Overview

• On August 8 the Queensland Court of Appeal dismissed Nicholas Crilley’s bid to reduce his seven life terms handed down in 2020
• Crilley argued that calling emergency services and a letter of apology should count as mitigating factors in his sentencing
• Justices described his June 2017 actions as “utterly brutal” acts of rape and torture that included filming assaults and repeated use of boiling water and chemicals
• The victim, then 22, suffered burns over 46 percent of her body, broken facial bones, serious disfigurement, eight weeks in hospital with a ten-day coma and ongoing PTSD
• Under Queensland law Crilley must serve at least 20 years in custody before becoming eligible for parole