A man has emphatically admitted in a Perth court to killing a fellow prisoner before he could have his day in court on child sex charges. Evan James Martin, 43, appeared in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court via video link from Casuarina Prison on Wednesday to enter a plea on aContinue Reading
The parents of Cleo Smith, the little girl snatched from her family’s tent, have revealed starting details about the terrifying ordeal. Ellie Smith and Jake Gliddon have given their first interview since the sentencing of Terence Kelly, the man who confessed to stealing then four-year-old Cleo in October 2021. TheContinue Reading
The man convicted of kidnapping Cleo Smith in Western Australia’s Pilbara region has lodged an appeal against his sentence. Terence Kelly was found guilty of snatching the then four-year-old girl from her family’s tent near Carnarvon on October 2021. The 37-year-old held Cleo at his Carnarvon home for 18 daysContinue Reading
The man who abducted four-year-old Cleo Smith has admitted obstructing police in the hours after he was arrested. Terence Darrell Kelly, 37, had previously admitted one count of forcibly taking a child under 16 following the abduction of Cleo, which sparked a massive search as well as headlines around theContinue Reading