{"id":372272,"date":"2026-05-18T14:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=372272"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:27:15","slug":"man-jailed-after-hospital-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/05\/18\/man-jailed-after-hospital-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Jailed After Hospital Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>May 18, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A man shot by police during an incident at Kingaroy Hospital two years ago will serve six months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Clifford Harrison was sentenced in the District Court in Kingaroy last Thursday after pleading guilty to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Serious assault (obstructing \/ resisting) police,<\/li>\n<li>Going armed in public to cause fear, and<\/li>\n<li>Three charges of serious assaulting a police officer while armed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Harrison was shot twice after brandishing a large kitchen knife and running towards police officers near the main entrance to the hospital on August 9, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He had earlier appeared agitated in the Emergency Department.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medical assistance was immediately provided and Harrison was airlifted to the Sunshine Coast Hospital in a critical but stable condition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No police officers were physically injured during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>On each count, Harrison was ordered to serve a jail term concurrently, with a head sentence of 30 months.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Glen Cash fixed a parole release date of November 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/08\/20\/shot-man-59-charged\/\"><strong>Shot Man, 59, Charged<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/08\/10\/man-shot-at-kingaroy-hospital\/\">Man Shot At Kingaroy Hospital<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man shot by police during an incident at Kingaroy Hospital two years ago will serve six months in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":321543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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