Crime by Erin Smith
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Subscriber only A 38-year-old man will remain behind bars after sneaking into his elderly father s room and bashing him while he slept. Mark Ray Bridgeman, appeared in Redcliffe Magistrates Court today via video link, and pleaded guilty to breaching a domestic violence order, unlawful assault of a person aged 60 years or more (DV offence) and obstructing a police officer. Police prosecutor Sergeant David Pollock told the court police were called to the Kippa-Ring address just after 2am on November 29. He said the victim, a 74-year-old man, had managed to phone triple-0 during the brutal assault.