Leonardo Isaac sentenced over Penrith Hotel car park brawl

A man suffered minor burns from a taser-like device which a teenager wielded at a brutal Penrith pub carpark brawl. A court heard the brawl was all over a girl.

A teenager pulled out a taser-like device during an all-in brawl in the Penrith Hotel carpark.

Penrith Local Court heard the incident had been sparked following a dispute over a girl.

Leonardo Romario Isaac, 19, pleaded guilty to possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit following the incident on February 6.

Supplied Editorial Leonardo Romario Isaac leaving Penrith Local Court with lawyer Jimil Amiri.

At about 11pm that evening Isaac and his friends were at the Penrith Hotel.

They all left and went to the rear car park and joined a larger group who were apparently having a dispute in relation to a girl, according to court documents.

As the group walked across the carpark, Isaac was holding “a black handheld device with a red light emitting from it” behind his back described in court documents as being a taser-like device.

The device is designed to administer an electric shock on contact, the documents read.

Leonardo Romario Isaac denied possessing a taser-like device when questioned by police.

Isaac was central to the group and made no effort to move away as the group talked for a few minutes before a fight broke out.

Court documents said Isaac appeared to be the main target of aggression and was the first person to be punched.

An electrical current sparked and emitted a white light from the device that Isaac was holding, then he dropped it to the ground.

The hotel manager got hold of it to prevent it from being used to hurt someone. The device was still sparking at the time.

The hotel manager received a minor injury to his thumb due to the spark.

The group kept fighting until a man was knocked unconscious by a punch which caused all participants to flee the scene.

The incident was caught on CCTV which showed approximately 14 people involved in the brawl.

At least 50 patrons at the Penrith Hotel witnessed the incident.

The electric shock device was handed to police by the hotel manager.

After a public appeal for information, Isaac presented himself to Penrith Police Station and was interviewed.

He admitted to being in a brawl but initially denied being in possession of the electric shock device.

He claimed the device was his mobile phone and the red light was being emitted from it was from a voice recording app.

Police asked to see the app to which Isaac said his phone was flat.

When police got a charging cable for his phone, Isaac then declined to show the phone to police.

Leonardo Romario Isaac leaving Penrith Local Court with lawyer Jimil Amiri after escaping a conviction from bringing an electric shock device to a brawl at Penrith Hotel.

“It wasn’t a plea of guilty at the first available opportunity,” Magistrate Alexander Mijovich said.

“I accept letters of contrition and I accept that you’re regretful of what you did. I also put heavy weight on the fact that you handed yourself in. However, I don’t accept this was on the lower end of seriousness as there were burns sustained.”

Leonardo Isaac was given a two year community release order without conviction and the weapon was forfeited.