Brooklyn David Fullerton adds 20 charges to ‘disgraceful’ history

A former Logan man high on meth drove at 180km/hr in Mackay while attacking a woman and hitting mailboxes, just months after being jailed for driving a stolen car across state borders.

Brooklyn David Fullerton faced Mackay Magistrates Court on 20 charges, all committed while on seven suspended sentences. Photo: Contributed

A young Mackay man high on methylampethamines drove at 180km/hr while attacking a woman, just months after being jailed for driving a stolen car across state borders.

Brooklyn David Fullerton, 23, was serving seven suspended sentences when he sped through Walkerston on May 16 this year, while hitting mailboxes and punching his female passenger.

It comes just 10 months after the former Logan man was sentenced to 12 months’ jail in Ipswich for stealing a car in Mackay, driving it to Tweed Heads, evading police, and driving dangerously while in the throes of an ice binge.

The details of Fullerton’s 20 new charges and “atrocious” behaviour were read out in Mackay Magistrates Court on Friday.

Magistrate Damien Dwyer, who remarked he had regularly seen the defendant in court, said the passenger asked numerous times for Fullerton to stop driving and let her out.

“But (you) didn’t do it,” Mr Dwyer said.

“You attacked her while she was in the passenger seat (as) the dangerous driving (continued).”

The court heard Fullerton admitted at the time he was affected by methamphetamine, but prosecution did not formally charge him as there was no breath or blood sample taken.

Brooklyn David Fullerton, 23, was said to have a “terrible, terrible, terrible” traffic history.

Fullerton also stole alcohol, with Mr Dwyer describing it as “walking into places, pinching grog and just walking out” saying “See ya later”.

“You have a disgraceful (criminal) history, absolutely disgraceful,” Mr Dwyer said.

“(And a) terrible, terrible, terrible and atrocious traffic history.”

The court heard Fullerton committed the offences while on seven suspended sentences and he had multiple previous offences.

These included seven each of unlawful use of a vehicle, driving while disqualified, and failing to appear before court, as well as two dangerous driving.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Linden Pollard said Fullerton’s passenger was “fearful of her safety”.

Sgt Pollard said Fullerton had continued driving dangerously from Walkerston to Beaconsfield and Andergrove, but Mr Dwyer said he could not take that into account without a formal charge.

Fullerton made early guilty pleas to dangerous operation of a vehicle, unlawful use of a vehicle, common assault, driving with a license disqualified by court order, and two stealing after previous convictions.

He further pleaded guilty to two obstructing police, assault on police, stealing, failure to appear, three bail breaches, three possession of utensils, possessing tainted property, and using a number plate registered to another vehicle.

Legal Aid Queensland defence lawyer Geoff Govey said Fullerton planned to attend rehab in Rockhampton upon release, where his brother lived and worked as a renderer.

Fullerton’s girlfriend, who was pregnant and due to give birth in November, also planned to move to Rockhampton.

“So there’s some life changing things that make it different this time when he gets out … he’s going to be a father,” Mr Govey said.

Mr Dwyer questioned how life changing it had been when “the baby was three months along” when the dangerous driving occurred, but said he would “give the benefit of the doubt”.

Fullerton was sentenced to two years jail for his offending, with parts of the seven suspended sentences activated.

Mr Dwyer said he would set Fullerton’s release date for December 16 after he served one third of his total sentence on account of his youth, but that it would be the last time he received that benefit.

Convictions were recorded.