20 men and women in Logan, Ipswich and regional courts across Queensland for fights in pubs
Glassed in the face at the pokies, run over with a car on a busy pub’s street or stomped in the head by a man in high heels — these were just some of the 20 wild incidents at pubs across Queensland in the last year.
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Glassed in the face at the pokies, run over with a car on a busy pub’s street or stomped in the head by a man in high heels — these were just some of the 20 wild incidents at pubs across Queensland in the last year.
These 20 men and women faced courts across regional and southeast Queensland including Gympie, the Sunshine Coast, Logan, Ipswich and Gladstone.
Some defendants were sentenced to jail time or fined thousands of dollars.
Queensland Police initiated the alcohol-fuelled violence policy in 2016, which aimed to reduce public violence around drinking, centred on young people.
According to Queensland Police, they decreased serious assaults by almost 50 per cent between 3am and 6am on Friday and Saturday nights in the state from 2016 to 2019.
Public violence around alcohol however still remains a persistent problem in the state and is reflected in the courts.
See the list of 20 of Queensland’s worst bar brawls and bust ups in the last year and what happened when a night out went wrong.
Convictions Recorded:
Thane Uile Vaughan Rankin, 24
A crowd of 30 people went from revelry to revolt over the course of a Saturday night and Sunday morning. So heated was the fight, one of the members of the group allegedly got in their car and started running people down who were on foot.
The details of the wild incident emerged when Thane Uile Vaughan Rankin appeared in Emerald Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to one count of commit public nuisance within premises or in the vicinity of licensed premises, for interfering and yelling at police.
The court heard 10 phone calls were made by separate witnesses to the police that morning regarding a disturbance in the street outside the Irish Village Pub Emerald, in Gladstone.
The fight travelled from outside of the pub, to the corner of Egerton and Anakie streets.
The court heard there were 30 people yelling and screaming expletives and smaller groups formed among those involved.
Sgt Todd said so heated was the fight, that one of the members of the group actually got in their car and allegedly started running people down who were on foot.
Rankin was convicted and fined $100 as well as being banned from the establishment.
Lauchlan Heard, 22 and Joshua Heard, 22
Two brothers started a wild bar brawl at a Logan pub before turning their attention to a woman who was kicked in the head and had her phone stolen.
Beenleigh District Court heard the brothers were drinking at the Royal Hotel at Beenleigh on November 12, 2021 when a fight broke out.
A woman started to film the fight on her mobile phone and Joshua Heard took her phone from her and ran down the street.
She responded by punching him in the back as he was getting away.
When Lauchlan Heard saw his brother being attacked, he came to his aid and pushed the woman over then kicked her in the head.
Lauchlan Heard pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm and was fined $400 and ordered to pay $300 in compensation to the victim.
His brother Joshua Heard pleaded guilty to stealing was fined $400 and ordered to pay $300 in compensation to the victim.
He was also placed on a good behaviour bond for 12 months.
Kade Kent, 23 and Noah Finn Kent, 22
A stool was tossed at a security guard’s head during a chaotic fight involving two brothers – one in a sparkly red dress – who refused to leave a Gympie pub.
Kade Kent, 23, and Noah Finn Kent, 22, both pleaded guilty in Gympie Magistrates Court on February 23 to one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm.
Noah and Kade were at the pub for a fancy dress birthday party with CCTV played to the courtroom showing Kade in a sparkly red dress and Noah in a black singlet and beige pants.
The court heard Noah refused to leave the pub after speaking rudely to bar staff and a security guard became involved.
He stuck both his middle fingers to the staff and security guard, saying “get f---ed, c---s,”
Kade and Noah were each sentenced to six months’ prison wholly suspended for two years and were ordered to pay $1000 compensation.
Thomas Patrick Duffy, 31
A Stradbroke Island FIFO worker has been told he was behaving like a “pork chop” by a bayside Magistrate after a drunken night at a bowls club ended in disaster.
Dunwich resident, Thomas Patrick Duffy, 31, pleaded guilty in Cleveland Magistrates Court to committing a public nuisance within a licenced premise and serious obstruction of a police officer.
Duffy was urinating in a garden hedge at Point Lookout Bowls club on North Stradbroke Island and was requested he be removed, due to his level of intoxication.
Police asked Duffy to leave the bows club, however, he refused and began moving his arms around and not complying with police.
Duffy was sentenced to 60 hours of community service and a two year probation order.
Jack Desmond Pullman, 26
A Yeppoon tradie has found himself in court after drinking rum on a footy trip for the first time in four years, fighting a patron at a pub, and calling police who intervened “gay c***s”.
Jack Desmond Pullman, 26, of Taranganba faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, December 6 and pleaded guilty to committing public nuisance and obstructing police in the vicinity of a licensed premises.
