Aaron David Doust attacked off-duty police officer at Upper Coomera Coles after shooting threat

A tradie put his foot in it when he started a blue with an off-duty cop in a supermarket over a bag of chips and a packet of spaghetti, issuing a dire threat.

A tradie scratched the face of an off-duty cop during a row over a packet of chips and bag of spaghetti in a Coles supermarket.

Aaron David Doust pushed the off-duty police officer during the face-off in the Upper Coomera Coles about 5pm on New Year’s Eve.

Aaron David Doust leaves Southport Court with his mother (out of shot).

Doust told the police officer he had a firearm and would shoot the officer’s family.

The 26-year-old pleaded guilty in the Southport Magistrates Court on Tuesday to common assault, drink driving, driving an uninsured vehicle and driving an unregistered vehicle.

Magistrate Dzenita Balic fined Doust $1700 in total and disqualified him from driving for five months.

No conviction was recorded for the common assault.

She described the offending as a “very unfortunate incident”.

The court was told Doust was spotted by an off-duty cop eating a packet of chips inside the Coles.

The police officer alerted staff who asked Doust to leave.

As Doust was leaving he grabbed a packet of spaghetti from the shelf.

It was then the off-duty police officer became involved, repeatedly telling Doust he was a police officer and asking him to leave.

When Doust still did not leave, the cop used an open hand to push him out of the store.

The court was told Doust struck out, pushing the police officer and scratching his face.

He told the cop: “I have a shotgun and I will shoot you and your family.”

The court was told that on September 25 last year Doust had also been caught drink-driving an unregistered and uninsured Toyota HiLux in Upper Coomera.

He had a blood alcohol reading of 0.136 per cent. The legal limit is 0.05 per cent.

Defence solicitor Jodi Allen, of Allen & Searing Criminal Lawyers, said Doust had tried to give the police officer his EFTPOS card and tell him he wanted to pay for the pasta.

She said about the threat: “There was certainly no means to carry out the threat.”

Ms Allen said Doust had been without his licence since September and needed a vehicle to carry his tools around for his work as a plumber.

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