No prison sentence for ‘morally repugnant’ 52-year-old Wakeley rioter who punched police officer

Talal Khalil El Khoury drove to the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the western Sydney suburb of Wakeley after seeing reports.Talal Khalil El Khoury drove to the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the western Sydney suburb of Wakeley after seeing reports.A man so offended he drove to participate in violent riots after a bishop’s stabbing has been convicted but released from jail after punching a police officer during the volatile event.

While that officer was distracted by another rioter, El Khoury then punched him a second time in the torso before being pepper sprayed.He pleaded guilty to one count of riot and one count of assaulting a police officer in May and appeared at Fairfield Local Court on Wednesday. The nature of El Khoury’s violence was opportunistic and inexcusable but towards the lower end of seriousness, the magistrate said.The magistrate imposed a nine-month intensive corrections order for the riot charge and a concurrent six-month ICO for assaulting the police officer.He also ordered the 52-year-old complete 200 hours of community service.

El Khoury had accepted responsibility for his actions and had been taught a valuable lesson after being incarcerated for two-and-a-half months before his sentence, Lloyd argued.

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