01/06/2025
A Golden Square fella, aged in his mid 40s, who bashed a copperās face in with a motorbike helmet now reckons jail is ātoo hard,ā and wants to be released because his brainās a bit cooked from all the drugs.
The bloke ā who authorities say has a violent streak longer than the Midland Highway ā smashed the cop in the face during an arrest, busting his nose, knocking out two teeth, and leaving him with a pair of black eyes,
And all of it kicked off because this peanut didnāt want to get pulled up riding an unregistered dirt bike through Bendigo streets like he was Mad Max. No licence, no rego, no clue.
When the cops tried to stop him, he blew a gasket, hurled abuse, called them dogs and worse, then grabbed his helmet and used it as a weapon ā bashing one repeatedly in the head before being wrestled to the ground. Another poor cop ended up with neck and hip injuries for their trouble.
But now, after 191 days behind bars, old mate is crying poor me. His barrister rolled out the sob story ā apparently heās illiterate, has a brain injury from āsustained drug abuse,ā and reckons prison life is just too āonerousā for his delicate state of mind.
And hereās the kicker: while locked up, he still managed to jump on the juice ā methadone ā despite telling the court he had no issue with drugs or alcohol. Says heāll be clean if they let him out. Sure thing, champ.
The defence wants him slapped with a community corrections order instead of hard time, reckoning his rehab chances arenāt hopeless, and he could get back on NDIS support if freed.
But the prosecution wasnāt buying any of it ā calling him a violent thug with an āappallingā record who treats court orders like optional guidelines. They said heās been given plenty of chances before, and lives by his own cooked rulebook.
