Anthony Lynn

I mean like CCTV footage showed Martin had his hands in his pockets as well like so like he wasn't expecting an argument he wasn't expecting any kind of confrontation at all you know he just simply wanted to get into the house I mean he hadn't even got his hands out of his pockets to be able to

defend his body from being propelled to the ground like you know there was no way to get hands up in time you know like a natural instinct where if you fall you put your hands out and there was none they were in his pockets like you know and he was just propelled to the ground with such force like and yeah the damage was caused like I remember we were at a wedding it was our first time being away from my little girl

We woke up that morning and Sharon had got a call from her father and he said come to the hospital quick, Martin is here.

I could tell by the worry in Sharon's eyes that the gravity of the situation was quite severe.

And I was trying my best to reassure her saying, we don't know exactly the extent of what's going on, so let's wait until we get there.

We eventually got there and I suppose the gravity of the situation fully set in as to what was happening.

It was haunting.

It was terrifying.

Yeah, he loved routine.

Completely different circles of life.

Yeah, and then someone in the back, I believe it was one of Martin's friends, was obviously, everyone was furious about it.

the sentence and he said to him across the courtroom wipe that stupid smile off your face and of course at that point then O'Neill turned around and posed in an aggressive manner saying something back and to be taken away by

The aggravating factors, everything.

It was just...

disbelief and injustice completely like you know I think it's a failing in the system itself to grant someone such leniency with such a checkered history a tendency for violence and the fact that this person was out on bail you know if I mean if that person wasn't out on bail

Especially given the aggravating factors.

And there was many of them.

There was a lot of mitigating factors that were read out by the judge.

But there was none of the aggravating factors that were really read out.

Especially some of the ones... And we've delved deep into this.