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Perth Now
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- Perth Now
Neo-Nazi leader jailed for plot to sabotage power grid
The founder of a neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for plotting to sabotage Baltimore's power grid, the US Attorney's Office for Maryland says. Brandon Russell, 30, of Orlando, Florida, was found guilty at trial earlier in 2025 of conspiring to damage or destroy an energy facility. Senior US District Judge James Bredar in Baltimore handed Russell the maximum sentence for that offence. His convicted co-conspirator in the plot, Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 37, of Catonsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty and received an 18-year prison term in September 2024. Prosecutors said the conspiracy targeting several electrical substations around Baltimore, which is predominantly Black and ranks as Maryland's largest city, was aimed at furthering a white supremacist ideology that sought the collapse of American society. "Russell allowed hatred to drive him and his co-conspirator to plot a dangerous scheme that could have harmed thousands of people," US Attorney Kelly Hayes said in a statement announcing Thursday's sentencing. Evidence presented at trial showed that between November 2022 and his arrest in February 2023, Russell hatched a plan to simultaneously attack five substation transformers with gunfire in an attempt to cause a cascading city-wide power failure. Prosecutors said such an attack, had they been carried out, would have caused more than $US75 million ($A115 million) in damage. Russell's lawyer Ian J Goldstein had argued that Clendaniel was "the more culpable of the two defendants" and was seeking a lesser sentence than she received. "We will be filing an immediate appeal," Goldstein said in an email to the New York Times on Thursday. "There are significant appellate issues relating to what we believe to be the unlawful warrantless surveillance of Brandon Russell, a United States citizen protected by the Constitution." Reached by text message on a plane, Goldstein told Reuters he was accurately quoted by the Times. Russell founded a neo-Nazi group called the Atomwaffen Division, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organisation that tracks US hate groups. He was previously sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of an unregistered destruction device and the improper storage of explosive materials in connection with an alleged plot to attack power lines in Florida. A confidential informant helped lead the FBI back to Russell while he was still under supervised release from the Florida case, linking him to encrypted internet messages from a user known as "Homunculus" urging attacks on electrical substations, according to federal authorities.
Canberra Times
18 hours ago
- Canberra Times
Wrongly convicted Folbigg 'failed again' by $2m offer
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She appealed successfully against her convictions after scientific discoveries in genetics and cardiology cast doubt on her guilt following two inquiries into her verdicts. Ms Folbigg was convicted of three counts of murder and one count of manslaughter following the deaths of her children between 1989 and 1999. Lindy Chamberlain was compensated after being jailed and later acquitted. (Patrina Malone/AAP PHOTOS) Both payments were ex gratia, unlike David Eastman who was awarded $7 million in damages by the ACT Supreme Court in 2019. He had sought $8.5 million after being acquitted in 2020 on appeal. West Australian man Scott Austic in May received $1.3 million on top of an earlier payment of $250,000 after serving nearly 13 years for murdering his pregnant secret lover. Ms Chamberlain and her former husband Michael were awarded an ex gratia payment of $1.3 million in 1992 for their prosecution in the Northern Territory over the death of baby daughter Azaria. Ms Folbigg joins Lindy Chamberlain as rare Australians long jailed but later acquitted and offered compensation. Unlike court-run compensation claims with a series of precedents, ex gratia payments are one-off matters and are expected to be a decision of state cabinet. "I believe this payment was only offered to her as a way of closing down this inquiry," he told reporters. Nationals MP Wes Fang said the offer was made the same day upper house members pushed for an inquiry into the payment. "She has suffered. She has now been released. She is owed compensation that rights the wrong of this state." "Kathleen Folbigg was imprisoned for 20 years, accused wrongly of the murder of her own children. "And a failure of the NSW premier to uphold the principles of fairness and justice," Ms Higginson told reporters. Greens MP Sue Higginson described the offer as "an absolute slap in the face". "The system has failed Kathleen Folbigg once again." "The sum offered is a moral affront - woefully inadequate and ethically indefensible," Ms Rego said in a statement. Ms Folbigg's solicitor Rhanee Rego said she had been