CCTV captures company director punching pregnant partner A court has heard the innocuous reason company director punched his heavily pregnant partner as she fled, and it was all caught on CCTV.
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Subscriber only A drunk company owner who forcefully punched his heavily pregnant partner on the arm as she was attempting to flee their house, has vowed to stop his violent ways forever . The 38-year-old Capalaba man, who can t be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty at Cleveland Magistrates Court to one count of contravention of domestic violence order. The court heard the commercial painting company owner was 17-19 drinks deep and aggressive at around 9pm on December 4 last year, when he returned home after an earlier argument with his then heavily pregnant partner.
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A removalist has guaranteed his dismissal by punching out his boss in front of police.
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Subscriber only A removalist who punched out his employer in front of police under rather bizarre circumstances will write his victim an apology letter, a court heard today. Fronting Cleveland Magistrates Court Karl Jorg Scherbarth, 42, pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning bodily harm. The court heard Scherbarth, a carpenter by trade moonlighting as a removalist, was residing with his employer on Macleay Island when police were called to a disturbance at around 11.30pm on December 6. Arriving to find the two men involved in a heated discussion officers were in the process of loading Scherbarth into a vehicle when the men started yelling at one another.
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Premium Content  A man who sent a barrage of grotesque threats via voice and text messages to the person he believed broke into his house has faced court after admitting to harassing the wrong person by mistake. Appearing at Cleveland Magistrates Court yesterday Ryan Graham Hill, 40, pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence. The court heard an infuriated Hill made multiple calls and sent 10 - 20 texts to a young man in Cairns on June 18 last year which included graphic threats: I ve got a bullet for you, you retarded c and I am going to cut your c off .
An enraged concreter who took a samurai sword to mete out vigilante justice held it to the back of the neck of his victim and told her let her go or I will kill you where you stand, slut , a court has heard. The chilling statement was made when the man accompanied his landlord to confront acquaintances of theirs - a man and a woman - at their home following the alleged theft of a kitten and assault of a man with a disability, a police prosecutor told Cleveland Magistrates Court yesterday. Appearing at the court yesterday afternoon Gregory Allen Hill, 45, pleaded guilty to two counts of common assault and one count of going armed to cause fear.