Man who bludgeoned six penguins walks free from court

Tasmanian Joshua Leigh Jeffrey will serve 98 hours of community service for New Year’s Day attack

Little or fairy penguins
(Image credit: JJ Harrison/Wikimedia Commons)

An Australian man who bludgeoned six penguins to death has had his punishment increased, but will not spend time behind bars.

Joshua Leigh Jeffrey, 20, must carry out 98 hours of community service - double the amount he was initially handed in June - as well as a two-month prison sentence, suspended on condition that he does not reoffend within the next 12 months.

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