Charles Timmons, Leonardo Wren and George Kelada all front Moorabbin Court
A man who punched a Woolworths trolley boy in the face tops the latest round of offending to be dealt with at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court.
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A man who punched a Woolworths trolley boy in the face, and a man who physically assaulted his partner are the latest scallywags to dealt with at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court
Charles Timmons
A Frankston man who violently assaulted his ex-partner on three occasions has appeared in Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court.
Charles Timmons pleaded guilty to a single charge of criminal assault on March 21, after physically assaulting his ex-partner while they were arguing.
The court heard Timmons was at the victim’s home on the evening of the assault in February 2022, when the first instance occurred.
Timmons had borrowed money from the victim earlier in the day to buy a 24-pack of Wild Turkey bourbon, and had drunk a “significant amount” when the argument occurred.
The court heard the victim had received a package during the day, and Timmons demanded they open it.
The victim refused, aggravating Timmons further.
The court heard Timmons then forcibly opened the package, and upon finding nothing out of the ordinary, began arguing with the victim over a text message they had received from a friend.
The court heard the text read “I miss you,” and that Timmons had attempted to take the phone.
The victim then threw the phone across the room, at which point the court heard Timmons grabbed the victim by the forearm and squeezed it.
The court heard the victim asked Timmons multiple times to let go before he released their arm.
The court heard that later on that night, Timmons approached the victim, leant over them and grabbed their genitalia, saying “this is all your good for”.
The victim went to see their local doctor two days later for pain in their forearm following this altercation, the court was told.
In the same week, Timmons was at the victim’s home again, where the pair had another argument, resulting in Timmons drinking more bourbon.
The court heard the victim went to bed in order to avoid fighting more with Timmons, but he followed.
The victim asked Timmons to leave multiple times, before he again squeezed the victim’s forearm.
The court heard Timmons laughed at the victim asking to be released before he let go of their arm.
Timmons eventually left the victim’s home and they called the police.
The court heard officer’s were interviewing the victim when Timmons returned, where he was then arrested.
The court heard Timmons claimed the victim had grabbed his arm, and had only hurt their wrist when he pulled away, further claiming the victim was consenting when he touched their genitalia, and that they’d “had a panic attack”.
Magistrate David Starvaggi sentenced Timmons to 200 hours of unpaid community work with conviction.
Magistrate Starvaggi said if Timmons had pleaded not guilty, he would be in prison.
“Do you manhandle every woman in your life?” he asked the accused.
“If you come back here with anything violence-related, female or not, bring your toothbrush. You’ll be going on a holiday courtesy of His Majesty,” Magistrate Starvaggi said.
Leonardo Wren
A St Kilda man appeared in court after punching a Woolies trolley collector in September 2021.
Leonardo Wren, 20, pleaded guilty to one charge of common assault in Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on March 21.
The court heard Wren approached the victim in the carpark of Glenhuntly Woolworths on September 9 2021.
The victim had been collecting trolleys and was about to return them to the trolley bay when Wren punched him in the lower jaw, knocking him out.
The victim took a photo of Wren getting into a Peugeot vehicle with his partner in the passenger side.
The court heard a witness and the victim went to police to report the assault, and the victim was advised to go to hospital for his injuries.
Wren’s lawyer Adrian Dessi, admitted it was serious offending.
“While Mr Wren is young and has no priors, I can’t ignore that this is serious offending,” he said.
“Considering the one punch caused a momentary loss of consciousness, it is very serious.”
The court heard Wren previously denied he’d attacked the victim, saying his partner at the time had been “seeing other people who looked like him”.
“The assault was 18 months ago your honour, Mr Wren has stable work as an apprentice panel beater,” Mr Dessi told the court.
“He is able to do community work, if you’d allow.”
Magistrate Starvaggi sentenced Wren to 250 hours of unpaid community work.
“There has to be a serious denunciation of this violence,” Magistrate Starvaggi said.
“But I am taking his age and the plea of guilty into account with this sentence.”
“If he had not pleaded guilty, I would be handing out prison sentence.”
George Kelada
A man caught driving unlicensed and over the legal blood alcohol limit has pleaded guilty.
George Kelada appeared in Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on March 21 after driving unlicensed and under the influence.
The court heard that police had pulled Kelada over in September 2022 following a random licence plate check.
The check revealed Kelada to be unlicensed, so he was required to undertake a mandatory breath test.
The court heard he returned a reading of 0.042. Unlicensed, probationary and learner drivers are required by law to have a 0.00 blood alcohol reading when behind the wheel.
Magistrate Starvaggi sentenced Kelada with an aggregate fine of $400 and no conviction.
Kelada’s licence has also been cancelled for three months.
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