June 24, 2010
OLYMPIC coach and paedophile Fiasz Marikar has been spared prison by a judge who ruled public humiliation and a ruined career were "sufficient" to stop him reoffending.
District Court Judge Gordon Barrett today suspended Marikar's five-year jail term on condition of a three-year, $500 good behaviour bond.
He said deciding to suspend Marikar's punishment for sexually abusing a teenage diver was "a difficult question".
"This is a serious offence against a child, a breach of trust that was part of an ongoing course of conduct, and you have shown no remorse," he said.
"On the other hand, you have been of good character for a long time, this was very uncharacteristic offending, you have already lost your job and, likely, your career.
"I think that those consequences would be sufficient to deter you from re-offending (and) I have concluded the mitigating factors outweigh the other considerations."
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There you go. Molest a child, show no remorse and get a $500 fine and don't serve a single day behind bars. That'll discourage him from offending again. Australians are under attack
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