Victim watches attacker get 24 years
Stephanie Dalzell; 14/6/08
For the first time in the 2 1/2 years since she was brutally bashed and left to die, Lauren Huxley yesterday faced her attacker - and heard a judge sentence him to 24 years in jail. Ms Huxley had her head in her hands for much of the sentencing but looked straight ahead as NSW Supreme Court judge Peter Hall jailed Robert Black Farmer for the maximum jail term for attempted murder. Farmer will serve a minimum term of 20 years. Outside court, Ms Huxley, who has no memory of the attack when she was 18, said it had been a difficult experience to confront the man who brutally bashed her. “It was hard, but I’m happy,” she said. The now 21-year-old revealed how she had summoned up the courage to finally face her attacker, saying it was for closure.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23861122-5013404,00.html
Brave Lauren sees off the monster
Bellinda Kontominas; 14/6/08
At times it all became too much for Lauren Huxley, who for the first time yesterday sat within metres of her attacker as he was sentenced to almost 25 years’ jail. Ms Huxley, 21, fled the court twice: once when Robert Black Farmer, 39, was led into the dock and again when Justice Peter Hall spoke of the horrific injuries she sustained. But each time the marketing student defiantly returned, supported by her older sister, Simone, and her close friend Elinor Coghill.
See: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/brave-lauren-sees-off-the-monster/2008/06/13/1213321620652.html
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