Sunshine Coast criminals’ jail release dates revealed – List
From a woman who scammed vulnerable renters to a 32-year-old man convicted over a knifepoint carjacking, here are 11 Sunshine Coast people recently released from jail or soon to be out on parole. Full list.
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Sunshine Coast courts deal with all kinds of matters each week, with some of the more serious offenders often landing in jail.
While imprisonment statistics for local courts were unknown, at a state level it’s been on the rise with the average daily imprisonment rate over the past 12 months up by two per cent.
It sits at 249 persons per 100,000 adult population.
Plenty have served their time and come out the other side too, with a total of 3316 people released from custody across the state in the June quarter this year.
Among these figures are plenty of Coast offenders, with some highlighted below.
Here are 11 Sunshine Coast people who have either recently been released from jail or are soon to be out on parole.
Patricia Anne McIntyre
Patricia Anne McIntyre, who scammed vulnerable renters out of thousands of dollars, was granted an appeal in August, with a judge ordering she no longer had to pay restitution to her victims.
McIntyre scammed $26,000 from eight victims under the guise of providing them with a rental property in Ilkley between October 2020 and January 2021.
McIntyre was sentenced in Maroochydore Magistrates Court in April after pleading guilty to 17 offences including eight charges of fraud – dishonestly obtaining property from another and three charges of uttering a forged document.
Magistrate Maxine Baldwin had sentenced McIntyre to two years in prison with parole release on September 14, after serving eight months, and 89 days of pre-sentence custody was declared as time served.
She was ordered to pay a total of $26,110 in restitution to the victims.
A probation order given to McIntyre in September 2021 in Nambour Magistrates Court was revoked, and she was sentenced to six months in prison for four counts of fraud and one month for a stealing offence, with both suspended for three years.
McIntyre launched an appeal against the sentence and during the hearing defence barrister Lachlan Ygoa-McKeown told the Maroochydore District Court the sentence was “excessive.”
He said the original sentence had failed to acknowledge McIntyre’s personal situation and history.
Judge Gary Long granted McIntyre the appeal against her sentence in August.
He said any orders which required McIntyre to pay restitution were to be set aside.
He said in respect of the orders made to revoke the probation order, each term of six months imprisonment was reduced to four months and each order for suspension of these terms were set aside.
The head sentence of two years remained unchanged.
McIntyre was due to be released on parole on September 14. Queensland Corrective Services confirmed McIntyre was no longer in their custody.
Warren Jeffrey Colledge
The father-of-three was jailed for robbing a man at knifepoint but said he had no memory of the offence.
Warren Jeffrey Colledge, 38, was on parole and subject to suspended sentences for offences in 2019 and 2020 at the time of the robbery.
Defence barrister John Jacob said Colledge had no “real memory” of the offending because he had fallen from his skateboard and was knocked out for several minutes prior to the robbery.
He appeared in Maroochydore District Court in June where he pleaded guilty to armed robbery and failing to dispose of a needle and syringe.
The robbery happened at Alexandra Headland about 12.50am on October 11, 2020.
Crown prosecutor Joana Dias said Colledge produced a knife with 15cm-long blade.
The victim, fearing for his safety, threw the money from his wallet on the ground and started running.
Colledge followed him a short distance on a skateboard but then turned around to pick up the money, which was $730.
A total of 72 days of pre-sentence custody were eligible to be declared as time served.
He was sentenced to three years in prison to start at the end of his previous suspended sentences of six months and one month which were activated.
Colledge was convicted and not further punished for failing to dispose of a syringe.
He was eligible for parole on September 20 and is still in the custody of Queensland Corrective Services.
Nicolas James Thorne
Nicolas James Thorne had been drinking when he attacked his girlfriend’s ex-partner in Nambour on January 10.
Police prosecutor Brendan Newman said Thorne punched the man in the face six to eight times and fractured his nose in two places during the unprovoked attack.
Sergeant Newman said the 40-year-old took the victim’s keys from his car and threatened to stab him with a smashed beer bottle.
Thorne pleaded guilty in Maroochydore Magistrates Court in March to 20 charges including one count of assault occasioning bodily harm in a public place while adversely affected – a domestic violence offence.
Thorne was sentenced to 15 months in prison for the assault and was given a parole release date of June 9.
115 days of pre-sentence custody was declared as time already served.
Thorne was ordered to complete 60 hours of community service and pay the victim $1200 in compensation.
Convictions were recorded.
Damian Lachlan Forrester
The 38-year-old Landsborough-based man was sentenced in Bundaberg District Court in May after previously pleading guilty to one charge of assault occasioning bodily harm while armed and wilful damage, both as domestic violence offences.
Forrester and his former partner were at Bottle Creek, north of Bundaberg, in September 2018 where they were setting up a campsite.
