Bundaberg teacher’s aide Karley Jaye Fisher fronts court for public nuisance

A Queensland teacher’s aide, who was charged over an angry outburst directed at children in a street, has fronted court after she verbally abused both children and police.

A Bundaberg teacher’s aide working at a local primary school found herself in front of a magistrate after a drunken rant in the street.

Karley Jaye Fisher, 31, was under the influence of alcohol when she started swearing at 16-year-old children on the street saying “come here you c***s or I’ll stab you”.

The Bundaberg Magistrates Court was told police were also subjected to Fisher’s abuse and called the same names when they arrived on the scene.

Fisher pleaded guilty to one count of public nuisance.

She had committed one other act of public nuisance in the past, but the behaviour was said to be otherwise “out of character”.

Her lawyer told the court she had worked in primary and secondary schools for 15 years but had recently succumbed to relationship and family pressures.

She’d enrolled herself into a detox program in Brisbane to address her substance abuse.

Magistrate Trinity McGarvie took the detox program into consideration when handing down her sentence.

“Perhaps you understand that your behaviour on this occasion is to be condemned,” she said.

“Young people certainly don’t deserve to be spoken to on this ground or threatened with ‘I’ll stab you’.

“People need to exercise some maturity and not expose children to those profanities.”

Fisher was fined $350, deferred to SPER, and no conviction was recorded.