September 15, 2014

A man charged after a six-hour stand-off with police at Murgon on Friday night appeared in Kingaroy Magistrates Court today, handcuffed and wearing shackles around his ankles.

Dwayne Claude Bond faced three charges of serious assault and one charge of contravening a domestic violence order.

Solicitor Alan Korobacz, for Bond, said his client intended to plead guilty to all charges.

Magistrate Simon Young adjourned the proceedings until September 22 to allow the preparation of submissions on sentencing.

There was no application for bail.

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A Kingaroy man charged after “a methylamphetamine-fuelled rampage” at the weekend, was refused bail in Kingaroy Magistrates Court today.

Magistrate Young said Frank Herbert Bond had to prove why he should be released because of the seriousness of the charges he faced.

Bond faced four counts of assault occasioning bodily harm whilst armed in company, four charges of common assault, one charge of assault occasioning bodily harm, one charge of possessing dangerous drugs, and one count of failing to dispose of a syringe.

He also appeared in the dock wearing handcuffs and ankle shackles.

Defence solicitor Alan Korobacz applied for a four week adjournment to allow “case conferencing” with police.

He also sought bail on behalf of his client, stating Bond had a drug problem and wanted to enter a rehab. He said it would also be difficult to get adequate instructions if Bond was in custody.

Police Prosecutor Sgt Pepe Gangemi said it would be alleged Bond had chased neighbours while they were trying to phone police.

He suggested Bond should be refused bail for his own protection as he had been suicidal. He also suggested that custody would help alleviate the risk of Bond obtaining drugs.

Magistrate Young commented that even inside jail, he believed people could “obtain what they want, if they are that way inclined”.

However he said that after “what appears to be a methylamphetamine-fuelled rampage at the weekend”, Bond needed to have extremely cogent reasons why he should be released from custody, and this had not been proven.

He said that at present Bond represented “an unacceptable risk” of committing future offences, and remanded him in custody to October 20.