A RAYWOOD man who repeatedly stabbed another man before setting a shed alight has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.
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Dylan Hector Karslake, 22, had pleaded guilty in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court to recklessly causing serious injury and arson.
The court heard on the morning of May 24 this year, the victim went to the Raywood property where Karslake lived to collect some gold panning equipment from a shed.
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The court heard Karslake confronted the victim in the shed over erroneous beliefs he held about the victim's actions.
He then stabbed the man multiple times, until the victim pleaded with him to stop.
Karslake threw the knife in a water tank, walked into the shed in which he lived, and set fire to his bed, destroying the building.
The victim was flown to the Royal Melbourne Hospital where he had surgeries for his injuries, which included cuts to his arms, upper chest, and shoulder area.
He had to undergo physiotherapy after his surgeries.
The court heard Karslake had previously been convicted of recklessly causing injury and breaching intervention orders in relation to the same victim.
Magistrate Sharon McRae on Tuesday told the court she accepted Karslake's offending was not pre-planned or organised but it was still "very serious".
She said Karslake was a young offender who had mental health issues and a limited criminal history. But Ms McRae said the court needed to send a message to the community that his behaviour was unacceptable.
Karslake was sentenced to 18 months in jail, with 213 days of pre-sentence detention reckoned as already served.
He was also ordered to complete a 12-month community corrections order once he was released from prison.
Ms McRae said if Karslake did not plead guilty, he would have been sentenced to a 24-month jail term with a non-parole period of 12 months.
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Natalie Croxon
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
Tara Cosoleto
Journalist covering courts and general news at the Bendigo Advertiser.
Journalist covering courts and general news at the Bendigo Advertiser.
