Central QLD man tasered by police before disgusting act

A man who refused to leave a Central Queensland resident’s yard had to be tasered by police - but it was what he did when they put him in a police cell that was disgusting.

Police had to taser a man who refused to leave a Miriam Vale resident’s yard. Generic image.

A man who was tasered by police after refusing to leave a Central Queensland resident’s yard, later committed a foul act in a police watch-house cell.

Ryan James Faulkner, 35, appeared in custody in Gladstone Magistrates Court on November 22 where he pleaded guilty to trespass, obstruct police, and wilful damage.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Tanya Griffiths said on September 13, Faulkner entered a yard on Menzies Street, Miriam Vale, where he became aggressive and threatened to fight the occupant of the residence.

The court heard that after police arrived, Faulkner refused to comply with police directions to leave the yard and said to them: “Let’s go then.”

Gladstone Courthouse.

Sergeant Griffiths said police presented their tasers but Faulkner continued to ignore directions and he was subsequently tasered.

Then after being taken to the Gladstone Watchhouse, Faulkner was in a cell when he urinated on the floor.

Sergeant Griffiths said Faulkner had a “quite extensive” 13-page criminal history.

A solicitor said it was Faulkner’s history that made these current offences “far more significant.”

The solicitor said Faulkner had been dealing with an alcohol problem for “a significant period of time” and “every single offence” on his criminal history was because of alcohol abuse.

Magistrate Mary Buchanan sentenced Faulkner to four months’ jail, wholly suspended for an operational period of 12 months.

She took into account that he had spent 70 days in pre-sentence custody and convictions were recorded.