Mikka Lee Whitaker in court for committing a public nuisance offence

A mother who confronted her impaired son’s bully after he was assaulted and threatened on social media has faced court for her involvement in an altercation between the two families.

Mikka Lee Whitaker. Photo: social media

An ex-nurse and community volunteer who attempted to face her son’s bully has fronted court for her part in the confrontation outside a Cooroy home.

Mikka Lee Whitaker – also known by the last name Price – pleaded guilty in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on May 13 to one count of being a public nuisance.

Police prosecutor Michael Quirk told the court the victim family were home and one of the children noticed a group of people outside on their lawn.

The court heard Whitaker, her partner and her teenage son – who was not the victim of bullying – had approached the home to confront the family about the bullying issue.

Whitaker had shouted at the family to “stay away from her son,” Mr Quirk told the court.

Defence lawyer Rod Morgan said one of Whitaker’s six children – who suffered from aspergers and was intellectually impaired – had been assaulted at school.

The court heard social media posts had emerged threatening to assault her son in the street.

He told the court she had attempted to resolve the matter through the school but to no avail and concluded the only way to solve the issue would be through confrontation.

Mr Morgan said a fight broke out between the men from the home and Whitaker’s partner and older son, who were not charged with any wrongdoing.

While she had not been involved in the physical altercation, she accepted she was upset and yelling at the time, he told the court.

Mr Morgan said Whitaker volunteers at a school canteen and at a local sports club and was previously working as a nurse.

Magistrate Rod Madsen reminded Whitaker in these situations “self-help” never works and told her to make complaints to the police or to the school in this situation.

He ordered her to undertake a good behaviour bond of $850 last for one year and no convictions were recorded.