Capel Sound boarding house lodger Shaun Chee refused bail over alleged toilet attack
A Capel Sound boarding house lodger accused of bashing a housemate with a homemade weapon in an alleged fight over a missing towel now has to share showers with remand inmates.
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A man who allegedly bashed another lodger over a missing towel in a Capel Sound boarding house toilet has been refused bail.
Shaun Chee is accused of punching the man and repeatedly striking him with a homemade baton because he was unable to dry himself.
The 28-year-old then allegedly threatened to kill the man before leaving the property and dumping the weapon at a vacant block nearby.
Mr Chee appeared at the online Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Monday to apply for bail but was knocked back because he was deemed too much of a risk to the community.
The court heard he is also facing five other sets of police charges involving violence and threats to kill accusations against people including emergency services workers.
Police say at around noon on September 27 this year, the alleged victim was using the toilet at the boarding house he shared with Mr Chee.
Mr Chee allegedly began banging on the door, accusing the man of stealing his towel.
The man said he had not had a shower, hadn’t seen Mr Chee’s towel and didn’t know where it was.
Mr Chee is then accused of kicking in the toilet door and confronting the man.
He then allegedly punched him in the head and the pair wrestled before Mr Chee left and went to his room.
He is then accused of returning with a “large polished piece of wood” and striking the man on the arm and head, causing him to fall to the floor.
Mr Chee then allegedly told him “I’m going to kill you”, left the house and dumped the weapon at a property over the road.
The alleged victim was treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics.
Mr Chee was on bail at the time for alleged assaults, threats to kill and sexual activity offending.
His defence lawyer told the court he would be pleading not guilty to a number of charges and the police case “was not strong”.
He said the delay while he was on remand would be unfair to his client because he was a vulnerable person in custody due to his intellectual disability and ADHD.
During the hearing Mr Chee began ranting and raving in the prison media room, saying the other man came at him with a knife and he was only defending himself.
He was then muted by the court.
Magistrate Gerard Lethbridge said if released Mr Chee was an unacceptable risk of endangering the safety and the welfare of the community.
“He is alleged to have assaulted a cotenant at a boarding house with a baton; it is a nasty looking weapon,” Mr Lethbridge said.
“Even more troubling is there are at least five sets of charges outstanding for threats or use of violence.”
Mr Chee was remanded in custody until December 22.
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