A Queensland man has avoided jail after trying to wrap the cord of a police radio around an officer’s neck during a drunken attack.
Mark Matthew Doyle, 23, appeared in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Thursday, where police prosecutor Senior Constable Andrew Blunt told the court police saw Doyle aggressively yelling and throwing clothes on the road outside a house on Targo St on January 9 this year.
Police stopped to ask if he was okay, when Doyle threw himself face-down on the ground and was arrested after abusing the officers.
Mark Matthew Doyle (pictured), 23, avoided jail after trying to wrap the cord of a police radio around an officer’s neck during a drunken attack
Police stopped to ask if Dolye was okay, when he threw himself face-down on the ground and was arrested after abusing the officers
Doyle was taken to the police station where he grabbed the throat of one of the officers before trying to wrap the cord of his police radio around his neck, the News Mail reported.
Doyle’s aggressive behaviour continued when he attempted to fight the officers as he was being pushed back into the cell, the court heard.
His lawyer Gavin James, said Doyle was ‘highly intoxicated’ and had little memory of the incident.
Mr James told the court Doyle was in rehab working on his ‘long-term alcohol issues’ but was unable to contain himself when his girlfriend broke up with him.
The court heard Doyle had a ‘few wines and let his emotions get the best of him.’
Doyle appeared in Bundaberg Magistrates Court (pictured) on Thursday
Doyle pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting police, one count of obstructing police and one count of public nuisance
Magistrate Belinda Merrin saw Doyle has a criminal history related to public nuisance or obstruct/assault police.
Doyle pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting police, one count of obstructing police and one count of public nuisance, the News Mail reported.
As she was handing down the sentence she warned Doyle, ‘You can not continue to drink and take out your problems on police.’
He was sentenced to four months jail for the two assault police charges with immediate parole, and two months on the obstruct police and public nuisance charges.