Raylene June Fisher bites cops in violent drug rage

A pregnant woman was on a cocktail of drugs when she violently attacked two police officers who were trying to help her. DETAILS

A Queensland mother of four had to be sedated by paramedics after she bit a police officer while they attended her Bundaberg home in late 2023.

A Queensland mother-of-four had to be sedated by paramedics after she bit a police officer while they attended her Bundaberg home in late 2023.

The first attack occurred on September 24, 2023, when the 31-year-old terrorised emergency service units who responded to reports of a domestic disturbance.

Police attended the scene where they found Raylene June Fisher, who was 30 at the time, armed with a pair of scissors and yelling obscenities at those attempting to assist her with mental-health issues.

Judge John Allen told the court Fisher, who is now pregnant with her fifth child, was concerned the two male police officers attending the scene wanted to hurt her.

A senior constable managed to disarm her and waited for 30 minutes for paramedics to arrive.

Mr Allen told the court the officers were concerned for the 31-year-old’s welfare and had no intention of placing her under arrest.

Once paramedics arrived at the scene, the two officers tried to escort Fisher to the ambulance, but she again became aggressive.

She bit one of the officers on the arm, which left bruising, and a mark deep enough to require testing for permissible diseases.

She was then sedated to facilitate her transport to hospital by paramedics.

A Queensland mother of four had to be sedated by paramedics after she bit a police officer while they attended her Bundaberg home in late 2023.

The second incident occurred a month later in October 2023.

Fisher was armed with a pair of box-cutters when paramedics arrived at her Bundaberg residence after reports of a mental-health episode.

Police arrived shortly after and Fisher grew increasingly agitated.

Mr Allen told the court Fisher worried emergency services were going to “stab or shoot” her.

After lengthy attempts to convince her to receive medical treatment, police handcuffed Fisher in order to contain her outbursts.

While escorting her to the ambulance, Fisher fell to the floor and refused to get up.

One of the attending police officers, a female senior constable, was bitten on her left ankle causing her skin to puncture.

Fisher was sedated once more and taken to hospital.

The injured officer received treatment for a bloodied puncture wound which required her to go on a round of antibiotics and disease testing.

In a victim impact statement submitted to the court, the female officer said she continued to experience emotional and physical distress following the assault.

Mr Allen said Fisher was on a cocktail of drugs, including marijuana, methamphetamine, and alcohol, at the time of the offending.

Dr Brand prepared a medical report which was submitted to the court and said, given Fisher’s mental state at the time, the 31-year-old her had been “deprived of the capacity to understand” what she was doing was wrong, the court heard.

She determined Fisher continued to suffer from a number of mental health issues, among them complex PTSD, borderline personality disorder, and drug-induced psychosis.

Judge Allen said the diagnoses were a mildly mitigating factors; he also considered the 31-year-old’s experience with domestic violence in determining the sentence.

The court heard the most recent charges were an escalation in the mother’s criminal offending; she has appeared a number of times in Bundaberg Magistrates Court for dishonesty and public nuisance offences.

The mother was charged with two counts of serious assault and received concurrent sentence of nine months for charge one and 12 months for charge two.

Six days of presentence custody were declared as time served and parole was set to April 9, 2025.