Loganholme man Lindsay Rowan Wilson drunkenly attacks man after stealing car and pokie ticket
A serial looter and ‘vulture’ brazenly ripped off a man at Brisbane casino before drunkenly attacking another person outside a city hostel, a court has heard.
Logan
Don't miss out on the headlines from Logan. Followed categories will be added to My News.
A Loganholme man who drunkenly assaulted somebody outside a Brisbane city hostel and stole a pokie player’s winning ticket has been jailed for the incidents as well as numerous thefts.
Lindsay Rowan Wilson, 32, pleaded guilty in Beenleigh Magistrates Court to assault occasioning bodily harm and committing a fraudulent act.
The court heard that on July 2, 2021 Wilson was at Brisbane Casino when a man stood up from a pokie machine that had a winning ticket.
Wilson then took over the machine and grabbed the winning ticket for himself in what Magistrate Terry Duroux said was “like a vulture”.
The court also heard on the same day, Wilson was drunk outside Chill Backpackers hostel in Brisbane and was asked to leave the area.
He left while yelling at the victim and then grabbed him and tackled him to the ground, causing abrasions to the victim’s hands.
Wilson told police the victim “was being disrespectful”.
The court heard Wilson was living in a stolen car in December last year.
On January 17, 2022, the car was located by police and Wilson said it was given to him by a mate he didn’t know that well but the victim’s property was found in the car.
Wilson was found in possession of a small amount of methamphetamine.
He pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a motor vehicle and drug possession.
The court heard Wilson filled the car with petrol on four occasions and drove off without paying, stealing over $200 dollars.
Magistrate Duroux said stealing a person’s car was very serious and disrespectful to the community.
“Some people in the community, the most important possession they own is a vehicle. People like you think it is ok to come along and use it, it is not,” he said.
“It is also concerning when recidivist offenders go into fuel stations, take fuel and drive off.”
Wilson was sentenced to 9 months in prison, to be released on parole on October 13.
He was ordered to pay $444 in restitution to the pokies player and fined $320 for the stolen fuel.
‘Excessive force’: Police officer stood down over alleged assault on 20yo
A South East Queensland police officer has been stood down after being charged with assault occasioning bodily harm while on duty.
50 a day: Worst places in Qld for attacks on health workers
Queensland health workers are being subjected to 50 acts of physical, verbal or online abuse a day, with violent incidents increasing in nearly every region across the state.