Pullman was standing at the pub entrance when, around 2am, he was told to “move away” as the venue had closed.
He shoved another male patron hard in the chest, causing him to stumble backward and then got on top of him while he was on the ground, before being pulled away by security.
Pullman was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for each offence, to run concurrently and be wholly suspended for an operational period of 15 months.
Jason Roy Swanfield, 51
A Central Queensland business owner with an extensive and serious criminal record, including trafficking drugs and weapons, narrowly avoided actual time in prison for a drunken brawl outside a pub.
Jason Roy Swaffield, 51, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of public nuisance within the vicinity of a licensed premises.
Police were called to the Grand Hotel in Mount Morgan in relation to a group of patrons fighting on the footpath July 12, 2022.
The fight was captured on CCTV which showed Swaffield yelling, pointing and waving his arms around at other patrons and then became involved in a brawl, punching and grappling with them.
Swaffield was sentenced to three months prison, wholly suspended for 12 months.
Shannon David Trusz, 43
A father-of-three faced sentence in court after he was kicked out of a pub for abusing staff, smashing a glass window, and fighting patrons on the street.
Shannon David Trusz, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of wilful damage in Beenleigh Magistrates Court for the offending at Ormeau’s Shearer’s Arms Tavern.
Trusz was kicked out of the venue after a heated argument with a woman and attempted to regain entry to the pub by punching and shattering a glass window next to the locked front door.
He was ordered to pay a fine of $750 and restitution to the pub of $715.
No Convictions Recorded:
Markelle Louise Cornick, 22, Teniel Skye Williams, 21 and Callum John Slattery, 22
A bar manager, a waitress and a roofer ran out of a bar and into a car park fight between two men which escalated into an all-in brawl.
Markelle Louise Cornick, 22, along with Teniel Skye Williams, 21, and Callum John Slattery, 22, all pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of public nuisance in the vicinity of a licensed premises.
Police were called to Victoria Point, Rockhampton when a large fight in the carpark between people from a 21st birthday party took place at the venue.
CCTV footage showed the fight started between two men and Cornik ran from the tavern into the carpark where the men were wrestling on the ground.
Cornick kicked the man seven times and stomped him twice wearing high heels, plus punched him four times.
All three were ordered to carry out 80 hours of community service within 12 months.
David Wesley Lealiki, 40
A bayside father-of-eight has faced court after he was involved in an attack on a group at a Cleveland pokies venue that led to him smashing a glass over a man’s head.
Alexandra Hills resident, David Wesley Lealiki, 40, pleaded guilty in Cleveland Magistrates court on November 22 last year, to one count of assault occasioning bodily harm while armed.
Lealiki, his wife and their son were at the Cleveland Sands Hotel when an argument broke out with a group at the pokies.
He picked up a glass during a fight with a patron and broke it over the man’s head.
Lealiki was ordered to complete 50 hours of community service.
Dylan Dakota Casey, 28
A new father has faced court after assaulting a security guard at a popular Logan tavern, moments after attending a baby shower.
Bahrs Scrub resident Dylan Dakota Casey, 28, attended the baby shower before going to the Windaroo Tavern on March 19 last year, Beenleigh Magistrates Court heard.
Casey got into a confrontation with a security guard around showing his COVID-19 vaccine on his phone.
He left the tavern, had a few more drinks and then returned to the tavern and attacked the victim after following him inside.
Casey was fined $1000 for assault occasioning bodily harm.
Paris Cheylysse Sims, 19
A North Lakes teen pulled the hair of a 190year-old girl with such force on the dance floor of a Brisbane nightclub that the victim was knocked unconscious.
Paris Cheylysse Sims, 19, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm in Redcliffe Magistrates Court.
She was dancing with friends at Retro nightclub in Fortitude Valley, before she approached the victim from behind and pulled her hair with such force, that she fell backwards and hit her head on the dance floor.
The court heard Sims left the club after the assault while the 19 year-old victim was unconscious on the dance floor before being taken to hospital.
Sims was sentenced to complete 100 hours of unpaid community service.
Chantelle Julianna Sau Hunt, 22
Nasty online comments about a Moreton Bay mother’s family, drove Chantelle Hunt to attack another woman inside a Fortitude Valley nightclub — punching the victim in the face and dragging her by the hair, a court has heard.
Redcliffe Magistrates Court heard that at 1.16am on October 17,2020, outside the X Cargo nightclub in Fortitude Valley, Hunt approached an 18-year-old woman then punched her once to the left side of the face.
Police prosecution said Hunt attended a friend's 21st birthday party earlier in the evening, where she consumed alcohol and was very intoxicated when she saw the victim outside of the nightclub
Hunt pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm was fined $1,000.
