Bjordie Spanton in court for public nuisance and wilful damage
A Maryborough man who abused worshippers at a local church and peed on a police station floor, threw a Gatorade bottle at one of the worshippers and shouted other religious slurs.
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A Maryborough man who abused worshippers at a church and peed on a police station floor has been sentenced.
Bjordie Spanton, 43, pleaded guilty to four charges including obstructing a police officer, wilful damage of police property and two counts of committing public nuisance when he faced Maryborough Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning.
The court heard that at 5:16pm on August 7, 2023, police were called to St Paul’s Anglican Church in Maryborough after reports of an intoxicated Spanton verbally abusing parishioners.
He was seen shouting aggressively “f--k you Catholics” among other religious slurs and threw a Gatorade bottle at one churchgoer.
When tracked down by police he admitted to having consumed six beers at his home during the afternoon.
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A month later at 6.34pm on September 8, Caloundra police were called to Felicity Park after reports of Spanton being intoxicated.
Police attempted to arrest him but he “flayed his arms” in protest causing an injury to the finger of one officer.
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Upon being transported to the Caloundra watch-house he urinated on the floor of the station, the court was told.
Duty lawyer Morgan Harris said “my client suffers from ADHD and PTSD” along with chronic pain which has seen him need to use medicinal cannabis.
Mr Harris said since the August incident there had been “no offences and no breaches” by Spanton and he was receiving treatment for his alcohol addiction.
The court heard that with the support of his mother, Spanton had been able to obtain employment at a greengrocer and was successfully rehabilitating himself.
Magistrate John Milburn fined him $1800 and extended his already operational suspended sentences by one and six months respectively.
Convictions were recorded.
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