Harley Shaun Bartolo had initially lied to police investigating the 2021 death of 16-year-old Jason Galleghan
Photograph: NSW policePhotograph: NSW policeman could walk free from jail next month after lying to police that two “Sudanese males” – and not a group of youths he knew – had fatally bashed a 16-year-old in the city’s west.
Sentencing the 29-year-old Bartolo at the Parramatta district court on Tuesday, judge Ian Bourke was scathing of the sustained bashing, which took over half an hour as multiple alleged assailants kicked, punched and slammed Jason’s head into a bedroom wall. Bartolo was sentenced to a maximum sentence of 25 months. Backdated from when he was taken into custody on 8 October 2021, this will end on 7 November and his non-parole period of 17 months will expire on 7 March.
The Werrington man later came clean with police. He later pleaded guilty to one charge of being an accessory after the fact to causing grievous bodily harm. In handing down his sentence, the judge took into account Bartolo’s “borderline” intellectual disabilities, which left him open to be manipulated and exploited by others.
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