offered $2 million. Ms Folbigg requested details of the payment, including the amount, were not publicly shared, government officials said. Two inquiries were held into Kathleen Folbigg's case before she was pardoned and released. (Peter Rae/AAP PHOTOS) "The decision has been communicated to Ms Folbigg via her legal representatives." "The decision follows thorough and extensive consideration of the materials and issues raised in Ms Folbigg's application and provided by her legal representatives," Mr Daley said on Thursday. NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley said he decided to make an ex gratia payment to the 58-year-old, more than a year after a compensation claim was submitted to the government. Kathleen Folbigg was jailed over the deaths of her four children before being freed in June 2023 after new scientific evidence cast reasonable doubt over her convictions. All other regional websites in your area The digital version of Today's Paper All articles from our website & app Login or signup to continue reading Subscribe now for unlimited access. A $2 million compensation offer to a woman who spent two decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted of killing her children has been described as woefully inadequate and a slap in the face. Kathleen Folbigg spent almost two decades in prison before being pardoned and freed in 2023. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS By Jack Gramenz and Alex Mitchell By Jack Gramenz and Alex Mitchell Your digital subscription includes access to content from all our websites in your region. 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The Advertiser
18 hours ago
- The Advertiser
Wrongly convicted Folbigg 'failed again' by $2m offer
A $2 million compensation offer to a woman who spent two decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted of killing her children has been described as woefully inadequate and a slap in the face. Kathleen Folbigg was jailed over the deaths of her four children before being freed in June 2023 after new scientific evidence cast reasonable doubt over her convictions. NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley said he decided to make an ex gratia payment to the 58-year-old, more than a year after a compensation claim was submitted to the government. "The decision follows thorough and extensive consideration of the materials and issues raised in Ms Folbigg's application and provided by her legal representatives," Mr Daley said on Thursday. "The decision has been communicated to Ms Folbigg via her legal representatives." Ms Folbigg requested details of the payment, including the amount, were not publicly shared, government officials said. Ms Folbigg's solicitor Rhanee Rego said she had been offered $2 million. "The sum offered is a moral affront - woefully inadequate and ethically indefensible," Ms Rego said in a statement. "The system has failed Kathleen Folbigg once again." Greens MP Sue Higginson described the offer as "an absolute slap in the face". "And a failure of the NSW premier to uphold the principles of fairness and justice," Ms Higginson told reporters. "Kathleen Folbigg was imprisoned for 20 years, accused wrongly of the murder of her own children. "She has suffered. She has now been released. She is owed compensation that rights the wrong of this state." Nationals MP Wes Fang said the offer was made the same day upper house members pushed for an inquiry into the payment. "I believe this payment was only offered to her as a way of closing down this inquiry," he told reporters. Unlike court-run compensation claims with a series of precedents, ex gratia payments are one-off matters and are expected to be a decision of state cabinet. Ms Folbigg joins Lindy Chamberlain as rare Australians long jailed but later acquitted and offered compensation. Ms Chamberlain and her former husband Michael were awarded an ex gratia payment of $1.3 million in 1992 for their prosecution in the Northern Territory over the death of baby daughter Azaria. West Australian man Scott Austic in May received $1.3 million on top of an earlier payment of $250,000 after serving nearly 13 years for murdering his pregnant secret lover. He had sought $8.5 million after being acquitted in 2020 on appeal. Both payments were ex gratia, unlike David Eastman who was awarded $7 million in damages by the ACT Supreme Court in 2019. Ms Folbigg was convicted of three counts of murder and one count of manslaughter following the deaths of her children between 1989 and 1999. She appealed successfully against her convictions after scientific discoveries in genetics and cardiology cast doubt on her guilt following two inquiries into her verdicts. In 2024, Ms Rego told AAP the compensation claim included a lengthy statement explaining her 24-year experience with the matter, submissions detailing errors by agents of government and an expert report assessing loss suffered by the former prisoner. Ms Folbigg had previously sought a meeting with Premier Chris Minns, but he refused on the grounds she was in the middle of negotiations