WORDS fail sometimes, even for criminal defence lawyers.
The lawyer represented a man in Dandenong Magistrates’ Court who had head-butted a person outside a bowls club, swung a knife at a party-goer, tried to break into two cars and punched holes into his father’s house.
Aside from conceding her client had a booze and ice problem, the lawyer said the best explanation was “he had no good explanation”.
HERE’S a reminder on how hard it is to be a cop or a paramedic.
Dandenong Magistrates’ Court heard of emergency services being called to a young woman behaving irrationally outside a supermarket.
The woman swung a punch at a police officer and as she was restrained in an ambulance she repeatedly spat upon, kicked and lashed out at a paramedic.
The police officer was then bitten, fortunately without piercing their glove or skin.
The woman was sedated and taken to Casey Hospital, though the ambulance stopped three times on the way due to the woman’s behaviour.
Her lawyer told the court the woman had been engaging well on a community corrections order.
“This was just an episode,” the lawyer said.
The judge noted her own sympathies for the emergency services officers involved.
TEN of the 33 youths charged and summonsed over the Moomba riot have suspected links to the so-called Apex Gang, but copycat offenders are still playing havoc in the south-east.
Cranbourne’s top cop, Senior Sergeant Phil Atkins, told Star News that the term now used to refer to ongoing car thefts and home invasions is “Apex-style offending”.
“There are members of Apex still around, some are in jail but it’s still going on,” Sgt Atkins said.
And not all of them are a part of the infamous gang.
“We believe there’s similar style offending. The message is be vigilant, lock car doors, windows, garages and back doors,” he said.
