The court heard Pattison became a “tenant” at the property from mid-March last year. A month later police began investigating the flat, where Pattison was involved in looking after the plants, including harvesting. The flat’s four bedrooms were each set up as a grow room, with drying areas, fans and ducting throughout the property. On July 11 a front window was broken in an unrelated incident, and plants were moved into the roof space. Later that month a search warrant was executed. Police found 353 cannabis plants, along with equipment worth $14,835. The plants had a potential yield of $476,000, an amount which was not in dispute by either Pattison or the Crown.
He told her that she did not care for the dog, and was going to stab it before stabbing her. Despite his mother s protests he grabbed a knife from the bench, and as the dog hid under the computer desk McVicar stabbed it once in the neck. As his mother yelled, he threatened to do the same to you ’. McVicar then threw the knife into the kitchen sink, and returned to watch television. The dog was described as being highly distressed and was bleeding profusely, requiring treatment. McVicar admitted the offending, telling police he wasn’t in a good state of mind.