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November 26, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 37-year-old man has narrowly escaped going to jail after a “wild west”-style brawl in a mining camp left two men nursing minor injuries.<\/p>\n

Jay Lee Wadsworth pleaded guilty in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Thursday to two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm after a fight at Blackwater.<\/p>\n

Police Prosecutor Sgt Wayne Bushell said the two male victims – aged 41 and 48 – and the defendant worked as chefs at a mining camp.<\/p>\n

At 9:15am on September 5, Wadsworth had walked into the kitchen with a beer in his hand. He was annoyed that one of the men had complained to management that he had not “prepped” enough food for the next shift.<\/p>\n

A fight erupted and Wadsworth punched \u00a0the 41-year-old on the side of his face. The second man injured his arm on a dishwasher as he attempted to drag Wadsworth, who was “thrashing around”, out of the kitchen.<\/p>\n

As a parting gesture, Wadsworth picked up a plastic bottle of golden syrup and threw it, yelling “I’m going to kill you”.<\/p>\n

“This was an incident that obviously got way out of hand,” Sgt Bushell said.<\/p>\n

“It’s a bit like the wild west when you have punch-ups in a kitchen over food.”<\/p>\n

Sgt Bushell said Wadsworth had been taken to Blackwater Hospital for treatment to injuries he had sustained in the fight but had left on foot before he could be treated.<\/p>\n

Solicitor Mark Werner, for Wadsworth, said that as\u00a0a result of the punch-up, his client had lost his job at the mine and was now living with his parents in Nanango.<\/p>\n

“He was employed as a duty chef and had to supervise a staff of five and provide meals for up to 600 people,” Mr Werner said.<\/p>\n

He said the environment of a mining camp was different to a town. Wadsworth had been drinking heavily the night before as he was anticipating being able to have a long sleep-in because the next day he was rostered off. Instead, he had been woken up by a supervisor who had spoken to him about not doing enough food preparation.<\/p>\n

“He cracked the beer as a hair of the dog and went down to the kitchen to confront the other duty chef who had made the complaint,” Mr Werner said.<\/p>\n

Wadsworth believed the complaint was unfair because the kitchen was down two staff members.<\/p>\n

“He accepts he did over-react but at the time he wasn’t at his best,” Mr Werner said.<\/p>\n

Magistrate Mark Bucknall stood the matter down and remanded Wadsworth in custody in the police cells while he could consult sentencing precedents.<\/p>\n

Wadsworth was brought back before the court about six hours later.<\/p>\n

Mr Bucknall said the message needed to get through that assaults wouldn’t be countenanced by the courts, and can lead to tragic consequences.<\/p>\n

“My first thought was to send you to jail,” Mr Bucknall told Wadsworth.<\/p>\n

“The message needs to get out to the community that this type of behaviour won’t be tolerated.”<\/p>\n

The fact that the assault had occurred in a mining camp made no difference, he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Bucknall placed Wadsworth on 12 months probation and ordered him to perform 100 hours community service. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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