Dalby man Jay Kelly Mobbs sentenced for assault causing grievous bodily harm of police officer

A drunken night out ended with a Dalby man assaulting two police officers, causing injuries so severe that one officer has been unable to return to work more than a year after the violent incident.

Jay Mobbs has been sentenced in Dalby Magistrates Court for assault causing grievous bodily harm, serious assault, obstructing police and two counts of common assault. Picture: Liam Kidston

A Dalby man has found himself in prison after a series of violent assaults on police officers and his partner.

Jay Kelly Mobbs, 32, appeared in Dalby Magistrates Court over AVL from prison where he had spent the last 193 days pleading guilty to nine charges including assault causing grievous bodily harm, serious assault, obstructing police and two counts of common assault.

The court was told that on December 27, 2023 police were called to a Dalby convenience store where they encountered a “severely intoxicated” Mobbs who had a warrant out for his arrest after he had fled from hospital.

Mobbs then became aggressive towards police, refusing to go back to hospital and saying he was going to punch police in the face to get into trouble.

Mobbs then continued to drink alcohol with one female officer raising her hand to get him to stop at which point he began throwing punches at the officers before capsicum spray was used.

Later that evening after being returned to hospital the court was told Mobbs flared up again and attempted to leave with officers trying to stop him.

Mobbs then grabbed the female officer by the shoulders, pinning her to the wall, and when her male partner attempted to intervene Mobbs punched the officer in the head several times before falling on top of him, rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and meniscus.

The court was told the male officer was still on WorkCover after the severe injury to his knee.

In a separate incident less than a year later, in August 2024, police were called to a Dalby property about 2.30am after an assault on a woman which required Queensland Ambulance Services paramedics and breached a protection order that had been made on February 24.

The court was told Mobbs had asked to stay at the mother of his child’s house, who agreed saying he could stay on the couch, however he refused and attempted to sleep in her room.

An argument then ensued before the aggrieved went and quietly sat on the couch, at which point Mobbs tackled her causing her to fall and dislocate her shoulder before striking her twice to the face with an open palm.

The situation then reportedly calmed for the next 10 minutes before Mobbs became verbally aggressive over an unwashed baby bottle calling the aggrieved a “bad mother”.

Mobbs then grabbed her by neck and pushed her face into the oven.

After Mobbs fell asleep she fled the scene and drove to her parent’s house with a dislocated shoulder.

The following day Mobbs was stopped by police driving under the influence.

Mobbs’ lawyer told the court his client had been intoxicated and on pain killers and didn’t remember the offending.

He said he fell into the bad habit of mixing alcohol and medication after crushing his hand in a workplace accident, hoewever magistrate Kathleen Payne said the injury couldn’t be that bad if he used that hand to punch a police officer.

When sentencing Ms Payne said it was “extreme cowardice for a man in the community to act that way behind closed doors”.

For the obstructing police charges he received 80 hours community service, for the drink driving a one month loss of licence and for the litany of assault charges he was sentenced to two year’s imprisonment.

The 193 days spent in custody was declared as time served and he was released immediately on parole.

Originally published as Dalby man Jay Kelly Mobbs sentenced for assault causing grievous bodily harm of police officer