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A new sentencing judge will hear a case against former Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis, who has pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified.
A new sentencing judge will hear the case of Rohan Dennis, who has pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified. Judge Ian Press has recused himself today on the basis that a member of the public may deem him not impartial or unprejudiced given he presided over Dennis's previous sentence.
A District Court judge has recused himself in the matter of former professional cyclist Rohan Dennis, who previously pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified. Lawyers for Dennis had previously told the court it would be "inappropriate" for the appointed sentencing judge to preside over his current case. Ms Hoskins, a two-time Olympian cyclist, was struck by a car driven by Dennis outside the couple's Medindie home in Adelaide's inner-north in December 2023.
When Dennis was sentenced for the crash, Judge Ian Press told him that if he was caught driving while disqualified he could expect to be sent to prison.
"It will be a serious criminal offence, and you can expect that you would then have to serve the sentence that I have just imposed because you will have breached that bond by not being of good behaviour," Judge Press had said at the sentencing. At the time, Dennis indicated in court that he understood.
Judge Press today recused himself from the driving disqualified case on the basis that a member of the public may deem him not impartial or unprejudiced given he presided over Dennis's previous sentence. He noted there may be an impression that he had prejudged what should happen, given his prior warnings and that Dennis had breached the bond.
Cycling Judge Judge Ian Press Driving While Disqualified Medindie Melissa Hoskins
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