Nirmal Tassen Singh Dill in court for assault occasioning bodily harm
A vacuum cleaner was used in a vicious attack on a woman who already had a broken jaw before her addict abuser tried to pressure her from jail into dropping the charges against him.
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First he launched a vicious attack on his partner, who already had a broken jaw, after she refused to do drugs with him, and hit her in the head with a vacuum cleaner.
Then he made efforts to contact her from prison in an attempt to make her withdraw her complaint, even offering $3500 to another man to sign a statutory declaration to try to claim his innocence.
Nirmal Tassen Singh Dill pleaded guilty to nine charges, including assaults occasioning bodily harm while armed, common assault, and attempting to pervert the course of justice when he faced Hervey Bay District Court this week.
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The court heard on October 11, 2022, Dill, a long-time meth user, became angry when his partner would not do meth with him.
His partner had broken her jaw in July, 2022, the court heard, and underwent surgery, but was awaiting further treatment.
After she refused, Dill pushed her into a wardrobe.
When she fell to the ground, he kicked her in the legs and arms.
Later, when she came out the bedroom, he walked towards her armed with a vacuum cleaner.
Dill swung the vacuum cleaner and hit her in the forehead.
He then came into the bedroom and punched her in the face, the court heard.
Fearing she had lost consciousness, he later woke her and took her to hospital, apologising for his behaviour.
At the hospital he told staff he had found her unconscious on the floor before leaving.
The second surgery she needed for her jaw had to be delayed as a result of the attack.
When Dill was in prison, he made phone calls trying to contact the woman through his mother to try to get her to drop the charges, the court was told.
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He also offered a friend $3500 to make a false statutory declaration, supporting his position.
The court heard Dill had a longtime meth addiction and a troubled childhood.
In 2018, he was the victim of a home invasion, which caused his addiction to worsen.
But his family had not given up on him, the court was told, and his mother was in court supporting him.
He was intended to live with his mother upon his release and had taken steps to address his drug addiction while in prison.
Dill had completed a Certificate II in Engineering and had qualifications as an electrician.
He was given a head sentence of three years in prison and the 300 days he had spent in pre-sentence custody were declared as time served.
A parole release date was set for November 11, 2023.