Kingaroy student Narae Do sentenced after simple quest for vodka ends in watch-house

The court heard the woman exploded after a taxi driver took her to the police station ‘illegally’ after quizzing her about her nationality, with an officer copping a vicious bite in the aftermath.

A quiet night of drinking at home quickly escalated for Narae Do, landing her in the watchhouse overnight for evading a taxi fee and biting a cop.

A night of drinking for Kingaroy student Narae Do quickly turned sour and ended with her sobering up in the watch-house and charged with biting a police officer.

After drinking vodka at home on June 26, Narae Do ordered a taxi to take her to the bottle shop for a top up, lawyer Mark Werner told the court.

“She says on the way back the taxi driver kept asking her if she was Chinese and she kept saying no, she’s South Korean,” Mr Werner said.

The court heard the taxi driver then drove past the 30-year-old’s and when she asked him to go back, he told her she was drunk and that he was taking her to the police station.

The driver demanded she pay her fare, which she refused since he hadn’t taken her home, prompting the driver to involve officers.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Pepe Gangemi said Do eventually paid, but things escalated when she refused to exit the taxi with officers and obstructed police multiple times as she was taken into the station.

After refusing to remove her earrings or be photographed at the station, Do bit down on an officer's ring finger while being taken to her cell.

Mr Werner said his client was intoxicated and not used to being “manhandled”, which caused her to act aggressively.

Do pleaded guilty to five charges, including public nuisance, obstructing police and seriously assaulting a police officer.

Magistrate Andrew Sinclair ordered her to pay $750 to the officer, and didn’t punish her further for the obstruct charges, ruling that sobering up overnight in the watch house was an adequate punishment.

The magistrate discharged her for the public nuisance offence, stating there was no legal basis for the taxi driver to take her to the police station.

No convictions were recorded.