Thomas Hayato Bowen, 21
A promising young tennis coach spat in the face of a security guard who escorted him out of a nightclub under the false belief he was using drugs, a court has heard.
Thomas Hayato Bowen, 21, of Ashgrove appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to common assault.
The court heard it was just after 1am on October 23 last year when Mr Bowen was escorted out of a Fortitude Valley nightclub by a security guard due to his “inappropriate behaviour” inside.
As he was being escorted out by the victim, passing the front counter near the entrance, he turned around and deliberately spat at the victim which landed on his face.
Bowen was sentenced to 80 hours of community service and ordered to pay $250 in compensation to the victim.
Aleeda John Zamorski, 20
A young tradie has faced court after throwing a sausage roll, then a punch, at a security guard who denied his friend entry into one of Brisbane’s favourite party venues.
Aleeda John Zamorski, 20, of Annerley faced Brisbane Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to assaulting a security guard at the CBD’s Victory Hotel on July 16 last year.
The court heard he attended the venue about 6.40pm along with three friends, one of whom was denied entry.
A verbal argument ensued between the group of men and security, during which Zamorski threw a sausage roll at an officer and punched him in the face.
Zamorski was fined $500 for the assault.
Hayley Jane Mackenzie, 39
In an “excitable” state after an AFL victory, a diehard Geelong Cats fan threw chairs around a popular Brisbane pub and slapped a patron in the face.
Hayley Jane Mackenzie, 39, of Cannon Hill faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to behaving in a disorderly manner and assaulting a person at Kangaroo Point’s Pineapple Hotel.
Mackenzie’s favourite sports team, the Geelong Cats, won against the Brisbane Lions and she was celebrating at the Pineapple Hotel.
As she was leaving, a man yelled words to the effect of: “Goodbye, you have to go. You’re out of here”.
Mackenzie subsequently walked up to the man and slapped him in the face, she was placed on a nine-month probation order with no special conditions.
Samuel James Deahm, 18
A teenager who punched a man outside a popular Brisbane pub has conceded he “lost his cool”, a court has heard.
Samuel James Deahm appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to common assault for the incident outside Lutwyche pub the Crown Hotel.
The 18-year-old labourer was charged after punching a man who he believed had spiked his drinks outside Lutwyche pub the Crown Hotel on September 24.
Deahm fled the scene after the assault, running off in an eastbound direction, and was followed by the victim to his home in Windsor.
He was sentenced to 12 months’ probation.
Alec Sydney Charlwood, 53
A bayside man has faced court after a friend’s birthday turned into a violent fiasco, where he fought security guards and jabbed a man in the throat.
Alec Sydney Charlwood, 53, pleaded guilty in Cleveland Magistrates Court to common assault, being refused entry into a licenced premise and resisting authorised persons after being refused entry to the premises.
At the Capalaba Bowls Club there was an altercation where Charlwood got up in a man’s face and said “you’re not a tough c---t.”
Police were called and helped two security guards in holding down Charlwood.
He was put on a good behaviour bond of $500 for 12 months.
Jayme William Kennedy, 22
A bayside owner of a roof and tiling restoration business has faced court after he drunkenly bashed another man who refused to buy his drinks for him.
Alexandra Hills resident, Jayme William Kennedy, 22, pleaded guilty in Cleveland Magistrates Court to one count of assault occasioning bodily harm.
The court heard Kennedy was persistently asking for a man to shout him drinks at the Alexandra Hills Hotel throughout the night.
After the man refused, Kennedy punched him four to five times on the side of the head with a closed fist.
He was ordered to pay $2000 restitution to the victim and received a good behaviour bond of $600 for 12 months.
James Thomas Thompson, 18
A Sunshine Coast apprentice plumber has been punished for his drunken behaviour on Ocean St where he tried to fight security guards while calling them ‘fat f----s’ and ‘c----s’.
James Thomas Thompson pleaded guilty at Maroochydore Magistrates Court to committing public nuisance in the vicinity of a licensed premises.
Thompson was asked for his ID and when going through his wallet he said to police “f--k this, you can have that bruh” and started walking towards the security member he had been yelling at.
Police grabbed hold of Thompson and he pulled away before being arrested and taken to the watch house.
He was placed on a good behaviour bond of $400 for a period of four months.
Jayden Netana Benjamin Davison, 20
A former Brisbane private schoolboy has been dealt a hefty fine for viciously beating a patron at a Brisbane bar who tried to take one of his drinks.
Jayden Netana Benjamin Davison, 20, of Wynnum West pleaded guilty in Brisbane Magistrates Court to assault occasioning bodily harm.
The court heard Davison punched a man in the head three times at Brisbane City’s Down Under Bar, after the victim pulled his shirt and took his drink.
Davison was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine, half of which will go towards the victim.
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