He had been drinking throughout the day.
While setting up the victim asked Forrester for help putting up the tent while he was starting a fire but she was met with verbal abuse.
He punched the woman in the face and threw food items from an Esky at her while she was on the ground.
The victim picked up her daughter and went into the tent in an attempt to protect them both.
Forrester eventually threw the whole Esky at the tent which caused it to collapse, while threatening to kill the victim.
While the victim and child were still inside, Forrester picked up the corner of the tent and dragged it to the fire.
The victim managed to get herself and her child out of the tent, before fleeing and hiding behind a tree.
Forrester’s barrister Damian Walsh told the court he had attended ATODs at the Sunshine Coast to get help with his alcohol issues.
Forrester had spent 67 days in pre-sentence custody.
Judge Rackemann said he would grant Forrester an earlier-than-normal parole release so he could continue his rehabilitation efforts.
Forrester received a head sentence of 18 months’ imprisonment with a parole release of July 10.
Trent Anthony Malcolm
The Cootharaba father was found growing more than 100 marijuana plants and cried in Maroochydore District Court while being sentenced for a string of drug offences.
Trent Anthony Malcolm was growing 111 marijuana plants and possessed a further 17.8kg of the drug when police raided a Cootharaba property on June 10, last year.
Crown prosecutor Ambyr Cousen told the court there were hydroponic setups being used to grow marijuana in five locations on the property.
Ms Cousen said 0.52g of methylamphetamine, water pipes, glass smoking pipes, scales and used syringes were also found during the raid.
She told the court the 39-year-old had drug offences on his Queensland and New South Wales criminal history and had breached court orders when charged for the Cootharaba offences.
He pleaded guilty in May to offences including 10 counts of supplying, producing and possessing dangerous drugs.
He was sentenced to 18 months in jail to be released on parole on July 30.
Brenton Leslie Harvey
The 32-year-old man carjacked two people at knifepoint before going on a “violent crime spree”.
The Maroochydore District Court heard in February an intoxicated Brenton Leslie Harvey held a man at knifepoint as he was reversing into a park along Mooloolaba Esplanade at 2pm on June 10 last year.
Fearing he would be hurt the man got out and Harvey got behind the wheel.
Crown prosecutor Christopher Cook said Harvey stopped at a red light but as police approached he sped through the light, clipping a trailer with the front bumper and damaging the car.
At 2.40pm Harvey stole 40L of petrol from a service station in Peregian and at 3.50pm the car was seen in Sunrise Beach on David Low Way.
At 4pm he left the car and approached a delivery driver at a Castaway Beach home, the court heard.
The court heard police deployed stingers as Harvey made off in the stolen van but he avoided them.
His crime spree came to an end when he drove down a dead-end street and attempted to do a three-point turn but collided head on with a police car.
Harvey pleaded guilty to 10 charges including unlawful entry of a motor vehicle to commit an indictable offence while armed, unlawful use of a motor vehicle causing damage and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
He also faced charges of fraud and failing to provide a specimen.
Defence lawyer Mark Dixon said Harvey had experienced personal stresses prior to the event.
Judge Richard Jones said he had taken into account the early plea and the triggering events.
Judge Jones delivered a head sentence of four-and-half years with parole eligibility after 18 months.
Harvey was disqualified from driving for two years.
He will be eligible for parole on December 9.
Quinn Daoud
The Coast man boasted to police that he opened his friend up “like a can of sardines” after he inflicted “ghastly” injuries when he stabbed him.
Crown prosecutor William Slack told Maroochydore District Court in February that Daoud and the 29-year-old victim had met through mutual friends a week before the incident in July last year.
They had travelled via taxi to the Banyandah Towers along Duporth Ave on July 13 last year.
“The complainant went inside to see if there were any vacancies before returning to the taxi to pay,” Mr Slack said.
“While he was doing so the defendant accused the complainant of sponging off his mates and then stabbed the complainant in the left upper thigh and also nicked him on the chin,” he said.
The victim suffered a 15cm cut to his thigh that required 17 stitches as well as a small cut to his chin.
The court heard Daoud had an “atrocious history” which had more than 150 offences relating to possessing weapons and drugs.
Judge Glen Cash told the court Daoud had inflicted a “pretty ghastly” injury to the victim’s leg.
“You said you had stabbed or cut the complaint, you boasted that he had opened up like a can of sardines, you said you couldn’t give a f--- about the complainant and you’d do it again,” he said.
He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful wounding and was sentenced to three years in prison with a parole release date of July 15.
Cash noted Daoud had already been in jail for 201 days awaiting sentence.
Daniel John Blyth
A young man previously convicted for distributing and possessing child porn failed to tell police he had created online profiles and associated with children.
