The shootings happened in April and Martin Bryant was pleading innocent up until the court hearing in November. His mother and lawyer coerced Bryant into pleading guilty. His mother has stated on television she regrets her decision to tell her son to plead guilty. She believes the case should have been heard through the court.
Martin Bryant was a man with an IQ of 66 and poor social and communication skills. He was a loner but his mother says he was not normally violent. He broke toys when he was a kid; all kids break toys.
