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Molly Ann Kluck bit paramedic who tried to treat her after drunken crash

A violent administration assistant with a drug problem has been sentenced attacking an emergency services worker and a complete stranger outside hospital.

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A former administration assistant bit a paramedic so hard on the arm as she was helped from a drunken crash it left teeth marks.

She told a court she could not remember it.

In a separate attack weeks earlier, Molly Ann Kluck and her boyfriend kicked and bashed a man outside the Gold Coast University Hospital.

Kluck pleaded guilty in the Southport Magistrates Court on Thursday to assault occasioning bodily harm, serious assault of a public officer and drink driving.

Molly Ann Kluck leaves Southport Magistrates Court on August 4, 2022.
Molly Ann Kluck leaves Southport Magistrates Court on August 4, 2022.

Kluck crashed her car on Marine Parade, Labrador about 2.30am on April 4, 2021. She hit a speed sign, crossed a median strip and ran into a fence.

Paramedics came to help, but Kluck became increasingly aggressive. She was handcuffed when police arrived.

Despite this Kluck kicked one paramedic, who did not make an official complaint, and bit a second paramedic on the forearm, leaving bite marks.

Kluck was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital where a toxicology screen found she had a blood-alcohol reading of 0.066 per cent. The legal limit is 0.05.

Xanax and cannabis were also found in her system.

In the early hours of February 28 last year, Kluck and her partner approached a 56-year-old man outside the Gold Coast University Hospital.

Kluck’s partner Jamie Barsby flykicked the man, sending him to the ground. He was kicked and punched while he was on the ground.

Barsby was sentenced for the assault in June this year and placed on a $200 good behaviour bond.

On Thursday, Magistrate Louisa Pink placed Kluck on probation for two years and disqualified her from driving for two months.

“You cannot go about life assaulting people for whatever reasons … it is unacceptable and you will face consequences,” she said.

Kluck’s lawyer Brooke Winter, of Brooke Winter Solicitors, said the 23-year-old suffered from mental health conditions, including anxiety, but he did not have medical records.

At the time, Kluck was suffering from a “raging Xanax problem”.

“She is apologetic to the victims in the matter,” Mr Winter said.

He said she had no recollection of assaulting the paramedic.

Originally published as Molly Ann Kluck bit paramedic who tried to treat her after drunken crash

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