Shaylen Paragji sentenced for Runcorn Halloween party assault
A Brisbane diesel fitter inexplicably snapped the chain off a costumed partygoer at a Brisbane pub’s Halloween party before wrapping it around a man’s throat causing him to black out.
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A Brisbane diesel fitter inexplicably used a dog chain attached to a reveller’s Halloween costume to garotte another partygoer in a vehicle, a court has heard.
Runcorn man Shaylen Daniel Rajaloo Paragji, 30, pleaded guilty in Brisbane District Court on Monday to a single count of assault occasioning bodily harm armed with an offensive instrument.
The assault occurred in the early hours of November 1 last year following a Halloween party at the Runcorn Tavern.
Paragji and three others entered a vehicle to continue the night elsewhere when Paragji, who was seated in the back, was asked to hold the dog chain attached to the collar of a woman as part of her costume.
The court heard, without provocation, Paragji looped the chain in between the metal supports of the headrest belonging to his victim, seated in the front passenger seat, and rugged, causing the woman discomfort and the chain to snap from the collar.
Paragji’s victim turned around from the front seat and asked the defendant to “calm down”, at which point Paragji took the now-detached chain, looped it around his victim’s neck from behind, and pulled right, cutting off his air supply.
The female occupants of the car began screaming and tugging at Paragji’s arms in an attempt to halt the assault, which left the male victim unconscious, before Paragji was ejected from the vehicle.
A complaint was made the following day after the victim sought medical treatment which involved painkillers and anti-inflammatories.
Paragji had a dated, irrelevant criminal history, the court heard, which was indicative of persistent problems with alcohol.
It was submitted on Paragji’s behalf he had “lost some friends” over the assault, which served as a “real wake-up call” to the defendant, who was “so intoxicated (at the time of the assault) he had to be reminded what happened”.
The court heard Paragji was a trained diesel fitter who worked for his father’s engineering firm, which he one day hoped to take over.
He had been attending a psychiatrist following the assault and was now medicated, the court was told.
Zimbabwean-born Paragji was sentenced to three years’ probation.
No conviction was recorded.
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