Anthony Kevin Hangan: Dubbo father sentenced after confronting daughter’s boyfriend armed with a chainsaw

A Dubbo father who came to the aid of his pregnant daughter armed with a chainsaw has been sentenced in Dubbo Local Court on Wednesday. Read what happened here.

A Dubbo father who came to the aid of his pregnant daughter armed with a chainsaw has been sentenced in Dubbo Local Court on Wednesday.

Anthony Kevin Hangan, 41, appeared in court accompanied by his wife as he pleaded guilty to two domestic violence related charges including destroying or damaging property and stalking or intimidating with the intention to cause fear of physical or mental harm.

According to documents tendered to Dubbo Local Court, Hangan was asleep on Thursday, May 12 after a night drinking “a few” Great Northern Beers when he was woken up by his daughter who was locked out of her room by her boyfriend at their family home on Spence Street.

Anthony Hangan appeared in Dubbo Local Court on Wednesday.

After seeing his daughter upset and crying, Hangan started to yell at the man while knocking on the door.

“(Hangan) grew angry, punching the door with his fist, leaving a hole,” court documents reveal.

“This damage was to the front of the door only, it did not break through to the other side.”

The man refused to open the door with Hangan saying something to the effect of “I’m going to get a chainsaw”.

Hangan left and returned with said chainsaw, with the door partially opened at this stage, making three cuts in the lower portion of the bedroom door.

“These cuts penetrated the width of the door,” police facts state.

The man ran out of the house and called police as he made his way to the BP service station on the corner of Newell and Mitchell Highways all while Hangan was chasing him from behind.

Police arrived at the scene shortly after, stopping the man near the LH Ford Bridge as he provided a statement.

Officers then noticed Hangan standing directly opposite from the BP service station.

During initial questioning, Hangan admitted to using the chainsaw in an “attempt to get the (man) to open the door” as he was under the belief that the man had been abusive towards his daughter.

Hangan told police that he chased the man because he wanted to “punch the s**t out of him”, revealing that his daughter’s boyfriend was egging him on, asking for him to chase him, saying words to the effect of “come on you fat c**t, I’m gonna bash the f**k out of you”.

He was arrested and taken to Dubbo Police Station where he was entered into custody.

The court heard from Hangan’s lawyer, Matthew Quill that the damage property charge was down to a “technicality” with his client only intending to use the chainsaw to unlock the door.

Mr Quill said the man had been living at the house for six months, explaining that there were previous incidents during this time and he was “fed up with (the man’s) behaviour”.

He continued saying that Hangan had no chance of actually chasing him down as he was “a lot fitter” and that “Hangan was labouring” in his pursuit.

In his final submissions, Mr Quill revealed that his client was remorseful for his actions, highlighting that “by and large … it was out of character for him”.

In reply, Magistrate Mal Macpherson accepted Mr Quill’s argument that the damage property charge was down to a technicality with the incident taking place at his house, and dismissed the charge.

Magistrate Macpherson acknowledged that “it looked like he was never going to catch up to the (man)”, however, he placed Hangan on a conditional release order for nine months without conviction for the charge of intimidation.