Don't jail uneducated black man, Warrnambool Koori court told

By Andrew Thomson
Updated September 12 2014 - 8:42am, first published 4:00am
Donald John Chatfield, 29, of Bushfield, pleaded guilty to firearm offences in the Koori division of the Warrnambool Magistrates Court yesterday.
Donald John Chatfield, 29, of Bushfield, pleaded guilty to firearm offences in the Koori division of the Warrnambool Magistrates Court yesterday.

A WARRNAMBOOL Koori Court elder yesterday claimed a man found with an illegal firearm in his bedroom shouldn’t be sent to jail because he was an uneducated black man and didn’t know about white man’s laws. 

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