THE POST, Thursday, July 17, 2025 - Page 1
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THAT’S GOLD! YOUTH SHOWS STATE WHAT THEY’RE MADE OF Parkes youth are proudly representing their shire, Wiradjuri people and the Parkes PCYC at the Nations of Origin 2025. Four of our gymnasts have walked away this week with gold and bronze medals, while on the cultural stage a Parkes teenager has performed for the
masses on the didgeridoo. Nations of Origin is an annual tournament hosted by PCYC NSW that brings together as many as 1400 Indigenous and nonIndigenous young people from across the state to compete in sport and celebrate culture
and leadership. The Parkes PCYC have sent seven teams down to Sydney, totalling 56 kids in rugby league, basketball and gymnastics for its second Nations of Origin tournament. It all began on Monday and finishes today.
Tyrece Robinson shared his deep connection to his heritage by playing the didgeridoo for all who gathered at the event’s cultural night on Monday night. ■ STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 4. SEE ALSO PAGES 6-7 FOR PHOTOS FROM PARKES PCYC’S OWN NATIONS OF ORIGIN COMMUNITY EVENT
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Kilby jailed for Peak Hill murder SUPREME COURT Roger James Kilby has been convicted and jailed for at least 12 years for the murder of a Peak Hill man in his home in 2023. The 40-year-old came before Justice Dina Yehia for sentencing in the Supreme Court in Orange on 14 July, after pleading guilty to murdering Andrew John Anthoney by violently assaulting
him in his own home in Boori Street, Peak Hill on 11 or 12 March, 2023. He handed himself into police the following day, or the same day, and was charged with murder. In her written judgement presented to the court, as published on caselaw.nsw. gov.au, Justice Yehia sentenced Kilby to a non-parole period of 12 years and six months’ imprisonment.
He was given an additional five years and six months, bringing the total term to 18 years’ imprisonment. But with a 25 per cent reduction on his sentence for a plea of guilty at the first opportunity and having been in custody for two years already, Kilby will be eligible for parole from September 2035. Anthoney, who was aged 57, has been described as a
son, brother, cousin, uncle, nephew and friend. “In matters such as this, judges are asked to perform an impossible equation,” Justice Yehia said in her judgement. “No human life can ever be equated with any penalty, including a period of imprisonment. No gaol term, of any length, can return a loved one. “The experience has been
a shattering one for those left behind. “The sentence I impose does not, and cannot, measure the value of Mr Anthoney’s life. “The offender will have to live with the burden of the consequences of his actions for the rest of his life. In many ways, that burden, far more than imprisonment, will be the offender’s punishment.”
According to court documents tendered and presented in Justice Yehia’s written judgement, Kilby - who grew up in Parkes and Peak Hill - had been drinking at a licensed premises the night of the murder. He left the venue at 10:36pm, likely intoxicated and affected by a prohibited drug, and walked to Anthoney’s home. ■ Continued on page 4
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