Jebson John Pidgeon Herrod appeals head sentence in court

A former Gympie dentist, convicted of a series of haunting sexual and psychological assaults has appealed his seven-year jail sentence. WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT

A former Gympie dentist, convicted over a series of horrific sexual and psychological assaults, has appealed his seven-year prison sentence.

In April 2021, Jebson John Pidgeon Herrod, 40, was sentenced in Brisbane District Court after he pleaded guilty to 22 offences including sexual assault, indecent assault and assault occasioning bodily harm.

He was given a head sentence of seven years, but will only serve two and a half years before he is eligible for parole.

Jebson Herrod at the Gympie Cinemas in August 2015, when the assaults were happening.

In court documents obtained by the Gympie Times from October 11, 2021, Herrod had applied to appeal his head sentence.

The court heard the brutal assaults took place over 16 months between June 1, 2014 and November 25, 2015, and included Herrod pushing the victim against a car, elbowing the victim in the head and spitting on her.

Jebson John Pidgeon Herrod at the Brisbane Supreme Court. Picture: Annette Dew

But the worst attack on record was in October of 2015, where Herrod used cable ties to bind the victim’s hands over her head, before committing a sexual assault, too horrific to detail, which involved human excrement.

He repeated the gruesome action several times despite the victim asking him to stop, until she vomited.

He then left her tied up before returning with a knife to cut her free.

The court heard Herrod had attacked the victim earlier, and caused a suspected fractured cheekbone.

Jebson Herrod was a former Gympie dentist, but lost his license to practice after the charges went through court.

The application to have Herrod’s sentence turned over was dismissed.

Herrod was formerly a dentist in Gympie, but lost his license to practice after the charges went through court.

He will be eligible for parole in October 2023.

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