Jamie Dennis Jackson sentenced after wild Maccas brawl in Roma

A man who kicked a girl as she was pinned to the ground by others has been sentenced in court. He is the first of five young people charged with affray after a violent brawl erupted in the Roma McDonald’s to have his matters finalised.

Jamie Jackson Dennis with his co-accused Mallita Wolf, Elijah Yanto David Hall, Gypsy-Lee Jackson, and Jack Thomas Fing outside the Roma Magistrates Court. Photo: Jacklyn O'Brien.

“Are you Jamie Jackson?” Magistrate Michael Wood asked a 20-year-old man standing at the bench in the Roma Magistrates Court on October 1.

“Yep,” the man replied.

“Sorry?”

Yep.”

“Sorry?”

“Yep.”

“Yes,” Mr Wood corrected the man.

Jamie Dennis Jackson then confirmed his date of birth, before he pleaded guilty to one charge of affray.

Less than one month ago, the man pleaded guilty to another charge of affray and going armed to cause fear, after he attended a street fight wielding an axe on August 30.

Jackson was sentenced to three months imprisonment suspended for six months in relation to that offending, and handed 12 months probation.

That sentence was not mentioned during the proceeding on October 1.

In his most recent court appearance, Jackson pleaded guilty to being involved in a brutal altercation at the McDonald’s in Roma on June 23, 2024.

Police prosecutor sergeant Ellysha Geddes told the court that Jackson, along with Elijah Hall, Jack Fing, Gypsy-Lee Jackson and Mallita Wolf, attended the McDonald’s on Bowen St in Roma where a wild brawl erupted in the dining room.

Sergeant Geddes said there were about 25 people in the dining room of the McDonald’s when the fight broke out.

Jackson could be seen on CCTV footage sliding a finger across his neck in a threatening manner to a witness before the violence began.

“CCTV depicts (Jackson) punching the first witness with a closed fist,” sergeant Geddes said.

Jackson then grabbed a nearby Woolworths trolley, which he then “hurtled,” at the witness.

Sergeant Geddes said Jackson also participated in kicking a witness as she was pinned on the ground.

Jackson, who was self-represented in court, told Mr Wood that since the time of the offence he had been staying away from alcohol.

Mr Wood said the young man was fortunate that there were no complaints of assault made against Jackson, given the nature of the offending.

He made clear to the young man that given the harm caused as a result of Jackson’s actions, imprisonment was not a last resort.

However, Jackson was sentenced to nine months probation, and no conviction was recorded.

The matters of Jackson’s co-accused have not yet been finalised.