Career criminal Jason Scott Moyle to be subject to supervision order for five years, court rules
A CAREER criminal who breached the conditions of his release from prison three times in three days will be subject to a supervision order for five years, a court has ruled.
A CAREER criminal and sexual deviant who breached the conditions of his release from prison three times in three days will be subject to a supervision order for five years, a court has ruled.
Supreme Court Justice Martin Hinton imposed the order on Tuesday, but has yet to determine whether and how long Jason Scott Moyle, 47, will be detained before his release on supervision.
Moyle — a career criminal who has spent 28 of the past 30 years in jail — was released from prison on Friday July 27 this year, only to be rearrested the following Monday.
In the Supreme Court on Tuesday, he admitted breaching the conditions of release by taking drugs, refusing to provide a urine sample and failing to attend an appointment at Drug and Alcohol Services SA.
In imposing the supervision order Justice Hinton told Moyle he had presented him with “quite a headache”.
“I have to work out whether I should lock you up for a proportion of that and if so, for how long,” he said.
Prosecutors sought Moyle, who has a history of violence, theft and escape from custody offences, be jailed for an additional 14 months to allow him to complete a violence prevention program, which is also targeted drug and alcohol misuse.
Moyle has also been reprimanded more than 20 times for indecently exposing himself and masturbating in front of women during his various stints of imprisonment.
The court has previously heard Moyle poses a high risk of violent offending and between a low to moderate and high risk of sexual offending.
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Craig Raeside told the court Moyle had an anti-social personality disorder, and the violence prevention program may be helpful but he was unlikely “to make a major turnaround”.
He told the court Moyle was “mellowing” as he aged but his likelihood of reoffending was increased when was under the influence of drugs.
“The best way to protect the community is not to have him in the community, but that’s not a long-term strategy,” he said.
Andrew Culshaw, for Moyle, said the breaches “fall short” of demonstrating he should be jailed for extra time to protect the community.
Justice Hinton will make a determination at a date to be set.