Matthew Anthony Scown, Tyrell Cobb’s killer, back in Maroochydore court
A Sunshine Coast man convicted of killing his four-year-old stepson Tyrell Cobb has been refused bail for new charges of assaulting his elderly mother.
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A Maroochydore father who was jailed for the 2009 death of his stepson has been refused bail for new charges including allegedly assaulting his mother, causing bruising to her face.
Matthew Ian Anthony Scown, 39, served a prison sentence from 2017 onwards for the manslaughter of Tyrell Cobb, 4, on the Gold Coast.
The court found Mr Scown was “criminally negligent” in relation to Tyrell Cobb’s death because he failed to get medical treatment for the child who died from a blunt-force trauma injury.
The 39-year-old found himself back in custody on remand and applying for bail in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday.
Mr Scown is facing charges of serious assault of a person over 60, breaching bail, failing to appear in accordance with an undertaking and contravening a direction of police.
He had already been granted bail for the serious assault charge but after failing to appear in court on January 20, Mr Scown was taken into custody again.
His solicitor Chris Lumme applied for his new bail, stating that Covid-19 was his client’s excuse for not appearing.
Mr Lumme told the court Mr Scown was working casually around four days a week as a seafood processor at Mooloolaba before he was taken into custody.
Police prosecutor Brendan Newman said Mr Scown’s history was “significant” and the new charges were (allegedly) “substantial offending”.
“The charge from May 34, 2021, related to him punching his mother, ultimately she had large bruising to her face and had to call the police … it’s serious offending,” Sergeant Newman said.
“Looking at his history, this is a defendant with previous offences of violence and assault occasioning bodily harm and it goes further to a 2017 sentence of manslaughter.
“Even the attitude of the defendant may make your honour consider that this is an unacceptable risk of breaching bail.”
Bail was denied by Magistrate Maxine Baldwin who said there was an unacceptable risk of Mr Scown failing to appear or breaching his bail again.
He will remain in custody on remand until his next court date on February 28, 2022.
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