Jac Michael Webb gets lectured by his lawyer after stabbing man in the stomach

An experienced Gold Coast lawyer gave a teenager a gobful for stabbing a man in the stomach, saying the “courts are sick and tired of young people walking around with knives”.

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AN experienced Gold Coast lawyer gave a teenager a gobful for stabbing a man in the stomach, saying the “courts are sick and tired of young people walking around with knives”.

The difference with this case was Jason Jacobson was scolding his own client.

“The message needs to get out there and let people like my client know that terrible things can happen and much worse injuries can happen.”

Mr Jacobson’s client Jac Michael Webb fronted Southport Magistrates Court on Tuesday, accused of stabbing a Helensvale man on July 23.

Webb tipped over wheelie bins in a street after trying to get a pie from a service station for just $1, the court was told.

Jac Michael Webb (white shirt) leaves court with his lawyer Jason Jacobson, of Jacobson Mahony Lawyers (right).

When a resident confronted him, a fight begun during which Webb pulled a hunting knife and stabbed him in the stomach.

The man was left with a superficial cut to his stomach.

Webb, 18, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to assault occasioning bodily harm while armed.

He was sentenced to six months in prison with immediate parole.

Mr Jacobson, of Jacobson Mahony Lawyers, told the court how he had spoken to his young client about carrying a knife.

“The courts are sick and tired of young people walking around with knives,” he said.

Jack Beasley, Raymond Harris and Nicholas Braid have all been stabbed to death in separate cases in the past 12 months.

Mr Jacobson said Webb did not realise the seriousness of carrying a knife and had now taken steps to turn his life around.

Jac Michael Webb (right) leaves court with his lawyer Jason Jacobson, of Jacobson Mahony Lawyers.

“I did tell him that if the knife did pierce the skin it would have been how long he was spending in jail not if he would got to jail,” he said.

Mr Jacobson said the former Livingstone Christian College student’s family had started to support him.
He said Webb had drunk a carton of beer with a friend in the lead up to the stabbing.

“He is genuine in his remorse for the behaviour and his determination not to drink or behave like that,” he said.

Magistrate Michelle Dooley said Mr Jacobson had said “many of the things I was going to”.

“I have no doubt that you are aware that young people using knives and carrying knives has become somewhat of a topic in the media,” she said.

“It is concerning that at such a young age after a minor dispute, even if you were confronted, that your first thought was to produce what looks like a hunting knife.”

Teenagers carrying knives became a matter of public discussion after four stabbing deaths in less than 18 months.

Magistrate Dooley said it was “good luck rather than good management” that the man was not injured further.

“It is disturbing to read what the doctor said about this offence,” she said.

“Although it was a superficial laceration, (the doctor’s report) says he was very distressed and suffered high anxiety.”

During his submission, prosecutor Chris Freeman had also referred to the recent stabbing deaths by mentioning the “troubles in Surfers Paradise”.

Mr Freeman said the arresting officer had been working with Webb and had noted a change in conduct and additional support from family and the community.

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