Release dates of notorious FNQ inmates revealed
For the mums, dads, brothers and sisters the emotional heartache left behind is lifelong but these Far North inmates convicted of manslaughter are about to get out. UPCOMING DATES
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THEY may be close to doing their time in the eyes of the law but the impacts of crimes soon to be released manslaughter perpetrators from the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre remain for a lifetime in the minds of families left behind.
For the mums, dads, brothers and sisters of the victims killed, the emotional heartache and lifelong psychological damage is immeasurable.
Inspector Kevin Goan of the Cairns police has seen first-hand in his years as a senior Detective how crime can impact victims.
He said the court system had adapted to make it easier for victims of violent crime and these days connecting victims with support services was a significant part of the job.
“Any victim of violence can have life lasting impacts, sometimes their lives are never fully returned to normality and (often they) continue to suffer well past any sentence of a perpetrator,” he said.
“You look at property crime and there are feelings of being violated and ill-ease they feel being the victim of a break at their house that can affect a person’s wellbeing as well.
“You talk about the vicarious victims, the children that witness that abuse can live lives that have been permanently altered and sometimes they see it as normal and that impacts their own relationships.”
Revictimization is defined as the increased likelihood of a victim becoming a victim again as an adult after suffering childhood abuse or domestic violence.
Acknowledging the documented pattern of revictimization Insp Goan said there had been a strong effort by police and the courts to help break the cycle.
“In our efforts to reduce revictimization, we look to stop the victim having to face a perpetrator in court,” he said.
“Ensuring that they are linked in to proactive support services, is all part of our policing these days to reduce revictimization.
“We recognise the community harms associated with being the victim of crime, a lot of the first response looks at linking them in with support services early on.”
The following is a list of men and women convicted of manslaughter that are due to soon be released from the Queensland prison system
LINA MARIE DALEY
Parole release date: March 23, 2022.
In 2018 the tragic news of a baby boy going into cardiac arrest shocked the Far Northern community.
Makavelii, known as “Maka” had been in a bathtub prior to suffering a cardiac arrest while left in the care of an extended group of friends who shared the house.
In 2021 Daley pleaded guilty to manslaughter and to one count of trafficking methylamphetamine and cannabis.
“He had to have suffered before he died or before his fatal response in the bath,” Crown prosecutor Nathan Crane said.
Queensland Corrections confirmed Daley remains in custody.
MICHAEL GLENN LEWIS
Parole release date: August 2022
Former daycare centre director Michael Glenn Lewis is currently serving 18 months behind bars for leaving a three-year-old boy on a Cairns daycare bus for almost six hours after being sentenced in 2021.
The 46-year-old Canadian native pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the Cairns Supreme Court in February 2021 just over a year after the body of Maliq Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo was found on the minibus belonging to the Edmonton Goodstart Early Learning Centre.
Justice Jim Henry described Lewis as an “improbable offender” but for whose actions caused “unfathomable grief” to the boy’s family,” Justice Henry said when jailing Lewis.
“There is no sentence which this court can impose which can undo the catastrophic consequences.”
Queensland Corrections confirmed Lewis remains in custody.
JOSEPH RAYMOND THIMBLE
Parole eligibility date: November 11, 2024.
Joseph Raymond Thimble had been drinking with his partner’s father at home and were heavily intoxicated when friend Marcus Blair became abusive towards his partner and his partner’s father.
There was an argument and a physical altercation that led to Mr Blair being fatally stabbed at an Earlville house.
Thimble, who was on parole at the time of the offence, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment, with a parole eligibility date after four and a half years “to reflect the seriousness of the offending”.
Crown Prosecutor Sam Bain said it was a disturbing feature that in the immediate aftermath, Thimble was seen to be laughing.
ISAACE BARLOW
Release date: 2023
During a 2017 trial many witnesses had seen Isaace Nathaniel Lloyde Barlow punching and kicking Christine Fourmile after the couple had attended a party in December 2014.
Ms Fourmile died in hospital the day after the assault with a medical expert telling the court a major head injury was the primary cause.
It took the jury in the Cairns Supreme Court about three hours to rule Isaace Nathaniel Lloyde Barlow did not intend to kill Christine Fourmile when he drunkenly assaulted her.
Justice Jim Henry said Barlow’s criminal history was “atrocious” and declared him a serious violent offender, meaning he must serve at least 80 per cent of his sentence before being eligible for parole.
Barlow was jailed for nine-and-a-half years in 2017 and was remanded in custody prior to the trial in 2014.
Queensland Corrections confirmed Barlow remains in custody.
FREDERICK BRAMWELL
Release date: 2022
Frederick Thomas Bramwell was sent to jail for eight years for the manslaughter of a woman he described as “the love of his life” in 2017.
Bramwell had a history of bashing partner Clareen Edwards, who he had been in a relationship with since high school and had already been jailed twice for causing grievous bodily harm against her.
His violence towards Ms Edwards came to a head on Christmas Day in 2014 at Pormpuraaw after the pair had been drinking heavily at a party.
Back at their home later that night Ms Edwards threatened Bramwell with a mop and he struck her causing her blood to splatter in the laundry.
Ms Edwards was taken away in an ambulance and returned to the house to sleep but was found unresponsive lying in her own blood the next morning – the cause of death was blunt force trauma.
In custody since 2014 Bramwell was jailed for 10 years and a serious violent offender declaration was made meaning he must serve 80 per cent of the sentence, meaning he could be due for release this year.
Queensland Corrections confirmed Barlow remains in custody.
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