Tuckey wants plea bargain probe
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The federal Member for O'Connor, Wilson Tuckey, has demanded an inquiry into why the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) chose to accept a plea bargain from the killer of Yalgoo farmer William Rowe.
Matthew Roy McDonald was sentenced to five years' jail yesterday after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Rowe on Christmas Day last year.
Mr Tuckey says the community has never been told why the DPP chose to accept a plea bargain.
He says, while he supports calls for a review of McDonald's sentence, the Attorney-General needs to come clean on why the deal was made.
"I think more what is particularly needed is an inquiry, a formal inquiry into the circumstances that that particular plea bargain was arranged when it became patently obvious that it would dramatically reduce the sentence," he said.
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