The juvenile had spent 190 days in custody and was released after sentence in the Childrens Court

A juvenile offender who spent 190 days in a detention centre prior to being granted bail breached his bail within hours of being released and committed further offences.

A juvenile offender who spent 190 days in a detention centre prior to being granted bail breached his bail within hours of being released and committed further offences.

The juvenile’s district court matters were mentioned in Rockhampton’s court on August 6.

The prosecution made an application to adjourn a prerecord of a female child complainant who is allegedly a victim of the bail breaching male offender.

Crown prosecutor Tiffany Lawrence said the offender had been sentenced in the Children’s Court (children’s equivalent to magistrates court) on August 3 and released from custody on a conditional release order.

She said hours after his release, he breached the curfew condition of his bail.

Ms Lawrence said the child, who has already entered pleas of guilty to the latest charges, then committed further offences in the early hours of August 4.

At the time of this child’s offending, Rockhampton police were busy chasing stolen cars across the city with one stolen at gun and knifepoint.

The court did not hear the facts of the child’s fresh charges, but the child may be facing charges in relation to the offending he committed in the 24 hours after release from custody.

Ms Lawrence told the court the juvenile had two or three periods now where he had spent time in custody.

Judge Jeff Clarke said that what prosecution had put before the court was the child breached his bail “in a rather spectacular way”.

Defence barrister Maree Willey said her client was likely to spend further time in custody due to other possible pending charges.

The child had been returned to custody by August 6 with the fresh charges set down for sentence for at least three charges which he has pleaded guilty to already on August 24.

His outstanding district court charges were adjourned to a later date with a trial expected to take place next month.

Ms Lawrence said the prerecord part of the outstanding matters would be difficult with the Covid lockdown restricted transport of offenders to courts for such matters.

She said to have him appear by video link for a pre record would prove difficult for his lawyers to take instructions from him throughout proceedings, which was a common occurrence.

Originally published as The juvenile had spent 190 days in custody and was released after sentence in the Childrens Court