Jordon Michael Frazer pleads guilty in Toowoomba Magistrates Court to assault, verbal threats

A NSW man has landed in a Toowoomba court after a public assault and a round of fiery verbal abuse resulting from not wearing shoes.

Jordon Michael Frazer appeared in Toowoomba Magistrates Court for assaulting a woman at Picnic Point.

A 39-year-old father has been convicted of a number of charges, involving verbally threatening his neighbours and police while holding a steak knife, and publicly assaulting a friend in a well-known Toowoomba park.

Jordon Michael Frazer appeared in Toowoomba Magistrates Court via video link from custody on Tuesday, and pleaded guilty to nine charges including assault occasioning bodily harm, possession of a knife, public nuisance, threats, serious assault on a police officer and wilful damage of police property.

Police were called to Picnic Point on December 4, 2023 after reports an argument had escalated in the car park.

The court was told that Frazer pulled a woman from the car by her hair, stomped on her legs and body and when police arrived continued to yell at them, calling them dogs, spat at them, and when taken to the watch-house, continued to spit inside the police car.

The woman was a “friend” who he had had a very limited relationship with, defence lawyer Hamish Chapman said.

While the topic of their argument was not known, Mr Chapman told the court it was a reaction as the woman had previously stolen from him.

TOOWOOMBA, AUSTRALIA – NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 13, 2023: A general view of the Toowoomba Courthouse. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

“It wasn’t just out of nowhere,” he said.

Before court was another bundle of charges, related to a previous incident at his residence where Frazer was threatening another resident in the unit complex with a steak knife, while he was at the rubbish bins.

When the police arrived, Frazer told them the house rules were that you must wear shoes at all times, police prosecutor Senior Constable Chris Willson said.

One of the other residents wasn’t wearing shoes, so Frazer told them “he would snap his f--king toes off if he didn’t put shoes on,” Senior Constable Willson said.

During this time Frazer also threatened police with numerous expletives, called them dogs and told them he would remember their faces and would come to harm them, he said.

The court was told Frazer managed to calm down and follow instructions and his friends took him away.

Frazer grew up in Tamworth, had been exposed to domestic violence from a young age, and struggled with anti-social personality disorder, his defence lawyer said.

He had left school in year 9, had worked with his father as a cleaner and had a NSW criminal history, Mr Chapman told the court.

As a father of four, he was hoping to join a program that would offer assistance to become a better father, the court heard.

Magistrate Kyna Morice sentenced Frazer to two years imprisonment with a parole release date of August 2, 2024.