Daniel John Blyth, 26, appeared in Maroochydore District Court in May after breaching a suspended sentence on 12 separate occasions.
Blyth was sentenced in 2016 after he uploaded to Facebook an image of two pre-pubescent girls sexually posing in a bathtub.
He had also been found in possession of more than 800 unique images of child sexual exploitation.
He was given a suspended sentence, which expired in December 2017.
However, Blyth was subsequently convicted for possessing more child sexual material, including videos.
He was sentenced in 2019 to two years and three months in jail, to serve four months.
Blyth’s home was raided by police in November last year.
Officers discovered he had failed to report five online profiles to social media sites, including Tinder and Twitch.
Police also discovered Blyth had failed to inform officers he’d attended social gatherings late last year where children were present.
He was sentenced in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on February 10 for those charges to 12 months in jail and was given immediate parole.
The breaches dating back to 2016 and 2018 were found proven but no action was taken.
Judge Gary Long sentenced Blyth to four months in prison in relation to the breaches of the 2019 suspended sentence.
Blyth was eligible for parole on September 17 and is still in the custody of Queensland Corrective Services.
Ben Stuart Jenkins
The 21-year-old was sentenced in January to jail time for stabbing a teenager outside Sunshine Plaza.
He stabbed a 19-year-old man after a fight broke out between the two at the entrance to the shopping centre on February 1, 2019.
The Maroochydore District Court heard Jenkins, who was 19 at the time, and the victim knew each other and had “at one point been involved” with same girl.
The victim was stabbed in the upper right side of his chest during the fight.
He was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital and required one stitch to close the 1cm shallow wound.
Judge Gary Long said Jenkins had carried a small knife with a 5cm blade, which he said suggested there was some degree of planning.
Jenkins pleaded guilty in Maroochydore District Court in October last year to one charge of unlawful wounding.
The sentence was adjourned for Jenkins to take steps to turn his life around and prove to Judge Long that he was serious about rehabilitation.
Jenkins’ defence lawyer said in the months following he had been to psychotherapy sessions, had stopped associating with people who were a bad influence and was following a medication regimen.
She said Jenkins was still using marijuana to self-medicate but was trying to stop.
Judge Long acknowledged that Jenkins’ mental health difficulties had contributed to his drug use over the years, but said his continued use of marijuana was concerning.
Jenkins was sentenced to two years in prison with a parole eligibility after five months, which was June.
Queensland Corrective Services confirmed he was not in their custody.
Graeme Leigh Smith
The Coast church member, 58, was sentenced to three years in jail in September last year and was eligible for parole on September 17 this year.
Maroochydore District Court heard Smith touched his victim’s vagina before asking her to sneak into another room with him.
“He pulled his own pants down and rubbed his penis against her vagina for approximately a minute,” crown prosecutor Alex Stark told the court.
The court heard Smith was a member of a local Sunshine Coast church community.
Barrister Scott Lynch said Smith, who was a father to a young son, was remorseful for what he did.
Smith pleaded guilty to eight charges of indecent treatment of a child under 12.
Queensland Corrective Services confirmed he was still in their custody.
George David
The Coast manwas on parole when he brutally attacked a woman early last year.
Maroochydore District Court heard in March that David punched the woman in the face before stealing her phone and running away on April 18.
Two days later, the woman left the house she was staying at for a brief period and returned to find David standing inside.
Crown prosecutor William Slack said David closed the door, grabbed her by the throat while armed with a taser and dragged her to a bedroom.
He then struck her in the face and body with his elbows and knees.
David spat in the woman’s face and pushed her face into the bed.
He grabbed her neck with both hands and squeezed until she couldn’t talk or breathe.
Mr Slack said the woman was eventually able to free herself and ran to a neighbour for help.
The court heard David had later been arrested at a Coochin Creek petrol station after he was caught driving without a licence.
David had spent 311 days in custody by the time he appeared in Maroochydore District Court in March this year, 130 of which were able to be declared as time served.
David pleaded guilty to 41 charges.
His charges included choking – domestic violence offence, common assault – domestic violence offence, deprivation of liberty – domestic violence offence, assault occasioning bodily harm- domestic violence offence, driving without a licence and armed robbery.
The court heard David, who had worked as a landscaper, was raised by a supportive family and graduated from Caloundra State High School.
The court heard David had been diagnosed with depression and had been self-medicating with illicit drugs.
Judge Richard Jones accepted that David was not violent towards “women at large” and that the drugs had affected his ability to control his rage towards the victim.
David was given a head sentence of three-and-half years with 130 days in pre-sentence custody declared as time served.
He will be eligible for parole on December 26.
He was also disqualified from driving for six months.
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