Queensland paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith to appeal against life sentence
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Former childcare worker, 46, given a non-parole period of 27 years in October after pleading guilty to hundreds of sexual offences, will argue jail time is ‘manifestly excessive’. One of Australia’s worst paedophiles is appealing against his life sentence on the grounds it is “manifestly excessive”.
Former childcare worker Ashley Paul Griffith, 46, was given a non-parole period of 27 years in October after pleading guilty to hundreds of sexual offences spanning almost 20 years. Griffith’s lawyers, Gnech and Associates, confirmed an appeal had been lodged on behalf of the 46-year-old on the grounds the sentence was manifestly excessive.
It is understood the appeal was filed before Christmas and is yet to go before the courts which could take months. Griffith had pleaded guilty to 307 offences, including ongoing sexual abuse and making child exploitation material, against 65 victims aged one to nine beginning in 2003.
He pleaded guilty to 28 counts of rape against girls primarily aged three to five at childcare centres in Queensland between 2007 and 2022. In sentencing submissions, his defence sought between 25 and 30 years’ imprisonment with a minimum 15 years non-parole as his crimes were not as violent or extreme as other Queensland sex offenders who had been jailed for life.
