Jaichelle Maud Kyesha Bligh pleads guilty to assaulting ex, spitting in police officers mouth

A violent blow-up by a young mum at a Queensland pub caused staff to hastily move glass from her reach as she threw schooners, punched an innocent bystander, chased her ex-partner and more.

Jaichelle Maud Kyesha Bligh

A Murgon woman has appeared in a South Burnett court after a wild rampage through a small town pub in which she threw schooner glasses and punches before spitting into a police officer’s mouth.

Jaichelle Maud Kyesha Bligh pleaded guilty at the Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Monday to common assault in a public place while adversely affected by alcohol, contravene a direction or requirement by a police officer in a licensed premises, drunk or disorderly in a licensed premises, obstructing police, serious assault of a police officer by spitting while intoxicated and wilful damage.

The court was told on March 15, Bligh, 23, was drinking while attending the Murgon Show before heading to the Australian Hotel.

Police prosecutor Barry Stevens said about 11pm Bligh became “highly agitated” when her ex-partner and the father of her child was seen in the hotel.

“The defendant attempted to run at him through a number of patrons who were smoking,” Sergeant Stevens said.

The court heard three patrons attempted to restrain Bligh before she broke free and attacked her ex.

“She then throws three punches towards the victim’s head before (the victim) pushing her away and running down the hall to the main bar,” Sgt Stevens said.

“She then ran towards her ex-partner, punching another male’s face who had stepped in her way.”

The court heard she got past the bystander before punching her ex-partner in the head again and threw a schooner glass at his head.

“She was restrained by a male and her father. There was a wrestle with people restraining her during which a number of chairs toppled over,” Sgt Stevens said.

Jaichelle Maud Kyesha Bligh

The court heard Bligh continued to wrestle with the three people trying to restrain her before she picked up a second schooner glass and threw it at a patron’s head.

Staff quickly took all the glassware around the tables to get them out of the reach of Bligh, the court was told.

She then threw a “utensil” at a staff member before three people managed to restrain her and walk her out of the hotel.

When police arrived they saw her father and another man holding her up as she “stumbled around,” Sgt Stevens said.

“She was required to give her full name and she basically told police f--k you, I don’t care.

“As police walked her to the vehicle pod she said ‘move, I’m going to f--king bite you, you mother f--ker’,” Sgt Stevens said.

Sgt Stevens said Bligh then “spat directly into the face and mouth of the victim officer who immediately spat it out and washed his face”.

Bligh’s lawyer Alan Korobacz said Bligh suffers from multiple mental health issues.

“She acknowledges of what she did on that night is heinous, it was wrong and she wanted to plead guilty to this on the first instance,” he said.

Kingaroy Magistrates Court. File Photo.

Mr Korobacz said Bligh had a lot of support from the family and the community for her ongoing issues.

The court heard Bligh was on parole at the time of the offence, which activated a return to prison warrant where she spent 47 days in prison but was subsequently released by the parole board.

Mr Korobacz said on the day of the offence, Bligh was on antidepressant medication.

“If they are taken with alcohol, it’s an absolute recipe for disaster because of the synergetic effect of both drugs and of course what happens after that is that (she) loses all sense of rationality,” he said.

“It’s impulsive behaviour and dire consequences of anyone that puts themselves in that position.”

Mr Korobacz said Bligh’s ex-partner and father of her child had “ignored the child and doesn’t have any contact with the child”, which was what made her angry.

“She had lost her temper and her rational thought and self control and did what she did,” Mr Korobacz said.

He said Bligh’s recollection of the events were “extremely poor” but she was “extremely remorseful” of what she had done.

“This is a huge wake up call for her that she can’t ever drink alcohol, particularly if she’s on medication.”

Magistrate Andrew Sinclair acknowledged the frustration caused by her ex-partner but said she “shouldn’t be assaulting him” and said the spitting into the mouth of a police officer was “very serious”.

“If you hadn’t served that 74 days I would have required you to serve some actual time in custody,” Mr Sinclair said.

Bligh received a head sentence of four months imprisonment wholly suspended for two years.

She was also ordered to serve 40 hours of community service and convictions were recorded.

Originally published as Jaichelle Maud Kyesha Bligh pleads guilty to assaulting ex, spitting in police officers mouth