Aisa Albert Charles Munro faces court for home invasion, Capricornia riot

After holding up an adult store armed with a hammer then playing a role in the Capricornia Correctional Centre’s biggest ever riot, a man was back out in the community and ready to re-offend.

After participating in Capricornia Correctional Centre’s biggest ever riot, a man later broke into the house of a mate’s ex with him and stole thousands in a ‘terrifying’ home invasion.

A year after being involved in Capricornia Correctional Centre’s biggest ever riot, a man, who once held up a sex shop armed with a hammer, helped a mate carry out a “terrifying” home invasion.

Aisa Albert Charles Munro was one of 800 inmates involved in the riot on October 21, 2021, but just a month after parole release the next year, he helped a friend rob his ex-partner on December 2, 2022.

Crown prosecutor Matthew Sutton said the then 28-year old’s involvement in the riot was “on the lower standard” with general property damage, but not “the serious violence that some of the other prisoners engaged in”.

Aisa Albert Charles Munro.

Munro had an eight-page criminal history with previous charges of armed robbery after allegedly entering a sex shop armed with a hammer and making off with cash, the court heard.

Mr Sutton said Munro had only been released in November 2022 before the robbery he said “really is a home invasion” and “would have been terrifying”.

The court heard the woman did not know Munro when he entered through the open back door and let in his friend, who wore a face covering, at the front after the two did some gardening at the property.

Judge Jennifer Rosengren said Munro was aware the woman was home alone and stole $150 from a drawer as he went to open the front door.

Capricornia Correctional Centre at Rockhampton.

“She ended up in the toilet with $10,000 in cash in a handbag ... you opened the door (and) there was a scuffle, during which (you told her to let go or you would kill her,” Judge Rosengren said.

“You grabbed the money ... yelled at the other male to run to the front door ... she followed you out and when you were near the front door, she asked for it back and you swung punches towards her but none of them connected.”

The court heard Munro was captured on CCTV footage and his fingerprints found on a cup in the kitchen.

The now 30-year-old pleaded guilty to taking part in a riot (unlawfully damage property), burglary and commit and robbery in company.

Judge Rosengren said riots, “by their nature, are an affront to the rule of law” and the events of October 2021 caused an estimated $1.2 million in damage.

Munro was sentenced to a head sentence of three years for the burglary with nine months for the riot to be served concurrently.

He was given a parole eligibility date of June 1, 2024.