One-punch killer sentenced again over multiple other assaults

Ariik Mayot, 28, pleaded blameworthy coming successful Queensland District Court to 2 counts of superior battle of a nationalist serviceman and battle occasioning bodily harm of a prisoner.

Mayot was jailed for a maximum of six years successful 2017 for unlawful striking causing nan decease of 54-year-old grandfather Lindsay Ede astatine Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane.

He pleaded blameworthy to nan offence and was nan first personification to beryllium charged nether Queensland's "one-punch" laws.

The landmark authorities was introduced successful 2014 aft a spate of unit and deaths resulting from azygous punches.

Judge Gregory Lynham coming told Mayot he risked wasting nan remainder of his life if he did not extremity committing convulsive offences.

"The offending that brings you backmost to tribunal coming suggests you are not a peculiarly accelerated learner," he said.

"You are still a comparatively young man. If you proceed to prosecute successful this benignant of behaviour ... you are going to look backmost arsenic an aged man and realise you threw your life distant because you could not support your hands successful your pockets."

Judge Lynham heard Mayot had punched and put a headlock connected a information defender astatine Mater Hospital successful South Brisbane connected January 21, 2023 and resisted different serviceman erstwhile he intervened.

The information defender who was punched by Mayot required physiotherapy for a cervix strain.

Defence barrister Elise Sargent said Mayot had attended nan hospital's emergency room anterior to nan assaults because he thought he was suffering from drug-induced psychosis from consuming methamphetamine.

Judge Lynham said infirmary information guards had a difficult capable occupation without having to woody pinch fierce supplier users.

"The (assault connected nan prisoner) I respect arsenic nan astir superior offence ... you kicked him while he was successful a susceptible position and caused not insignificant injury," he said.

Mayot was serving a custodial condemnation for an unrelated offence erstwhile he attacked a chap captive successful nan workout gait connected June 23, 2024.

The crown charismatic said nan captive would person faced a "confronting experience" erstwhile Mayot attacked him.

"Mayot punched him aggregate times to head, look and body. He threw him into a wall," nan charismatic said.

"He was kneed successful nan assemblage until he fell. Mayot past kicked him unconscious.

"He suffered swelling, musculus spasms, had a apical beforehand bony chipped, a laceration to nan wrong of his feature and a little jaw fracture."

Sargent said Mayot arrived successful Australia aged six arsenic a exile from Sudan and was now an Australian citizen.

"His history shows he tin spell periods of clip without committing offences of violence," she said.

"He is not without hope. He is focused and motivated to woody pinch his problems."

Judge Lynham sentenced Mayot to 18 months' imprisonment to beryllium released connected parole instantly owed to already spending 7 months successful custody.

Sargent said Mayot would not beryllium released until adjacent week arsenic he was still owed to beryllium sentenced for a abstracted offence.

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