Alexander Edward Muller sentenced in Mackay court for failing to report

The Queensland son of a magistrate, who is a registered child sex offender for life after ‘very serious’ crimes, has faced court after being found with multiple mobile phones.

Mackay Magistrates Court.

A man who will be a registered child sex offender for all his life has landed in court after illegally possessing four mobile phones.

Alexander Edward Muller faced Mackay Magistrates Court on Friday via livestream from Capricornia Correctional Centre where has been for the past 38 days.

The court heard Muller pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to report in March, after not reporting to authorities in February, May, August and November last year as per strict conditions under the Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004.

Magistrate Damian Dwyer said the charges, which also related to the 44 year old father of one being found with four mobile phones, constituted his 25th and 26th breach of reporting duties since Muller became a registered child sex offender from “very serious” crimes in 2011.

Mr Dwyer asked Beckey Knight and Elliott solicitor Laura Santin what reason Muller possibly had to have the mobiles as he could only surmise, given his history, that he was using them to do something “malicious”.

Ms Santin said Muller instructed her he collected and repaired the devices to which Mr Dwyer responded this had to be reported.

The court further heard Muller had been jailed at least 17 times, and at the time of his most recent offending he was on parole from an eight month jail sentence for failing to report. That sentence was to expire on October 15 this year.

Ms Santin said Muller was a qualified painter who planned to move in with his dad, who was a magistrate, in Tin Can Bay upon his release from jail.

She said Muller had brain injuries following an assault which affected his memory, had epilepsy, and had completed a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program while in custody to deal with his methamphetamine addiction.

She added he had booked in 10 sessions with a psychologist to begin in August.

Mr Dwyer said he would consider Muller’s early pleas of guilty when sentencing while also noting “rehabilitation now takes a backwards step” with protecting the community taking greater precedence.

“He is a man who has an atrocious history … (Muller’s) basically been on parole for over 10 years now,” Mr Dwyer said.

He ordered Muller serve half the remaining time on his jail sentence, making his parole eligibility date March 20, 2025.

A conviction was recorded and the mobiles were forfeited.

Originally published as Alexander Edward Muller sentenced in Mackay court for failing to report