Article: NSW: Charlotte Lindstrom's jail increased for soliciting hitman


AAP General News (Australia)
07-24-2008
NSW: Charlotte Lindstrom's jail increased for soliciting hitman

By Margaret Scheikowski

SYDNEY, July 24 AAP - Swedish-born waitress Charlotte Lindstrom will spend at least
an extra year in jail for soliciting a Sydney hitman to murder two witnesses.

The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal today concluded her initial minimum two-year term
had been "manifestly inadequate".

It said Lindstrom fully knew two people would be killed if the plot succeeded.

The court rejected the sentencing judge's view that Lindstrom, now 23, would not have
benefited if the plot, organised by her remand prisoner boyfriend, was carried out.

"As submitted by the crown, ...

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