Jakeob Edward Lavelle to face sentencing over stabbing security guard through the hand
A Tweed man who stabbed a security guard through the hand after a drunken spat will be sentenced. Here’s the latest.
Tweed Heads
Don't miss out on the headlines from Tweed Heads. Followed categories will be added to My News.
A Tweed Heads man on bail for stabbing a security guard through his hand while attempting to stab another punter outside a Tweed Heads strip club will be sentenced.
Jakeob Edward Lavelle, 23, appeared before Judge Jonathan Priestley in Lismore District Court on Wednesday.
Lavelle was represented by barrister Gemunu Kumarasinhe when he pleaded guilty to a single charge of reckless grievous bodily harm with a charge of stalk/intimidate intend fear physical to be taken into account on sentence.
Charges of intimidation and wounding someone with the intention of causing grievous bodily harm were dropped, with Judge Priestley ordering a sentencing assessment report for Lavelle.
Lavelle was removed from Dolphins Harbourside Hotel in Tweed Heads, about 12.20am on April 8, 2023 for being aggressive, an agreed set of police facts state.
When security asked for his glass on ejection Lavelle told the bouncer: “I should be shoving this in your f--king face.”
He then went next door and got into a scrap with a patron entering Manhattan Club Showgirls.
“You’re not so tough without your blade, are you?” the man said to Lavelle.
“I don’t have my blade,” Lavelle said.
But the security guard from the hotel saw a knife on Lavelle as he attempted to separate the men.
“I’m going to f--king stab you. Do you want to get f--king stabbed?” Lavelle said to the man.
The facts state Lavelle had raised his arm in readiness to plunge the knife down on the man’s neck whose back was turned to Lavelle.
The bouncer grabbed at Lavelle’s hand within 10 centimetres of reaching the man’s neck.
He then “pulled his hand away and clenched his fist as blood began running down his hand” and called out “I’ve been stabbed, call the police. I need to go to hospital.”
Police were called to the Hotel and a witness identified Lavelle before the bouncer drove himself to Tweed Hospital.
“The tendons, nerves and arteries were cut at the base of his right index and right middle finger,” police state.
After an initial three hours of surgery, the bouncer has to attend Gold Coast University Hospital for ongoing therapy.
Police raided Lavelle’s home and found a knife with a folding blade and black handle.
Lavelle was arrested and charged after the bouncer’s DNA was confirmed on the knife.
Police state Lavelle is known to carry knives in the Tweed area.
Lavelle is scheduled to face an hour-long sentencing hearing in Lismore District Court on April 15.
More Coverage
Originally published as Jakeob Edward Lavelle to face sentencing over stabbing security guard through the hand
Ground ‘covered in junkie needles’ ahead of kids sporting event
Several syringes have been found strewn across the grass near a major international sports stadium in the lead-up to one of the state’s biggest junior sporting events of the year.
Named: Man accused of bludgeoning grandfather to death
A homeless 66-year-old man who allegedly bludgeoned a beloved Coffs grandfather to death with a steel pole has faced court, as police try to track down a murder weapon. See the video.