High-risk offender jailed for Hungry Jack's curfew breach
Christo Brown, a convicted rapist on a high-risk offender order, was jailed for breaching his 8pm curfew twice by minutes.
Brown appeared in Launceston Magistrates Court on August 25 after breaching his curfew twice in May and June 2026. On May 31, he was three minutes late after stopping at his brother's for a phone charger, arriving home at 8.03pm.
On June 13, he was six minutes late while in line at Hungry Jack's, arriving at 8.06pm. Brown pleaded guilty to both breaches.
Deputy Chief Magistrate Ken Stanton sentenced him to one month in jail, backdated to July 25. The magistrate told Brown he needed to organise his life around his court orders.
Brown was jailed for eight years in 2018 after raping a 76-year-old woman in her West Launceston home in 2015.
- 8pm
- Curfew time
- 3 minutes
- First breach minutes late
- 6 minutes
- Second breach minutes late
- One month
- Jail sentence
Why it mattersHigh-risk offender orders carry strict conditions; even minor breaches can result in jail, even when a person complies moments later.
AustraliaAustralian courts enforce high-risk offender conditions tightly; breaches of curfew or monitoring orders carry real jail time regardless of circumstance.
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