Andrew Kevin Gollan yells, hits screens during court outburst as he faces sentencing for attack on motorist, cops on Christies Beach

A man who attacked an innocent motorist and two cops has blown up in court, yelling, swearing and hitting screens and making a threatening gesture towards a judge.

A man who bashed police officers during a wild beach arrest has exploded with fury in court, striking court equipment and “formed a gun with his hands”, pointing at a judge.

On Tuesday, Andrew Kevin Gollan appeared via video link in the District Court for sentencing submissions, which were disrupted after a previous profanity-laden outburst.

Sean Nottle, for the 25-year-old Morphettville man, apologised to the court for his client’s previous disruption, but as prosecution began their final sentencing submissions Gollan erupted again.

“Bulls**t, f**king dog,” Gollan said through the video link.

Andrew Kevin Gollan, 25, set off as prosecutors finalised their submissions in court.

“I’m not listening to this bulls**t bias … my brother just died … I’m not listening to this s**t. Can I go back to my f***ing cell?”

Judge Heath Barklay explained to Gollan he needed to listen to the proceedings, but was forced to mute the audio to allow prosecutors to proceed.

His Honour noted after that, Gollan continued swearing while punching the screen inside the audio-visual link suite at the correctional facility where he was being held.

He was also seen throwing a small object around the room.

“You wanna talk s**t about me c**t?” Gollan said. “How you know if I’m threatening you dog?”

During Gollan’s arrest, two police officers were struck at Christies Beach. Picture: SAPOL / SA Courts

Police body-cam footage was released to the media showing the violent attack in the water. Picture: SAPOL / SA Courts

As prosecution continued, Judge Barklay said: “For the purposes of the transcript Mr Gollan formed a gun with his hand and pointed it at me”.

Gollan was arrested after an “erratic” and “violent” attack on an innocent member of the public near the Christies Beach Hotel in January 2024.

He was seen on CCTV randomly smashing a car’s window with a scooter before striking a 63-year-old Morphett Vale man in the head, also with the scooter, when the man got out of the car.

Dramatic footage from body-worn police cameras arresting Gollan showed the violent assault that left one officer injured.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a worker and one count each of resisting police officer and in doing so cause harm, aggravated causing harm with intent and damaging a building or motor vehicle.

Gollan sat in silence as Mr Nottle outlined to the court his client’s diagnosed bipolar personality disorder, PTSD and polysubstance use disorder.

Gollan was captured throwing his scooter at an officer whose nose broke after being punched to the face. Picture: SAPOL / SA Courts

The court heard Gollan had written a letter of apology to the court, saying he wanted to set a different path for his life and be “the best man he can”.

“There is still some small amount of hope for this young man to be able to make good on what he has set out to … to make good on the promises and commitments that he has made to himself,” Mr Nottle said

During being arrested, Gollan had been held intermittently in solitary confinement for about 10 months, the court heard.

It heard Gollan had experienced a “complex history” of trauma, abuse and dysfunction during his early life and had an extensive criminal history.

Judge Barklay remanded Gollan in custody to face sentencing in May.