‘King of the hood’ threw North Lakes child from bike and punched him in the face
A teenager was thrown from his bike, pushed into a bush and punched in the face by a man who told the boy he was “king of the hood”.
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A 15-year-old child was punched in the face and pushed into a bush when the “king of the hood” decided he was taking up too much of the footpath, the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court heard today.
Sinapati Daniel Tofa, 21, pleaded guilty to assaulting the boy on a North Lakes footpath just before 3pm on August 11.
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The court heard Tofa had been struggling to come to terms with the recent hospitalisation of his mother and the delay of his apprenticeship when he saw the boy out riding his bike.
The lawyer for the defence said Tofa “acted out of character” and took those frustrations out on the child, picking him up by the collar and throwing him off his bike and into a nearby bush.
The police prosecutor told the court Tofa then stood over the boy with his fists clenched and told him he was “the king of the hood” and the boy was “just (his) little b***h”, which scared the child and his friends.
When the boy’s friends tried to intervene, the court heard Tofa threatened to hurt them.
A witness driving past the scene told police they heard the boy yelling at Tofa to get off him, causing them to stop their car and help.
The court heard Tofa and the boy had known each other prior to the event, having had a couple of previous encounters.
The assault left the child with minor scratches to his left leg, right arm, and the left side of his face.
Magistrate Melanie Ho sentenced Tofa to nine months of probation and ordered him to pay $500 in compensation to the boy.
No conviction was recorded.