Metro Tunnel mad dog Sean Padget pleads guilty to recklessly causing injury and affray

A Metro Tunnel concreter went bananas, picked a fight and lost despite smashing his victim through a St Kilda shop window.

Sean Padget pleaded guilty to assault and affray. Facebook.

A Melbourne street hood who picked a fight with a stranger during a St Kilda booze session was the one who ended up in hospital despite pushing his victim through a window.

Sean Padget, 29, was sentenced in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday to a 12-month community correction order after pleading guilty to recklessly causing injury and affray.

Padget flew off the handle while walking along Fitzroy St following a “five or six” hour drinking session late on October 30, 2020.

Padget’s companion made repeated attempts to get his intoxicated mate home after the pair had boozed on at numerous St Kilda venues, the court was told.

The court heard CCTV depicted an “intoxicated” Padget walking along Fitzroy St “unsteady on his feet”.

The CCTV also depicted Padget “fronting up” to multiple people with his poor mate forced to ”step in” numerous times to “stop anything happening”.

Padget yelled at two people as they entered the Fitzroy St Pizza Hut.

The duo exited the Pizza Hut about 10 minutes later when the victim asked Padget which venue they were headed to next.

Padget, who became enraged and aggressive, ripped off his shirt and took off his shoes.

Padget’s mate attempted to pull his mad dog buddy away.

The duo also told Padget to move on because they “didn’t want any trouble”.

Padget lunged at his victim, grabbed his neck and smashed him through the Pizza Hut window.

Despite suffering lacerations the victim wrestled Padget to the ground, overpowered him and punched his attacker’s face numerous times.

Padget and his victim were pulled away from each other.

Padget, who also pleaded guilty to wilful damage, stood up picked fights with other passers-by, the court was told.

Police, which received multiples calls regarding a brawl outside Pizza Hut, attended shortly after to find Padget running down a side street topless and covered in blood.

Padget, of Diamond Creek, was taken to the Alfred but his victim did not require medical treatment.

Padget, who appeared “visibly distressed” and “embarrassed” during his police interview, told investigators he could barely remember the incident.

The court heard Padget’s victim made a police statement which alleged his attacker attempted to “choke him with both hands”.

Chris Hooper, for Padget, submitted his client had a “larger dependency” on alcohol at the time of the offending due to a childhood tragedy.

Mr Hooper also submitted Padget suffered a serious injury while motorcycle racing about eight years ago.

The court heard Padget was employed as a Metro Tunnel Project concreter and has decreased his alcohol consumption.

Magistrate Joanne Metcalfe said Padget committed “appalling behaviour”.

“You’ve essentially picked a fight with two people in the street … it was an unprovoked incident …,” Magistrate Metcalfe said.

“Fortunately for you the injuries the victim received were not severe, they were minor injuries, nevertheless that must have been absolutely terrifying for that person to find himself thrust through a window and he could easily have suffered more serious injuries …

“It was in public, there is some concern about public drunkenness offences of this type and offences that are fuelled by alcohol … people are entitled to go about and do things in public without being a victim or exposed to it as a passer-by.”

Padget, who has no subsequent offending, was convicted and ordered to perform unpaid community work.

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