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Who is Terence Darrell Kelly ?

The man who has pleaded guilty to Cleo Smith’s kidnapping has denied assaulting a police officer in the hours after detectives pounced on him and arrested him.

Terence Darrell Kelly, 36, appeared at Carnarvon Magistrates’ Court via video link from Casuarina prison with his lawyer and said he plans to fight the charge of assaulting a public official.

He uttered the words “not guilty” when asked by Magistrate Benjamin White how he intended to plead guilty, with the high-profile trial now scheduled for May 23, The West reported.

Arrested and Charged

While the court has yet to reveal the full circumstances of the alleged assault charge, Kelly is accused of lashing out at an officer while being held in a cell in Carnarvon, just hours after the four-year-old was rescued from his home on November 4th. .

Kelly was hospitalized twice within hours of being taken into police custody with reports alleging that he became violent and banged his own head against a cell wall.

In January, he admitted abducting the sleeping girl with her parents and younger sister from Blowholes camp in northwest Western Australia in the early hours of October 16.

Kelly pleaded guilty to a single count of forcibly taking a child under the age of 16.

The case is in the process of being transferred to Perth District Court, where she will eventually be sentenced but ultimately avoid a criminal trial.

Little Cleo was found safe and sound on November 3 in a case that aroused the interest of the whole world.

On the camping trip she had woken up around 1:30 a.m. m. and she asked for water, but when her parents got up at 6 a.m. m., the girl had left with a search by land, air and sea without finding any trace.

Missing

Five days after the four-year-old disappeared, police announced that they believed Cleo had been kidnapped and offered a $1 million reward.

After 18 days of Cleo being trapped in Kelly’s Tonkin Crescent home, detectives rescued the preschooler after an intense investigation.

Officers forced entry to the home and found the girl alone in a room, physically unharmed and playing with toys.

Kelly was arrested on a nearby street at the same time. She allegedly acted alone with the police stating that she had no connection to Cleo’s family.

Cleo is now recovering from the traumatic experience.

Terence Darrell Kelly Quick and Facts

• The man who snatched Cleo Smith pleads not guilty to assaulting police officer 
• Terence Kelly, 36, appeared in Carnarvon Magistrates Court via video link 
• The assault is alleged to have occurred in the hours after he was arrested