A-G to fight baby killer compo
Andrew Fraser
August 16 2013
THE Queensland government will appeal against a decision to award a convicted murderer $3000 for feeding him vegetarian food when the man, a Muslim, had requested halal food.
Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said the government had received crown law advice yesterday that there was a good chance the decision by the Queensland Civil Administrative Tribunal could be overturned.
QCAT had awarded the compensation to prisoner Raymond Akhtar Ali, who was found to have violently murdered his new-born daughter in 1998 before cutting her body in half and burying it at his Logan Village home.
Ali was fed vegetarian food for four months in jail at Maryborough Correctional Centre, despite requesting halal meat prepared in accordance with his religious beliefs, and QCAT found he had been discriminated against because of his religious beliefs. "When I found out about this matter, I was as shocked and appalled as I think most Queenslanders would be," Mr Bleijie said.
"It's not common sense to award that particular monster $3000 in compensation."
Mr Bleijie said while prisoners had some rights, and freedom of religion was part of Queensland society, there was a limit to what could reasonably be delivered to those in jail. "It has gone too far when the state has to fork out $3000 in compensation," he said.
"I think people just have to accept it's not all rosy in prison. It's not a holiday camp."
So what did this Muslim Sociopath do? Original ANV Report 2008 below
Appeal fails for baby butcher
Christine Kellett
March 4, 2008 - 12:52PM
March 4, 2008 - 12:52PM
A halal butcher who dissected his newborn daughter and buried her body in a neighbour's yard to conceal an extramarital affair has had yet another appeal thrown out.
Brisbane man Raymond Akhtar Ali was jailed for life in 1999 over the gruesome murder of Chahleen Amy Blackwell just moments after her birth at Ali's family home at Logan Valley, in the city's south, on September 8, 1998.
The child's mother and the Ali family's live-in babysitter, Amanda Blackwell, was also convicted of manslaughter.
The infant was bashed, stomped on and sliced in half by her father, a trained butcher who slaughtered goats for the muslim market, because he did not want his wife to find out about his infidelity.
Her sexual organs were also removed and her body buried in a neighbouring property before it was eventually dug up by dogs.
Ali appealed his conviction to the High Court in March 2005, claiming the conduct of his defence lawyers had resulted in a miscarriage of justice, however the appeal was rejected.
A second bid in Brisbane's Supreme Court of Appeal this morning - this time for an extension of time to mount another legal challenge - was also swiftly thrown out.
While Ali denied any connection with the birth or death, DNA testing showed he was the baby's father.