with the attorney-general. A $2 million compensation offer to a woman who spent two decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted of killing her children has been described as woefully inadequate and a slap in the face. Kathleen Folbigg was jailed over the deaths of her four children before being freed in June 2023 after new scientific evidence cast reasonable doubt over her convictions. NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley said he decided to make an ex gratia payment to the 58-year-old, more than a year after a compensation claim was submitted to the government. "The decision follows thorough and extensive consideration of the materials and issues raised in Ms Folbigg's application and provided by her legal representatives," Mr Daley said on Thursday. "The decision has been communicated to Ms Folbigg via her legal representatives." Ms Folbigg requested details of the payment, including the amount, were not publicly shared, government officials said. Ms Folbigg's solicitor Rhanee Rego said she had been offered $2 million. "The sum offered is a moral affront - woefully inadequate and ethically indefensible," Ms Rego said in a statement. "The system has failed Kathleen Folbigg once again." Greens MP Sue Higginson described the offer as "an absolute slap in the face". "And a failure of the NSW premier to uphold the principles of fairness and justice," Ms Higginson told reporters. "Kathleen Folbigg was imprisoned for 20 years, accused wrongly of the murder of her own children. "She has suffered. She has now been released. She is owed compensation that rights the wrong of this state." Nationals MP Wes Fang said the offer was made the same day upper house members pushed for an inquiry into the payment. "I believe this payment was only offered to her as a way of closing down this inquiry," he told reporters. Unlike court-run compensation claims with a series of precedents, ex gratia payments are one-off matters and are expected to be a decision of state cabinet. Ms Folbigg joins Lindy Chamberlain as rare Australians long jailed but later acquitted and offered compensation. Ms Chamberlain and her former husband Michael were awarded an ex gratia payment of $1.3 million in 1992 for their prosecution in the Northern Territory over the death of baby daughter Azaria. West Australian man Scott Austic in May received $1.3 million on top of an earlier payment of $250,000 after serving nearly 13 years for murdering his pregnant secret lover. He had sought $8.5 million after being acquitted in 2020 on appeal. Both payments were ex gratia, unlike David Eastman who was awarded $7 million in damages by the ACT Supreme Court in 2019. Ms Folbigg was convicted of three counts of murder and one count of manslaughter following the deaths of her children between 1989 and 1999. She appealed successfully against her convictions after scientific discoveries in genetics and cardiology cast doubt on her guilt following two inquiries into her verdicts. In 2024, Ms Rego told AAP the compensation claim included a lengthy statement explaining her 24-year experience with the matter, submissions detailing errors by agents of government and an expert report assessing loss suffered by the former prisoner. Ms Folbigg had previously sought a meeting with Premier Chris Minns, but he refused on the grounds she was in the middle of negotiations with the attorney-general. A $2 million compensation offer to a woman who spent two decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted of killing her children has been described as woefully inadequate and a slap in the face. Kathleen Folbigg was jailed over the deaths of her four children before being freed in June 2023 after new scientific evidence cast reasonable doubt over her convictions. NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley said he decided to make an ex gratia payment to the 58-year-old, more than a year after a compensation claim was submitted to the government. "The decision follows thorough and extensive consideration of the materials and issues raised in Ms Folbigg's application and provided by her legal representatives," Mr Daley said on Thursday. "The decision has been communicated to Ms Folbigg via her legal representatives." Ms Folbigg requested details of the payment, including the amount, were not publicly shared, government officials said. Ms Folbigg's solicitor Rhanee Rego said she had been offered $2 million. "The sum offered is a moral affront - woefully inadequate and ethically indefensible," Ms Rego said in a statement. "The system has failed Kathleen Folbigg once again." Greens MP Sue Higginson described the offer as "an absolute slap in the face". "And a failure of the NSW premier to uphold the principles of fairness and justice," Ms Higginson told reporters. "Kathleen Folbigg was imprisoned for 20 years, accused wrongly of the murder of her own children. "She has suffered. She has now been released. She is owed compensation that rights the wrong of this state." Nationals MP Wes Fang said the offer was made the same day upper