Convicted basher Jake Law-Cobbo fronts court for drug driving

The man jailed for brutally kicking a teenager in the head so hard he was left fighting for life has returned to court once more.

Court appearance at Redcliffe for Jake Law-Cobbo who kicked Joshua Waite. Picture: Annette Dew

THE man jailed for the brutal bashing that nearly cost 17-year-old Joshua Waite his life has returned to court on new charges.

Jake Ashley Law-Cobbo, 21, pleaded guilty in Caboolture Magistrates Court via phone link yesterday to one count of drug driving.

The court heard Law-Cobbo had taken a ‘cap’ of MDMA while out with friends.

In 2018 Law-Cobbo was jailed for kicking Joshua in the head so hard the boy was put in an induced coma for two weeks.

The assault happened outside a Redcliffe McDonald’s on May 12, 2017, when Law-Cobbo was 18.

Mr Waite’s parents had kept a bedside vigil while doctors aborted two attempts to bring their son out of the coma before finally succeeding.

In April 2018 Law-Cobbo was sentenced to four years’ jail for the grievous bodily harm of Mr Waite.

He was to be paroled after serving 14 months, which included almost of a year of pre-sentence custody.

Yesterday, the court heard a police drug test had found methamphetamine in Law-Cobbo’s saliva after he was stopped on Acqua St, Burpengary at 11.35am, December 18, 2019.

He was also charged with driving without a licence.

The court heard since his time in jail Law-Cobbo had held down a steady stream of jobs including in turfing and scaffolding however work had recently dried up.

He was fined $400 and disqualified from driving for three months.

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