Teen who committed robbery with father has sentence reduced after appeal win

Key points

• Tieka Russell, now 23, successfully appealed her sentence in the NSW Court of Appeal after being convicted of robbing a neighbour with her father in 2023. The court found her initial four-year, nine-month sentence should have reflected her youth more significantly compared to her father's penalty.
• Russell and her father, Wayne, threatened the victim in Corrimal, forcing him to transfer car ownership and withdraw $2000.
• The appeal judges reduced her total sentence to four years and three months, with release possible in October 2026.