Wellington Point businessman shocks neighbourhood with vile racist tirade and chair attack
A parking dispute led an intoxicated businessman to launch a racist, homophobic tirade at his neighbour – not to mention a chair.
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A court has heard a respected businessman’s vile racist and homophobic tirade against his neighbour resulted in multiple phone calls to police when the man attacked his victim’s front door with a chair during an ugly intoxicated incident over parking.
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Appearing at the Cleveland Magistrates Court today a dapper-looking Lee Douglas Summers, 47, pleaded guilty to commit public nuisance and wilful damage.
The court heard an intoxicated Wellington Point man Summers had approached his Rye St neighbour in a “very aggressive and highly agitated manner” at 11:30pm on Monday after returning home before unleashing a slew of slurs.
The court heard Summers said:
“Go back to your own country you Indian f***wit I will kill you, you Indian curry-munching f***wit.”
The court was told Summer’s victim was so fearful for his safety he ran away from his own home only to return with other residents for support which did little to stymie Summer’s torrent of abuse:
“You f***ing gaybos I am going to punch your f***ing heads off, you f***ing homo, I am going to make sure you are f***ed”.
The incident would escalate when Summers threw his neighbour’s chair at the victim’s window, damaging it, and would continue with the defendant using the same chair to attack his victim’s front door, causing damage to its frame and handle.
Acting Magistrate Leanne Scoines was shown a series of photos showing the damage caused to the victim’s property.
Defence barrister Christopher Hughes said the “out of proportion” response was “very much out of character” for Summers who has run a successful business with his father for 30 years and had no criminal history.
Mr Hughes said his client was embarrassed by the incident which had stemmed from a dispute over parking with his neighbour, for whom he would have apologised to in person and offered to pay restitution had he not been barred from doing so by bail conditions.
Acting magistrate Scoines said the racist and homophobic attack must have come as a shock not only to the victim but the community which was so distressed it prompted multiple calls to triple-0.
However, the magistrate did concede the incident seemed out of character for Summers.
The defendant was placed on a $750 good behaviour bond over 12 months and ordered to pay his victim $500 in compensation.
No conviction was recorded.