Overview
- Jonathan Richard Anthony abducted an eight-year-old from his bed on March 31, 2023, after entering a neighbour’s Moora home, and attempted to take the boy’s 12-year-old brother who escaped.
- He detained the younger child for about three hours, forced him to drink beer, threatened to kill him, and took an indecent photograph.
- CCTV inside Anthony’s home captured the ordeal, and searchers found the child after hearing him yell for help.
- Perth District Court imposed an eight-year term backdated to 2023, set parole eligibility for March 2029, and ordered a lifetime restraining order protecting both boys.
- Judge Seamus Rafferty said Anthony was in significant psychosis linked to schizophrenia and substance use, called the offending extremely serious, and noted accepted remorse.