Mitchell Sefton Baker-Beaumont punched man offering a handshake and broke his cheek

A dock hand ignored a man’s attempt at a handshake and instead punched him in the face, breaking his cheek bone. Four months later he shoved a man in his 60s in a road rage incident. Here is what happened in court.

A dock hand ignored a man’s attempt at a handshake and instead punched him in the face, breaking his cheek bone.

In a separate attack about four months’ later, Mitchell Sefton Baker-Beaumont shoved another man over 60 in a road rage incident.

The 23-year-old pleaded guilty in the Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday to assault occasioning bodily harm, serious assault of a person over 60, obstructing police and refusing to leave a licensed premises.

The court was told Baker-Beaumont was in a Surfers Paradise nightclub on August 14 last year when he got into an argument with another man.

Prosecution alleged it was a mutual friend of Baker-Beaumont’s mates, but Baker-Beaumont denied knowing him.

He was asked to leave.

Baker-Beaumont did so, but waited outside the club on Orchid Avenue for the man to leave.

When he did, the man had a conversation with Baker-Beaumont to try and patch up the tension.

The man stuck his hand out for Baker-Beaumont to shake, the court was told.

Baker-Beaumont punched him in the head.

About two months’ later Baker-Beaumont caused a disturbance in Hollywood Showgirls and refused to leave. Police were called.

On January 4, a 61-year-old stopped his ute at a park.

As he got out, Baker-Beaumont honked his horn and gave the man the finger.

The 61-year-old returned the gesture.

Baker-Beaumont then parked, got out of his car and pushed the 61-year-old, causing him to fall on to the tray of his ute.

Magistrate Louisa Pink sentenced Baker-Beaumont to 12 months’ prison with parole release on August 31.

“Insensitive behaviour is calling someone a name … punching someone and fracturing their cheek bone is inexcusable,” she said.

Defence lawyer Dan Rawlings, of Criminal Law, said a medical report had found Baker-Beaumont “can overreact to small things and has had anger issues all his life”.

He said Baker-Beaumont had been seeking counselling and was remorseful for his actions.

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