Woman accused of spitting at and pulling hair of Frankston Hospital nurses and punching police officer
A woman accused of refusing to take her medication allegedly lashed out at police and Frankston Hospital emergency department nurses when they tried to help her.
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A woman who allegedly attacked nurses and punched a police officer because she didn’t want to take her medication will have to spend more time behind bars.
Laura Faith Wilson applied for bail while she awaits a hearing because she wants to be let out to go to hospital for mental health treatment.
But there are concerns she could abscond, as she had done from previous hospitals, or go back to a house that she is prohibited from attending.
The homeless 29-year-old faced Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday by video link requesting she be released into hospital care for 12 weeks.
The court heard Ms Wilson is alleged to have pulled the hair of a Frankston Hospital nurse in November 2018, spat in another nurse’s face in April 2019 and punched a cop in the head in May 2019.
The alleged attacks occurred because Ms Wilson was refusing to take her ‘depot’ injection — an antipsychotic medication administered to people with mental health issues.
Police also allege she broke into a Reservoir DHHS property in June last year by throwing a large rock at a window and she is accused of stealing $44 worth of clothing from Kmart in Frankston in September last year.
She was arrested at a Frankston home on July 8 and has been remanded in custody since.
Ms Wilson’s defence lawyer said her client, who has no prior convictions, had serious mental health issues and had been recently granted a 12-week hospital admittance order.
She said that would take away any risk of her reoffending and provide her with the treatment she needs.
Police opposed bail because they are concerned she may abscond from hospital and commit more crimes and pose a risk to the public, especially emergency workers.
Magistrate Julian Ayres said while it was clear Ms Wilson had mental health issues it was a balancing act to weigh that against her risk to the safety of the community.
Mr Ayres said he needed to know if there was a suitable address she could be bailed to upon release from hospital, otherwise she was likely to go back to the prohibited place and be arrested again.
Ms Wilson was remanded in custody to face court on August 11.
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