, who was then 17 years and seven months old, filmed the children in the shower with a person believed to be their mother, through a lattice fence which separated the two properties, in March and May 2019.
Later, police officers found vision of the children – aged six and seven at the time – on the accused’s computer while “investigating other matters”.
Then, the accused filmed fellow students in high school’s unisex toilet after putting a mobile phone in an air vent, in August, 2019, just after his 18th birthday.
Police found 805 videos and pictures, deemed child exploitation material, on devices at the accused’s home.
He received a suspended three year, six month and 29 day jail term and a 12-month good behaviour bond due to his age at the time of offending.
A non-parole period of two years was set.
Izac Marrone
A Year 12 student’s involvement in setting fire to a car, completely destroying it, was “out of character,” a court has heard.
Izac Raffaele Marrone, 19, was convicted in the Adelaide Magistrates Court, for his role in the “targeted attack”.
Detectives from the Crime Gangs Task Force arrested Marrone and other men, alleged to have links to an outlawed motorcycle gang, following an investigation into a deliberately lit car fire in July at Croydon Park.
Patrols and MFS crews were called to Lamont St, Croydon Park on July 12, last year after reports of a Subaru sedan on fire in the driveway.
Police will allege that Marrone and others were captured on CCTV pouring petrol over the car while parked in the driveway and setting it alight.
The Subaru, valued under $30,000, was completely destroyed in the targeted attack.
Marrone was sentenced to a 18-month good behaviour bond for $500.
He was also ordered to complete 320 hours of community service within 12 months.
A conviction was recorded.
Ammoniah Turner
A talented footballer violently stabbed a stranger in the back multiple times – leaving him paraplegic – because he refused him money.
Ammoniah Turner, 20, was released from custody in the Adelaide District Court after serving just under 18 months in custody, following his “nasty and vicious” attack that changed a man’s life forever.
The court heard Turner was drunk and wandering the streets of the Adelaide CBD on January 7 last year.
“You came across the victim who was also drunk, you asked him for money but he refused,” Judge Liesl Chapman said during sentencing.
The court heard Turner, who was aged 19 at the time, and the victim then got into a fight.
“You then removed a knife from near your ankle, approached the victim, reached around him and stabbed him numerous times in his back,” Judge Chapman said.
“He suffered what is essentially a tissue death to his spine which caused a severe spinal injury and has resulted in paraplegia from the hips down.”
Turner, of Salisbury, had previously pleaded guilty to causing serious harm with intent to cause serious harm.
Judge Chapman sentenced Turner to five years and eight months jail, with a non-parole period of two years and 11 months.
The remainder of the sentence was suspended on a three-year good behaviour bond.
Noah Turnbill
A southern suburbs teenager assaulted a member of the public, calling him a “snitch” and a “dog” after he called authorities.
Noah Banjo Turnbill, 19, appeared in the Christies Beach Magistrate Court, pleading guilty to three charges including due care, failing to stop and give particulars to persons at crash scene and assault at Aldinga.
A police prosecutor told the court the teenager failed to negotiate a bend along Harvey Ave, crashing his Holden sedan into a fence.
“Initially it was reported by a member of the public who had been sitting at home when they heard a loud bang,” she said.
The court heard while the victim was on the phone to police, Turnbill returned to the vehicle and was seen offering members of the public money to not call police.
“He was also being aggressive, when the victim approached him he was called a dog and snitch,” the prosecutor said.
“He (Turnbill) has then punched the victim in the face, resulting in a cut lip and a sore jaw.”
Turnbill’s lawyer Peter Hill said his client was essentially “off his face” on drugs at the time of the incident.
Turnbill was sentenced to a one month and 24 day term of imprisonment, suspended into a good behaviour bond for 12 months.
He was also disqualified from driving for 28 days and fined $300.
Joshua Dissinger
An Elizabeth South teenage hoon will be “off the road for two years” after riding in an “incredibly dangerous manner” on his motorbike.
Joshua Eric Dissinger, 18, pleaded guilty in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court to driving in a reckless or dangerous manner and without number plates properly attached.
