Man asks court for higher sentence - and gets it

By Matt Neal
Updated September 2 2014 - 7:20am, first published 4:00am
Jason Buchanan, 42, formerly of Castle Carey Road, Mortlake, pleaded guilty in Warrnambool Magistrates Court to single counts of acting in a manner prejudicial to the good order of a jail, threatening to assault a police officer and persistent contravention of an intervention order.
Jason Buchanan, 42, formerly of Castle Carey Road, Mortlake, pleaded guilty in Warrnambool Magistrates Court to single counts of acting in a manner prejudicial to the good order of a jail, threatening to assault a police officer and persistent contravention of an intervention order.

A COBDEN man who pleaded guilty to continually breaching an intervention order has asked to be given a suspended sentence in court yesterday instead of being placed on a community corrections order.

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