Ashley Kingston Knox pleaded guilty to public nuisance
Police happened to drive by at the wrong moment for a butcher-turned-disability pensioner who was hurling abuse at his friends and neighbours for a reason he now can’t recollect.
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A disability pensioner had no recollection why he was swearing at his neighbours and friends when he was intoxicated in the street, Hervey Bay Magistrates Court has heard.
Ashley Kingston Knox, 50, pleaded guilty to one count of public nuisance.
The court heard on December 11, 2024, about 11.28am, police from the Howard station were driving along Torquay Rd in Scarness, headed towards the Hervey Bay station.
As they approached the intersection at Queens Rd, police saw a man yelling at a woman at a property about 100 metres from the police station.
As police got closer, they heard the man swearing and yelling what sounded like an invitation to fight someone at the address.
Knox appeared to be intoxicated and unsteady on his feet, the court was told.
Police activated their lights and sirens, then spoke to Knox at the scene.
They told Knox to move on and he was seen walking away when they heard another man start to swear.
Police saw Knox return and started pointing and swearing, telling the woman to “get that gutless f**king c**t out of here”.
The woman told Knox to go away, the court heard.
Police got out of their vehicle and Knox was arrested for public nuisance and taken to the Hervey Bay watch-house.
Duty lawyer Daniel Ould said Knox was a single man who was receiving the disability support pension as a result of PTSD.
He was a butcher by trade and had worked in that industry for 10 years.
Knox was doing volunteer work for a Hervey Bay charity, the court heard.
Mr Ould said Knox accepted the facts, but he had been intoxicated at the time and did not have a “great recollection” of the events of the day.
“He instructs that he’s actually friends with those people, he’d been friends with them for five years, he lives five doors down from them.
“He isn’t sure what the issue he had with them at the time was.
“He is regretful and remorseful for his actions.”
Magistrate Trinity McGarvie said his offending was serious with profanities being heard in a public place.
Knox was fined $950 and a conviction was recorded.
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