Swita Jawansher: Skye mum walks from court after savagely bashing daughter’s ex-boyfriend in Frankston park
An innocent teen has been left feeling scared to be alone after his ex-girlfriend’s mother bashed him in a bizarre attack at a Frankston park. But the woman also suffered from horrifying abuse after fleeing a war-torn country, it has been revealed.
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A woman who bashed her daughter’s ex-boyfriend in a frenzied attack at Frankston has walked from court.
Swita Jawansher, 47, received a two-year good behaviour order in County Court on Thursday over the bizarre vigilante attack where the 19-year-old victim was slapped, punched and kicked.
It comes after Jawansher, her daughter Sussan and Sussan’s cop-impersonating boyfriend Pardeep Singh lured the man to various locations in Frankston and where Jawansher and Singh bashed him.
In one incident on January 6 the trio summoned the victim to a Frankston address where Singh pushed him into a fence and Jawansher laid two punches into his ribs.
The torment continued at the George Pentland Botanical Gardens where wannabe cop Singh told the victim he “wanted him dead” but there would be “too much paperwork”.
In a secluded area of the park, Singh told the victim to get on his knees before holding the victim from behind with a scarf.
Jawansher, from Skye, used all her force to slap him about 20 times in the face before pulling his hair and kicking him in the groin.
The mother-of-four interrogated the petrified teen before wrapping the scarf around his head and forcing him back into the car.
As they drove, Jawansher’s daughter asked why they couldn’t go to a police station, but Singh said he did not have a “warrant” and that “the boys” would pick him up at his house.
After the victim was released he reported Singh to police who was arrested at his Dandenong unit on January 8, with Jawansher arrested two days later.
Judge Kevin Doyle heard the victim had been left experiencing difficulty trusting new people and struggled to be alone following the terrifying attack.
The court was told Jawansher, who moved to Melbourne from Afghanistan as part of an arranged marriage as a teen, suffered post traumatic stress disorder and severe anxiety triggered by her abusive ex-husband and his brother.
“Putting aside whether you thought Singh was police or associated with police in some way, the assault you inflicted was entirely unjust,” Mr Doyle said.
“This undoubtedly would have been a frightening and painful experience for (the victim).”
Jawansher pleaded guilty to and was convicted of common assault and was placed on a two-year good behaviour order.
Singh, 20, was jailed in the County Court on January 23, after pleading guilty to several offences but he walked free from court after serving 380 days of pre-sentence detention.
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