VIGILANTE ATTACK: Man jailed for stabbing sleeping stranger whitsundaytimes.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from whitsundaytimes.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A court has heard how a man was stabbed in the stomach by a stranger as slept before chasing his assailant and being struck with an ironing board in a vigilante attack. Joshua Adam Vohland, 35, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg District Court on Monday to one count of a malicious act with intent and enter with intent while armed. In September last year Vohland was staying with a woman who lived across the road from the victim, who she d had a falling out with. On the afternoon of September 16, Vohland went across the road to the victim s home and was seen on CCTV pulling a hood over his head and putting on a glove.
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Subscriber only A court has heard how a young man threatened two taxi drivers with violence, holding a needle to one driver s neck and stabbing another. Joshua Dean Fuller, 21, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg District Court on Monday to a number of offences including unlawful wounding and armed robbery. The court heard Fuller called a taxi in to take him from a hotel in Bargara to a Bundaberg address in May last year. When the cab arrived at Fuller s destination there was a dispute regarding the fare, with the driver refusing to open to boot to the defendant s belongings until the fee was paid.
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Subscriber only Only weeks after he was given a chance to get help for his underlying issues by the courts, a young man turned back to offending by helping destroy a car belonging to a vulnerable man. Thomas John Coonan, 22, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg District Court on Monday to one count of arson and another charge of unlawful use of a vehicle. The court heard a vehicle belonging to a paraplegic man was stolen on October 16 last year, Coonan was not alleged to have stolen the car. The following morning on October 17, Coonan and a co-offender got into the car and pulled into a service station.