Premium Content Subscriber only 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.