Joshua Eric Bolt faces jail for unleashing foul-mouthed tirade at police, assault

‘I’m going to f*****g kill you c***’: A Lismore court has heard a police officer feared for her safety following a serious attack by this Northern Rivers resident:

A Lismore court has heard a police officer feared for her safety following a serious attack by this Northern Rivers resident:Â Credit: Istock

A Northern Rivers man who attacked a police officer and injured a passer-by “for no apparent reason” will face jail time for his crimes.

Joshua Eric Bolt, 30, fronted Lismore Local Court via Clarence Correctional Facility video link for sentence on Monday June 5 for three separate matters.

He faced 10 charges, including three counts of common assault, three failures to appear in accordance with bail requirements, stalking and or intimidating with intent to cause fear, possessing a prohibited drug, resisting an officer in the execution of duty, and intimidating an officer in the execution of duty.

The court heard two counts of common assault and the stalking and or intimidating with intent to cause fear charges related to an AVO breach of an ex-partner in 2017.

Meanwhile, the third common assault and a failure to appear in accordance with bail requirements related to a 2020 incident where an allegedly drunk Bolt threw an item at passer-by for “no apparent reason”.

His Legal Aid solicitor Paul Cranney said Bolt was “highly intoxicated” at the time.

“He was unsteady on his feet and stumbling,” he said.

The court heard the last charges related to heroin found in his possession during an arrest a month later.

Magistrate Jeff Linden told the court the police attack was “clearly the most serious” of the three.

“You said words to the effect of ‘I’m going to f*****g kill you c***’,” he said.

“The female officer feared for her safety and feared she was going to be assaulted.”

During submissions, Mr Cranney detailed Bolt’s rough upbringing, including an abusive father.

“There should be some serious thought given to his subjective situations,” he said.

However, the police prosecutor argued Bolt had an extensive criminal history that outweighed those considerations.

“It’s his antecedence that doesn’t assist,” he said.

“The court should not place so much weight on those subjective matters.”

Given that, Magistrate Linden sentenced Bolt to 12 months jail, backdated to April 18 with a non-parole period of three months.

Bolt can be released for parole on July 17,2021.

Magistrate Linden also revoked the Community Correction Order Bolt entered into on January 17, 2018

For his three failures to appear in accordance with bail requirements and possessing a prohibited drug charges, he was convicted and not further punished.