Wallington is a rural township near Geelong. It is well known for it's annual strawberry festival, Wallington Strawberry Fair. Jump to: navigation, search - - Nickname: City by the Bay Geography Area: 1,240 km² Coordinates: Time Zone UTC +10:00 Population (2003) 200,067 Among Australian cities: Density: persons/km² Political Mayor: Shane Dowling Governing body: City of Greater Geelong Geelong is a port city of 200,067 people (2003...
In her sentencing remarks, Ms Wallington said the four were tracked after sunset on July 2, in the vessels with their lights out, to a boat ramp where they posed as recreational divers.
Ms Wallington found that each defendant was equally culpable and that jail was unavoidable given the level of organisation of the traffickers and the quantity of abalone involved.
Ms Wallington agreed with prosecutor Ian Parkes that a 10-year ban was warranted given the nature and scale of the crimes and said that without such an order it was likely the four would reoffend.
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