Terry Max Wynwood jailed for two years for stabbing his mate in Smithton after pub sesh

A walk home from the pub soured for one pair after one of them stabbed the other in the neck, resulting in jail time for the attacker.

Smithton.

While walking home from the pub, Terry Max Wynwood stabbed his friend – who has an intellectual disability and schizophrenia – in the neck.

However, during sentencing in the Supreme Court in Burnie, it was not revealed why the 46-year-old committed the one count of wounding and the two summary offences of unlawfully possessing a dangerous article in a public place.

Wynwood had previously pleaded guilty to all the charges related to the incident at Smithton on April 22, 2024.

He and his friend were at the Smithton Club before leaving and walking towards Duck River.

Burnie Supreme Court. Picture: Elise Kaine

The court heard that Wynwood lashed out at his friend with a knife and cut him to the front of his neck.

“Striking someone with a knife to the neck area is an inherently dangerous thing to do. It is most fortunate he did not suffer a more serious injury,” Justice Tamara Jago said.

“I suspect, given his intellectual and mental health difficulties, he struggled to understand the seriousness of what had occurred.

“It must have been a confusing and frightening situation for him.”

Justice Jago said Wynwood had a long history of criminal conduct ranging back to the late 1990s.

Supreme Court Justice Tamara Jago. Picture: Supplied.

“I accept you have a long and complicated history of mental health difficulties.

“You have a genetic condition, known as XYY Jacobs Syndrome, which predisposes you to violent behaviour.

“During adolescence, you were diagnosed with conduct disorder, which has progressed to a diagnosis of anti-social personality disorder in adulthood.

“You also have a longstanding history of drug and alcohol abuse.”

Attempts to rehabilitate Wynwood have been unsuccessful so far, Justice Jago said.

“It, unfortunately, must be said that the prospects of successful rehabilitation in the foreseeable future are quite limited.

“There is, in my assessment, little to mitigate your behaviour.

“It seems to me that you are a risk to the public, and despite the best endeavours of mental health professionals and your NDIS providers, you have not engaged well with such services, and you appear reticent to accept attempts to assist you.”

Wynwood was sentenced to two years imprisonment, backdated to April 24.

He will not be eligible for parole until he has served 15 months of the sentence.