Man in black dress, blonde wig assaults six police officers
A man who unleashed barbaric violence on half a dozen police officers, including kicking, biting and spitting, all while wearing a little black dress and blonde wig, has been sentenced.
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A man who unleashed a barbaric violence on half a dozen police officers, including kicking, biting and spitting, all while wearing a little black dress and blonde wig, has been sent to jail for the bizarre episode.
Nicolas Bradford, 25, who identifies as male, pleaded guilty to his strange antics on Western Sydney University’s Campbelltown campus on December 14, which launched from a failed attempt to climb onto the balcony of a stranger’s townhouse.
Security was alerted to Bradford, wearing a dress and wig, who left the area. The campus guard watched on from a distance as the West Hoxton man pulled out a hammer from his bag and repeatedly smashed the ground for about a minute.
Police were called and introduced themselves to Bradford, only to be accused of harassment and featured on his ‘Facebook Live’.
Fearing a hammer attack, the officers grabbed the 25-year-old who dropped one police officer to the ground with a left punch to the face, then punched and kicked the other officer.
He was tackled to the ground and restrained with a knee to his chest – until he chomped at the police officer’s thigh. He then spat blood at the police officers before a member of the public helped restrain the man.
Once in cuffs, he threatened the townhouse owner who had been watching on by saying “I never forget a face, especially one that ugly”, as police found a meat cleaver, expandable baton and hammer in his bag.
The unprovoked violence didn’t end there for the 25-year-old, kicking two police officers in the groin as he walked to his holding cell at Campbelltown Police Station, later kicking and attempting to bite two other officers while in isolation at Campbelltown Hospital.
The court heard Bradford was homeless at the time of the violent incident, had a history of drug use and mental health concerns, and zero memory of the entire episode.
Magistrate George Breton said the “bizarre, violent, and aggressive” event was concerning.
He sentenced Bradford to 18 months jail, with a non parole period of six months. He will be eligible for parole on June 13.