Elise Shrimpton pleads guilty to hindering, assaulting police outside Hindley St’s Envy Nightclub
A teen who pushed, kicked and abused a police officer outside a popular nightclub on Hindley St, while still a school student, has avoided conviction for the assault.
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A teenager “with a big future in front of her” who assaulted a police officer outside a nightclub on a popular Adelaide party strip has avoided conviction
Elise Shrimpton, 19, of Golden Grove, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning and pleaded guilty to behaving in a disorderly manner in a public place, and hindering and assaulting police.
Shrimpton initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, with her lawyer David Hall saying the matter was “complicated” at a previous hearing.
She was arrested after the early morning brawl outside Envy Nightclub on Hindley St on September 27 last year.
At the time Shrimpton was 18, and still in high school.
The court previously heard that in the lead-up to the incident, police officers had approached a group of men outside the club.
Police claimed Shrimpton confronted the officers and yelled in their faces, blocking them from talking to one of the men.
She was moved aside, the court heard, prompting her to shout: “F--king push me? Who the f--k do you think you are?”
Shrimpton then allegedly pushed a police officer in the back, causing him to stumble forward.
Police said she also called an officer a “toxic c--t”, before kicking him in the stomach with “strong force”.
The court heard Ms Shrimpton was found with 5g of cannabis and issued with a fine.
She spent more than 24 hours behind bars, before she was released by a magistrate on the Monday morning after the incident because she was completing her final year of high school.
A police prosecutor said Shrimpton had “never had a brush with the law” before and the police were not seeking a conviction.
“She spent the best part of that weekend in custody,” the prosecutor said.
Magistrate David McLeod said police were normally a “bit keen to seek convictions” for assaulting officers but accepted Shrimpton was remorseful.
He said “due to a number of features”, including that the offending fell at the “lower end of the scale” and Shrimpton had no prior convictions, he was happy to issue her a $500, 12-month, good-behaviour bond.
“She’s young with a big future ahead of her,” Mr McLeod said.
“Through her counsel she has expressed remorse and contrition.”
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