house members pushed for an inquiry into the payment. "I believe this payment was only offered to her as a way of closing down this inquiry," he told reporters. Unlike court-run compensation claims with a series of precedents, ex gratia payments are one-off matters and are expected to be a decision of state cabinet. Ms Folbigg joins Lindy Chamberlain as rare Australians long jailed but later acquitted and offered compensation. Ms Chamberlain and her former husband Michael were awarded an ex gratia payment of $1.3 million in 1992 for their prosecution in the Northern Territory over the death of baby daughter Azaria. West Australian man Scott Austic in May received $1.3 million on top of an earlier payment of $250,000 after serving nearly 13 years for murdering his pregnant secret lover. He had sought $8.5 million after being acquitted in 2020 on appeal. Both payments were ex gratia, unlike David Eastman who was awarded $7 million in damages by the ACT Supreme Court in 2019. Ms Folbigg was convicted of three counts of murder and one count of manslaughter following the deaths of her children between 1989 and 1999. She appealed successfully against her convictions after scientific discoveries in genetics and cardiology cast doubt on her guilt following two inquiries into her verdicts. In 2024, Ms Rego told AAP the compensation claim included a lengthy statement explaining her 24-year experience with the matter, submissions detailing errors by agents of government and an expert report assessing loss suffered by the former prisoner. Ms Folbigg had previously sought a meeting with Premier Chris Minns, but he refused on the grounds she was in the middle of negotiations with the attorney-general. A $2 million compensation offer to a woman who spent two decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted of killing her children has been described as woefully inadequate and a slap in the face. Kathleen Folbigg was jailed over the deaths of her four children before being freed in June 2023 after new scientific evidence cast reasonable doubt over her convictions. NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley said he decided to make an ex gratia payment to the 58-year-old, more than a year after a compensation claim was submitted to the government. "The decision follows thorough and extensive consideration of the materials and issues raised in Ms Folbigg's application and provided by her legal representatives," Mr Daley said on Thursday. "The decision has been communicated to Ms Folbigg via her legal representatives." Ms Folbigg requested details of the payment, including the amount, were not publicly shared, government officials said. Ms Folbigg's solicitor Rhanee Rego said she had been offered $2 million. "The sum offered is a moral affront - woefully inadequate and ethically indefensible," Ms Rego said in a statement. "The system has failed Kathleen Folbigg once again." Greens MP Sue Higginson described the offer as "an absolute slap in the face". "And a failure of the NSW premier to uphold the principles of fairness and justice," Ms Higginson told reporters. "Kathleen Folbigg was imprisoned for 20 years, accused wrongly of the murder of her own children. "She has suffered. She has now been released. She is owed compensation that rights the wrong of this state." Nationals MP Wes Fang said the offer was made the same day upper house members pushed for an inquiry into the payment. "I believe this payment was only offered to her as a way of closing down this inquiry," he told reporters. Unlike court-run compensation claims with a series of precedents, ex gratia payments are one-off matters and are expected to be a decision of state cabinet. Ms Folbigg joins Lindy Chamberlain as rare Australians long jailed but later acquitted and offered compensation. Ms Chamberlain and her former husband Michael were awarded an ex gratia payment of $1.3 million in 1992 for their prosecution in the Northern Territory over the death of baby daughter Azaria. West Australian man Scott Austic in May received $1.3 million on top of an earlier payment of $250,000 after serving nearly 13 years for murdering his pregnant secret lover. He had sought $8.5 million after being acquitted in 2020 on appeal. Both payments were ex gratia, unlike David Eastman who was awarded $7 million in damages by the ACT Supreme Court in 2019. Ms Folbigg was convicted of three counts of murder and one count of manslaughter following the deaths of her children between 1989 and 1999. She appealed successfully against her convictions after scientific discoveries in genetics and cardiology cast doubt on her guilt following two inquiries into her verdicts. In 2024, Ms Rego told AAP the compensation claim included a lengthy statement explaining her 24-year experience with the matter, submissions detailing errors by agents of government and an expert report assessing loss suffered by the former prisoner. Ms Folbigg had previously sought a meeting with Premier Chris Minns, but he refused on the grounds she was in the middle of negotiations with the attorney-general.
