A man who assaulted a custody officer when he became infuriated at being denied bail has been sentenced.
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Adam Gaylard was sentenced in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court to 70 days' imprisonment, which was time already served, and a one-year community corrections order.
Earlier this year, Gaylard was arrested when he breached an intervention order and the Chief Health Officer's coronavirus restrictions.
He was arrested that day and faced an out-of-sessions bail hearing, where he was remanded in custody.
Furious at being refused bail, Gaylard screamed verbal abuse at the bail justice before he was led back to the holding cell.
Gaylard tried to headbutt one of the holding officers and refused to put his hands behind as back as directed.
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A scuffle broke out and in the process one of the custody officers was injured and exposed to blood.
It was initially put to the court that the officer had suffered a fractured rib, but this week magistrate Sharon McRae noted this was not borne out by the evidence.
Gaylard was also found in possession of methamphetamine.
Despite initially denying he had assaulted the custody officer, Gaylard last month pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker on duty, resisting an emergency worker on duty, unlawful assault and two counts of acting prejudicial to the good order of a jail.
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He also pleaded guilty to five counts of contravening bail conditions, breaching an intervention order, failing to comply with the orders of the Chief Health Officer, three counts of committing an indictable offence on bail, theft, and unlawful assault.
Ms McRae said the offences against the custody officer were the most serious, sentencing him to the 70 days' imprisonment for those.
Gaylard was ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid community work on the corrections order, as well as undertake treatment and offender behaviour programs as directed.
He will also be on a justice plan for a year.
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