NOTORIOUS Valentine’s Day kidnapper and child rapist Adam Gilbert Jolly has lodged an appeal against the 23-year jail sentence he was given in April, arguing it is too severe.
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The Albury man, 29, was sentenced in Wagga District Court on April 2 by Judge Jennifer English for his attack on a six-year-old girl in Wagga on February 14, 2010.
He had pleaded guilty to five offences, including sexual intercourse with a child under 10, attempted sexual intercourse with a child under 10 and indecent assault.
Jolly was sentenced to 23 years in prison but, with time served since his arrest six months after the atrocities, he will be eligible for parole on May 24, 2026 — still more than 13 years away.
Jolly signalled an intention to appeal earlier this year and had until mid-October to lodge the paperwork.
A public information officer with the Supreme Court of NSW said this week the appeal was lodged on October 5.
The appeal will be heard by the Court of Criminal Appeal to be set following a callover listed for October 25.
The full grounds of the application will not be made public until the appeal is heard.
