November 27, 2018
A 44-year-old Durong man who smashed a woman’s window with a stool then threw bottle at her, cutting her arm, has been sentenced to six months’ jail.
He later “shaped up” to a female police officer and had to be capsicum sprayed before being arrested.
The man appeared by videolink from Maryborough Correction Centre in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Monday.
He pleaded guilty to five charges relating to incidents which occurred on September 11 and October 10 this year at Durong.
Taking into account 47 days already in custody, he will be released on parole on December 10.
Police Prosecutor Pepe Gangemi said that on October 10, the man drove to a house occupied by a woman related to his former partner.
He grabbed a stool and smashed a window, and snapped a pool cue over his knee.
Sgt Gangemi said the man then pointed the broken pool cue at the woman and threatened to stab and kill her.
“He brought a glass bottle with him. He threw the bottle at the victim … which hit her on the arm, causing a laceration which bled,” Sgt Gangemi said.
Defence solicitor Chris Campbell said his client had drunk a full bottle of Captain Morgan rum, three-quarters of a bottle of Jack Daniels and had also taken several Tramadol tablets on the day.
“He lost the plot and behaved the way he did,” Mr Campbell said.
Mr Campbell said the man had also been smoking cannabis the day before the incident.
He said his client was receiving a disability pension for severe depression and drug-induced psychosis.
The court was told he had been using speed from the age of 12 until he was 36 when he switched to methamphetamine.
But Mr Campbell said his client had not used methamphetamine for about six months.
“He started using pot to get off the meth,” Mr Campbell said.
Mr Campbell said the man had left school in Year 6, and had been working as an interstate truck driver until he was caught drug-driving.
He now hoped to get a job in the construction industry and had completed a Certificate II while in custody.
Magistrate Louisa Pink sentenced him to six months’ jail for assault occasioning bodily harm, two months’ jail for wilful damage and seven days for obstructing police, to be served concurrently.
He was also disqualified from driving for six months.
