The January order was the second imposed on Torrens, who was in 2021 placed on a 12-month community corrections order for refusing or failing to submit to a breath test.
Torrens’ death occurred on the same afternoon that more than 1000 people gathered on Terrigal Beach to mourn the death of Griffin.
Adrian Noel Torrens was spared jail for violent offending months before he allegedly murdered Griffin.
Griffin was reported missing one hour after she had farewelled friends at the Hotel Gosford at about 2am on March 23, and had walked along The Entrance Road to hail a taxi after unsuccessfully attempting to book an Uber.
Police allege Torrens and Griffin, not known to each other, had a physical altercation while Griffin was attempting to hail a ride, during which the teenager tried to fight Torrens off, scratching him in the process and lodging some of his DNA under her fingernails.
They were to allege that Torrens struck the left side of Griffin’s face and knocked her unconscious, causing her to drown, or held her underwater. Police will also say she had scratches on her upper arms and a mark to the left side of her face that could have been caused by blunt force.
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Griffin’s body was found face-down and partially submerged in the creek around 3.45pm on March 24 – 36 hours after friends reported her missing. Police initially treated Griffin’s death as non-suspicious until investigators received information on Friday that led them to treat it as a murder.
The incident occurred after she had farewelled her friends at the Hotel Gosford in the early hours of March 23, and was walking along The Entrance Road to hail a taxi.
Griffin was a talented teen athlete and University of Technology Sydney student who planned to join the navy this month.
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