Pub baron avoids jail for parole breach
One the country’s most well connected hospitality barons has avoided going to jail for a breach of his parole thanks to a bureaucratic bungle.
After pleading guilty to domestic violence in 2015 and 2016 over his attack on then-girlfriend Nellie Tilley, Phillip De Angelis promised the judge he would give up alcohol and drugs for two years.
But De Angelis was caught drink-driving and on his phone in Surry Hills last December.
Despite breaching his intensive corrections order, Corrective Services didn't notify the State Parole Board until the end of January.
“While Corrections policy required that a breach report be submitted soon after the offence, this did not occur, and the staff involved have been counselled to ensure this does not happen again,” a Board spokeswoman told The Daily Telegraph.
“Otherwise, the offender's supervision was strictly in accordance with policy. Corrective Services NSW on Friday 31 January lodged a breach report with the State Parole Authority after a 39-year-old offender failed to comply with the conditions of his Intensive Corrections Order.”
Community Corrections said De Angelis should have the matter dealt with after he is sentenced in March for the drink driving and using his phone while driving charges.
The matter will come before the parole authority today.
Sheridan Randall, 10th February 2020
