Scott Martin Luland-Moore pleaded guilty to deprivation of liberty

An ice addict truckie has been sentenced for his part in a violent home invasion during which he belted a man in the face with a wrench over missing drugs, splitting his chin.

Judge Glen Cash said there had been violence and threats inside the house that night, which included Luland-Moore using the wrench to strike a man in the face, causing a split to his chin.

An ice addict who was part of a shocking home invasion, during which two men were assaulted before being driven to a location on a dirt road and terrorised, has been sentenced in court.

Scott Martin Luland-Moore, 26, pleaded guilty to two counts of deprivation of liberty, entering a home with intent to commit an indictable offence, assault occasioning bodily harm and two counts of threatening violence.

Crown prosecutor Stephanie Gallagher said that two of Luland-Moore’s co-offenders had already been sentenced for their part in the incident.

In 2021, Charles Alfred Pawney, 22, pleaded guilty in Hervey Bay District Court to burglary, four counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, wilful damage, stealing, kidnapping for ransom, kidnapping and torture.

At the time the court heard the offences arose after Pawney was kicked out of a home in Urangan amid a meth binge spanning several days.

His property, which included $30,000 worth of drugs, was moved into the street.

But when the items went missing, Pawney, a father of one, decided to get retribution.

A group of men attended the Urangan home about 8.30pm on July 14, 2019.

Daniel John Willats 24, pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening violence, assaults occasioning bodily harm, kidnapping, kidnapping for ransom and burglary in the night-time with violence in company before Hervey Bay District Court in 2022.

Luland-Moore was one of the men involved the evening, Ms Gallagher told the court.

Another co-accused, Daniel John Leon Willats, 24, pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening violence, assaults occasioning bodily harm, kidnapping, kidnapping for ransom and burglary in the night-time with violence in company before Hervey Bay District Court in 2022.

On that night he was armed with a metal wrench when he entered the home alongside Willats and Pawney, the court was told.

During the incident, Willats attacked one of the men inside the house, and Pawney joined in.

Willats and Pawney “threw multiple punches and kicks” to one of the men, while a TV was smashed into the head of one of the victims.

The victims were then thrown in a car and driven by Luland-Moore up a dirt road to Booral, the court heard.

The two men were again attacked and threatened and at one point, Pawney told one of the victims that his fingers were going to be cut off and sent to his mother.

One of the young men was told “come up with the money or weed or you‘re going to die”.

One of the victims suffered black eyes and a large cut to the top of his head that required “eight to nine staples”.

The court heard Luland-Moore had a “very disadvantaged upbringing”, spending time in foster care when he was a child.

He had previously been consistently employed in labouring positions, but had struggled with addictions to both illicit and prescription medication.

Charles Alfred Pawney, 22, pleaded guilty in Hervey Bay District Court to burglary, four counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, wilful damage, stealing, kidnapping for ransom, kidnapping and torture.

Luland-Moore had absconded while on bail, the court heard, after he father died and he “went off the rails”.

However, he had pulled himself together, working as a truck driver before surrendering himself and being remanded in custody.

At the time of the offence, he was under the influence of ice and alcohol and he little recollection of the role he played, though he was sorry for any harm caused to the victims, the court heard.

Judge Glen Cash said there had been violence and threats inside the house that night, which included Luland-Moore using the wrench to strike a man in the face, causing a split to his chin.

Luland-Moore didn’t directly commit each of the offences, but was plainly deeply involved and liable for the conduct of the others, Judge Cash said.

He had been on bail, but had absconded, Judge Cash said, before being returned to prison.

Luland-Moore had a difficult childhood in which both his parents had abused ice, he said.

He was given a head sentence of four years in prison and immediate parole, with the time he had spent in custody declared as time served.

His co-offender Willats was given a head sentence of four years jail, suspended after serving 12 months, for an operational period of four years, while Pawney was given a head sentence of six years in prison.

Originally published as Scott Martin Luland-Moore pleaded guilty to deprivation of liberty