Millie Grentell: Hairdresser kicks police officer in face at Elton John concert
Elton John famously said music had the ability to heal, but for this drunken hairdresser kicked out of his Coldstream concert, all she saw was red when she viciously lashed out at police.
Outer East
Don't miss out on the headlines from Outer East. Followed categories will be added to My News.
A hairdresser who got drunk at an Elton John concert in Coldstream before kicking a police officer in the face has had her day in court.
Millie Grentell, 28, was drunk, falling over chairs and obstructing other people’s view of the stage when security tried to kick her out of the February 1 event.
Leading Senior Constable Melissa Sambrooks told Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on Monday Grentell, who lives in Wagga Wagga but visited Victoria for the concert, drew the ire of concertgoers and was verbally abusive to staff when she was asked to leave.
Police then attempted to escort her and her drunk girlfriend from the venue, but Grentell tripped and fell before lashing out at an officer as he attempted to help her get up.
She also viciously kicked an officer in the head while she was being loaded into the back of a divvy van.
When showed video footage of the kick, Leading Sen-Constable Sambrooks said Grentell expressed surprise at the ferocity of the kick.
“F — g oath, I kicked the s — t out of you mate,” Grentell told police.
Grentell’s lawyer Hannah Manuel told the court her client wasn’t typically a big drinker but had consumed a “significant” amount of alcohol at the time of the offence.
She guzzled two full bottles of champagne and a few ciders before and during the event, Ms Manuel told the court.
She asked the court to consider a fine without conviction because her client wanted to travel overseas and was considering switching careers to nursing or teaching.
Ms Manuel also noted her client was extremely remorseful and embarrassed and neither of the police officers were seriously hurt.
“I have explained to Ms Grentell that had she caused an injury to an emergency worker we would be talking about an immediate term of imprisonment,” Ms Manuel told the court.
Grentell pleaded guilty to five counts of assaulting an emergency worker on duty.
Magistrate Nunzio La Rosa ordered Grentell to make a $500 contribution to the court fund without conviction and put her on a nine-month good behaviour bond.
MORE NEWS:
HOW ONE BRILLIANT IDEA SAVED MARIBYRNONG’S MR WHIPPY
‘White Australia’ fundraiser raises $27k in just eight days
A crowd-funding page created by a controversial neo-Nazi figure has raised more than $27,000 to help “create a home for white people in Australia”.
Like a dame: Lilydale property up for heritage protection
A historic Lilydale home with links to renowned opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, is up for heritage protection, as the hills strengthen its links with the famed opera singer.