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A man who told police he had wanted to punch his victim in the face ‘for a long time’ .
Wayne Michael Walsh, 44, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Friday to six charges including serious assault of a police officer by biting or spitting and serious assault of a person over 60.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Merrilyn Hoskins said the worst of Walsh’s offending occurred on December 5 2019.
She said Walsh was the subject of an ‘Authority to Return’ issued under the Mental Health Act.
Sergeant Hoskins said about 12.45pm that day, Walsh and his victim were at the Gladstone community health centre where Walsh was seen regularly.
âMy client says he didnât expect she would fly backwards on the floor but he accepted that she did,â Defence solicitor Peter Clark, of Strutynski Law, said.
He said Blizzard âreacted very very badlyâ to a third party âjumping in with their five centsâ.
However Acting Magistrate John Aberdeen, in reading over the facts, said the scenario was a little different.
âLetâs sort of put this in perspective,â Mr Aberdeen said.
The court heard the woman alleged she told Blizzard, âyou need to have some respect, stop pushing your mother aroundâ.
âTo which (Blizzard) replies âyou f ing old c , Iâm sick of you having contact with my mother, Iâll kill you, youâre nothing but a piece of f ing sh t, now f off you old sl t,â Mr Aderbeen read from the police statement.