Gympie District Court releases man on parole after DVO guilty plea
A man has been released on parole after pleading guilty to 20 charges, including breaching a DVO order and supplying drugs to their victim.
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A young labourer has been released on parole for domestically abusing their intellectually impaired partner and giving her marijuana.
The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, faced the Gympie District Court for 20 offences he committed across a six period from the beginning of the year.
Court documents published online revealed the 19-year-old victim, who had an “acquired brain injury”, was provided with the drug and verbally abused by the 25-year-old man on multiple occasions.
The man had previously been given a no-contact order since late 2021 which prohibited him from “committing domestic violence against her or contacting her”.
The document revealed he had breached the no-contact order 14 times.
Four of these were drug related, and one count was for verbally abusing her.
The 25-year-old had prior convictions that were “breaches of protection orders made concerning the same complainant.”
“That has resulted in you being sentenced to suspended imprisonment, or imprisonment but released immediately on parole,” Judge Glen Cash said.
The court heard the Brisbane-born man had a “difficult childhood”, as his father attempted suicide when he was 14 years old.
His father was left with significant brain injuries that broke down the family unit, the court heard.
The man was also described as being a drug user who had experienced homelessness.
Judge Cash warned the man “if you go back to using drugs – if you commit some offence – the parole authorities just issue a warrant, and you get taken to jail”.
“You do not get a chance to come back like a suspended sentence and try and talk the Judge out of sending you to jail,” he said.
The man was sentenced to 15 months in jail and immediately released on parole after having served 131 days in custody.
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