Beagley was given 12 months periodic detention for offences committed at Junee on December 8 last year and for breaching good behaviour bonds imposed previously in Albury Local Court.

But three weeks later, Beagley’s joy dissolved into despair when it was revealed wrong information had been given to the sentencing magistrate and, in fact, Beagley was ineligible for periodic detention because he had previously served a full-time jail sentence longer than six months.

Beagley was brought back before the court last Wednesday and was given full-time jail for his latest crimes.

Magistrate Geoff Hiatt revoked the good behaviour bonds and sentenced Beagley to concurrent, two-month fixed jail terms from April 21.

Beagley was also sentenced to a fixed term of three months for the offence of reckless damage, while an offence of affray drew a 12-month term, with a non-parole period of four months.

Beagley’s solicitor David Barron had asked Mr Hiatt to

consider a suspended sentence for his client.

The request was rejected, with Mr Hiatt saying he had considered all sentencing options on April 7, and had gone past the option of a suspended sentence at that time.

Beagley was granted bail after lodging a District Court appeal against the severity of the sentence.