Dissinger travelled dangerously along Coventry Road, Davoren Park on September 28 last year.
Magistrate Ben Sale said Dissinger passed pedestrians at “high speed” and veered from the road onto a path not intended for motor vehicles of any type.
“That was incredibly dangerous,” Mr Sale said.
Dissinger also pleaded guilty to interfering with a motor vehicle without consent on August 27, 2020 at Mawson Lakes.
He received two convictions, a two-year good behaviour bond and was disqualified from driving for two years.
He must also complete 40 hours of community service.
Elise Shrimpton
A teenager “with a big future in front of her” who assaulted a police officer outside a nightclub on a popular Adelaide party strip avoided a conviction.
Elise Shrimpton, 19, of Golden Grove, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to behaving in a disorderly manner in a public place, and hindering and assaulting police.
She was arrested after the early morning brawl outside Envy Nightclub on Hindley St on September 27 last year.
At the time Shrimpton was 18, and still in high school.
The court previously heard that in the lead-up to the incident, police officers had approached a group of men outside the club.
Police claimed Shrimpton confronted the officers and yelled in their faces, blocking them from talking to one of the men.
She was moved aside, the court heard, prompting her to shout: “F--king push me? Who the f--k do you think you are?”
Shrimpton then allegedly pushed a police officer in the back, causing him to stumble forward.
Police said she also called an officer a “toxic c--t”, before kicking him in the stomach with “strong force”.
Magistrate David McLeod sentenced Shrimpton to a $500, 12-month, good-behaviour bond, with no conviction recorded.
Emmanuel Samuel
A man who choked his ex-partner, then filmed her crying is “mortified” by his behaviour.
Emmanuel Kanga Samuel was 19 when he executed the public attack because he was angry she was still accessing his Snapchat account.
The court heard Samuel ran into his ex-partner on a night out in Hindley St on January 10, leading to the assault.
“It consisted of a prolonged attack, during which he grabbed the complainant by the throat,” a prosecutor told the Adelaide District Court.
“The complainant was unable to breathe throughout the incident, the defendant would not let the complainant escape.”
The court heard Samuel then filmed the victim crying while verbally abusing her.
The victim lost chunks of hair, suffered a bloody nose and bruising around her neck.
Samuel, of Munno Para West, had previously pleaded guilty to assault and choking.
Judge Paul Cuthbertson sentenced Samuel to 15 months jail, with a non-parole period of 10 months.
The sentence was backdated to January 10, meaning Samuel is now eligible to apply for parole.
Ryan Hooper
A drug addicted teenager was on a downward spiral when he used a knife to rob a man selling a phone.
Ryan Allan Hooper, 19, avoided jail in the Adelaide District Court last week for using a fake name to lure a man from Facebook.
The court heard Hooper sent the victim a Facebook message, pretending to be a person named Jeff on January 12.
He asked the victim if the phone he advertised was still available and if he could deliver it to Elizabeth Vale.
The victim arrived and handed Hooper the phone through his car window.
“You then began stepping backwards, the victim asked you what you were doing and told you to give the phone back,” Judge Liesl Chapman said during sentencing.
“You walked back a few more steps and then pulled a knife out from under your jumper.
“You then started to step towards the victim and at the same time began jabbing the knife forward in a stabbing motion in front of him.”
Hooper, of Elizabeth Vale, had previously pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery.
Judge Chapman sentenced Hooper to one year and four months jail, with a non-parole period of eight months.
The sentence was suspended on a three year good behaviour bond, with supervision for two years.
Hooper was also ordered to complete 50 hours of community service within 12 months.
Man tried to set woman on fire, days after jail release, court told
A day after being released from jail, a man allegedly poured acetone on a woman and tried to set her on fire – but his lawyer claims the alleged victim has “serious credibility issues”.
High Court released criminal behind bars after visa breach
He was released as part of the High Court decision, now this detained criminal has allegedly reoffended and refused to comply with his visa conditions.