Jade Kylan Robert Burn pleads guilty to assaulting a person over 60

A court has heard how a dispute over the location of a burnout led to a fierce argument that ended with a man in his 70s being repeatedly punched in the head.

A Bundaberg man has received a suspended jail sentence after throwing a 74-year-old amputee off his ride-on mower, repeatedly punching him and attempting to put him in a headlock.

On Monday, Bundaberg Magistrates Court heard the details of the offending which took place on December 4, 2021.

Jade Kylan Robert Burn had ironically been doing a burnout on his property, but his neighbour, who he did not know, thought the act was being committed on common land.

The victim rode over on his ride-on mower and started asking questions of Burn, such as whether he was the “person driving like an idiot”.

The court heard Burn then told his neighbour to “f--- off” as it was “none of his business”.

He told the victim multiple times that he was on his own property.

But the victim told Burn “if I catch you driving like that again down here, I'm going to kill you” and it was also heard he made threats to kill the defendant’s father.

Burn told the victim that if he continued to make threats, he’d “get bashed”, to which the victim responded: “I’d like to see you try, I’ll still put you in the ground”.

The victim had a stick in his hand, but police prosecutor Sergeant Grant Klaassen told the court it was because the man was an amputee with a prosthetic leg and he used the stick to help with the functions of the mower.

Burn then launched at the victim, punching him with both his closed fists and knocking him off the mower.

When the older man tried to get up, Burn tried to get him in a headlock before a woman intervened and broke up the fight.

The victim then got back on the ride-on and went home where his wife called an ambulance.

Burn told police the victim was “acting like he was on crack”.

The court heard Burn co-operated with police, showed remorse and admitted he could have handled the situation better than he did.

He pleaded guilty to one count of serious assault of a person over 60.

Magistrate Edwina Rowan sentenced Burn to two months’ prison, suspended for six months.

A conviction was recorded.