Family outraged over sentence given to a meth addict who viciously bashed a truck driver
There is shock over the sentence handed down to a meth addict who bashed a truck driver so badly he had to have a piece of his skull removed.
When the attacker, Stephen Christopher Darroch, was arrested, he was caught on camera lashing out at police at Mount Magnet station.
Sergeant Matthew James Fogarty received a cut to his eyebrow.
Hours earlier, the 44-year-old man bashed Ross William Tapper with a hammer as he used a service station bathroom in Meekatharra.
Mr Darroch had been using meth and cannabis in the days leading up to the violent outburst.
The bashing was so bad that doctors had to remove a piece of Mr Tapper's skull.
Mr Darroch was handed six years behind bars but will be eligible for release in 2020, a punishment his victim's family says does not fit the crime.
"Ross has got a life sentence and what's he got? He's got everything - he's got a proper bed, he gets fed everyday, all the rest of it," Mr Tapper's mother Edna said outside court.
