<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Convicted one-punch killer Kieran Loveridge has failed in his bid to protect his identity for two years, having said it would allow him to properly rehabilitate in the community.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 32-year-old's sentence for the killing of Thomas Kelly on a drunken night out in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/kings-cross" rel="" target="" title="Kings Cross"><span>Kings Cross</span></a><span> expired on Sunday, and </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="NSW"><span>NSW</span></a><span> was unsuccessful in its attempt to subject him to an extended supervision order for high-risk offenders.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="" title="Supreme Court"><span>Supreme Court</span></a><span> Justice Natalie Adams said, despite Loveridge's troubling history of drug use, there was not enough evidence to indicate he required the high level of supervision proposed by the state to integrate back into the community.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-police-clarify-investigation-into-former-prince-is-broad/1f359146-dca8-4659-acf9-edd8d46cc4de" rel="" target="" title="Police issue fresh appeal for witnesses as investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor continues"><strong><span>Police issue fresh appeal for witnesses as investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor continues</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Loveridge has been on parole since April 2024 and has only committed one offence in that time, a breach of a contact condition in an apprehended violence order.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While the 32-year-old may have had a win on extended supervision by corrective services and police, his concerns about </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/media/2" rel="" target="" title="media"><span>media</span></a><span> attention were not upheld by the court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kelly's 2012 death and Loveridge's subsequent case grabbed a significant amount of media coverage.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/one-punch-killer-escapes-further-monitoring-out-of-jail/daecb176-3189-4208-816e-aaa3f20d7142" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kelly's manslaughter was one of several incidents that contributed to the introduction of "lock-out" laws in parts of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> to prevent </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/alcohol" rel="" target="" title="alcohol-fuelled"><span>alcohol-fuelled</span></a><span> violence, Adams said in her judgment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Loveridge's barrister, Kirsten Edwards SC, said his high media profile upon release led to incidents such as being photographed at a football game and while out in public with his nieces, which have been detrimental to his rehabilitation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/prime-minister-anthony-albanese-refuses-to-rule-out-changes-to-the-death-tax/b060a2f0-1450-407b-9bd7-769c187d2f61" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>PM refuses to rule out changes to the 'death tax'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What makes this defendant special ... is that there really aren't many defendants with his profile," Edwards said in a hearing to attempt to have her client's identity suppressed for two years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our submission is that public safety is promoted through his rehabilitation."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But Adams declined to suppress his identity and said it was not adverse media attention but the birth of his child that brought the downturn in his condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Mr Loveridge became overcome by shame that Mr Kelly would never have the opportunity to become a father as he had, and he commenced illicit </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/drugs" rel="" target="" title="drug"><span>drug</span></a><span> use at this time," Adams said in her judgment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The state's barrister, Henry El-Hage SC, also argued that the fact that Loveridge provided comments about his condition to </span><em><span>The Daily Telegraph</span></em><span> in 2024 went against his proposal that media attention was negative for his personal condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The state was ordered to pay Loveridge's legal costs in the supervision order case.</span></div></div><div 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