Warwick domestic violence offenders sentenced for breaching protection orders

From a man who used his fists to wreak havoc in a terrifying rage to a woman who choked herself with a garden hose and blamed her partner, Warwick’s latest domestic violence offenders have been sentenced. See the full list.

 

A man who exploded in a rage when his partner threw out his favourite chair, a woman who concocted claims against her partner, and a man who armed himself with power tools when locked out of the house are just some of the domestic violence offenders to be sentenced in recent Warwick court sittings. Here is the latest round of domestic violence offenders from the Warwick Magistrates Court.

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A domestic violence offender’s rage continued inside the courtroom, with the man spraying expletives at the magistrate and police prosecutor as he was sentenced for a terrifying outburst.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared agitated from the moment his matter was mentioned, repeatedly saying “f--k” during rants, forcefully ripping the courtroom door open and screaming swear words in the court waiting area after being sentenced.

The man fronted court after lashing his partner in front of her fearful grandson when she threw out his favourite chair in February.

Magistrate Virginia Sturgess said the reaction was “completely over the top”, left the victim scared and distressed” and was in breach of a domestic violence order issued just a month earlier.

“It seems that you’ve overreacted to a change of chair and your behaviour in the manner you’ve approached the (victim), who’d replaced the chair, by screaming and yelling at her and calling her names,” Ms Sturgess said.

“(The outburst) caused obviously fear to her, and fear to her grandson who attended the house and witnessed it.”

The court was told the man punched holes in the wall, but he denied causing damage and said he only slammed doors.

Duty lawyer Phillip Crook told the court his client was upset at the loss of the chair, which offered him pain relief.

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Ms Sturgess told the man he would be fined $1200, which ignited another forceful explosion.

“Oh f--k. I am living in my car because of this because (the victim) won’t listen to me, now I get this,” he said.

“It’s wrong how someone can be taken out of his home … and put on the street.

“It’s all one-sided. She shouldn’t have touched my chair.

“It was a simple argument between a couple that had been going out for 18 years, she should have listened to me.”

Ms Sturgess told the man his attitude would likely see him appear before her again.

“What I am saying to you is this, this is not a simple argument. This is abusive behaviour and if you are having difficulty understanding that, then you are going to continue breaching the order.”

The man pleaded guilty to breaching a domestic violence order and possessing marijuana and drug utensils.

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A Warwick woman said she had “too much to drink” before she put a garden hose around her neck in what a magistrate has described as “emotionally manipulative behaviour”.
The woman told police her partner choked her with the hose and then called 000 himself, before retracting her story the following day.

Ms Sturgess said the case was “very unusual” and followed an argument over something the mother of one claimed

“She told the police he took the garden hose and wrapped it around her neck, and the next day she said she put the hose around her own neck to get attention,” Ms Sturgess said.

“It is a very serious matter to make false allegations about another person, particularly something along the lines of strangulation, which of course is taken very seriously particularly in domestic violence scenarios.

“It is disappointing and if it was alcohol-related then of course you need to think about your alcohol intake and whether it causes you to behave in an unacceptable way – possibly both of you, you and your partner.”

The mother of one was fined $600 and no conviction was recorded.
The existing domestic violence order was extended until April 2025.

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After being locked out of his house after coming home to his partner and children drunk in the early hours of the morning, a DV offender used power tools to try to get into the home.

The woman told police she locked him out because she knew he would be loud and wake their children.

Ms Sturgess said it was clear the man had a problem with alcohol.

“The police say you were drinking all through the day, so you were obviously drunk the night before and continued to drink during the course of the day, which is concerning,” she said.

“(The victim) said she didn’t want you in the house while you’d drunk too much.

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Ms Sturgess noted the door was cut in several places, and the battery lead taken out of terminal of her car “which would have prevented her leaving the residence.”

“Obviously there is an alcohol problem here, it seems you are a very real risk of continuing to breach this order if you do not address that alcohol problem,” Ms Sturgess said.

“(The victim), as the sole tenant of this property, has every right to prioritise the safety of her home. She also has a responsibility to her children and that is obviously a factor at play.

“Someone loud and drunk coming into the house in the early hours of the morning may escalate to a situation of concern, and she has every right to deny entry.”

The man pleaded guilty to a second breach of a domestic violence order and was placed on probation for nine months.

No conviction was recorded.

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A father says a fortnightly visit being cut short was behind a vile outburst toward the mother of his children, where he called her degrading names in front of them and told her to come back to him.

The Warwick court was told the woman said she needed to pick up the children early, which angered the man because he had plans to take them fishing.

Upon later meeting to handover the children, the man told the woman, “If you weren’t such a f--king c--t I would give you money for the children”.

The court said the children were “distraught” at hearing the insults levelled at their mother.

The man shook his head in court as it was heard he also told her that if she loved their children she wouldn’t have left him, and asked her to leave her husband and go back to him.

The father of two said his mother now organised and carried out the handovers of the children and he was using a parenting app to help avoid any further tensions.

He pleaded guilty to two breaches of the domestic violence order, after pleading guilty to three others late last year.

“After today you are going to have nine breaches of this domestic violence order and that is not a good statistic,” Ms Sturgess said.

“It is something I would be very worried about if I were you.

“It is not in the best interests of your children for you to breach this domestic violence order and for you to expose your children to domestic violence.
“Let’s hope I don’t see you again.”
The man was fined $500.