Mathew Quick: Elanora State School alleged car park assault to go to trial

An ex-ADF member allegedly involved in a scuffle with a grandmother in a Gold Coast school carpark will face the District Court over the charge. Read what happened at his committal here.

Mathew Quick and Cheryle Anderson were allegedly involved in an altercation that turned physical at a Gold Coast dance concert.

The son of a woman injured in an alleged assault at a Gold Coast school carpark has told a court she was “judo thrown”.

Mason Anderson took to the witness box at the Coolangatta Magistrates Court on Friday as part of committal proceedings against the man accused of assaulting his mother.

Mathew Quick, 44, faces a charge of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm following an alleged incident at Elanora State School car park that left grandmother Cheryle Anderson with head and leg injuries on June 8, 2024.

It has been alleged the then 63-year-old woman was attending the school to watch a ‘Little Groovers’ dance concert.

Under cross-examination, Mr Anderson told the court he had been driving his mother to the concert with his daughter in the back seat.

The court heard Elanora grandmother Cheryle Anderson was being driven by her son to watch the ‘Little Groovers’ dance concert at the local school. Picture supplied

He said they were running late and parked in a narrow space.

The court heard Mr Anderson’s Ford Ranger doors were longer than a standard car door.

In his statement, Mr Anderson said he told his mother to be careful but later heard her door make contact with Quick’s ute which was parked next to them.

He said he heard his mum apologise to Quick.

He said he heard Quick say words to the effect of “you’ve damaged my $90,000 car” and he didn’t sound agitated.

Mr Anderson told the court his mother and Quick started bickering with Ms Anderson initially denying she damaged the ute.

Mathew Quick, 44, has been charged with one count assault occasioning grievous bodily harm following the alleged incident at Elanora State School car park. Picture supplied

He said his mother told Quick words to the effect of “we’ll talk about it later”, noting they were running late for the concert.

The court heard Mr Anderson saw damage to Quick’s ute.

He told the court Quick had asked for $50 to resolve the matter but his mother didn’t acknowledge the offer, asking to talk about it later.

Mr Anderson told the court at one point he was reversing to let his daughter out, while Ms Anderson and Quick were behind the vehicles.

Quick has not entered any pleas. Picture: Instagram

He said he continuously watched them in his left wing mirror.

In his statement, Mr Anderson said he saw Quick “judo throw” his mother all of a sudden.

“He’s judo thrown her, he’s landed on top of her,” Mr Anderson told the court. “As that’s happened [I’ve put] handbrake up, car in park. I’ve run around. By the time I’ve run around my mother’s unconscious on the ground or at least completely out …”

The matter was committed for trial in the Southport District Court with the date yet to be specified.

No pleas have officially been entered.

Originally published as Mathew Quick: Elanora State School alleged car park assault to go to trial