Drunk teen attacked grandmother in street
A CLIFTON Springs man has been left devastated after his prized classic convertible was destroyed when fire took hold of the family garage early yesterday.
Emergency services were called to the blaze at Maraboora Ave shortly after 2.30am.
Sergeant Grant Langmaid said the fire was being treated as suspicious with specialist fire investigators to probe the cause.
“We’ve had crime scene out there overnight and are awaiting forensic investigators to come down from Melbourne,” he said.
The owner, who wouldn’t be named, said the fire had claimed his rare 1968 HK Monaro convertible and boat alongside the other contents of the shed. A TEEN, who had consumed two bottles of bourbon, punched the window of a grandmother’s car before taking a swing at her in the middle of a busy road in Clifton Springs.
Braydon Sainsbury, 19, yesterday pleaded guilty to five offences in Geelong Magis- trates’ court after spending 27 days in custody.
On February 20 this year, Sainsbury and a friend were standing in the middle of Jetty Rd during school pick-up time. Cars were forced to try and avoid the pair when Sainsbury punched the rear window of a Suzuki driven by the 68-year-old grandmother who was with her 19-year-old grandson.
The woman got out of her car to confront Sainsbury who tried to punch her but missed.
Sainsbury then pushed the grandmother to the ground.
She was not injured but Sainsbury’s blood splattered across her white dress.
Sainsbury was picked up by an unknown car and was later arrested by police at his grandmother’s Clifton Springs house.
The court heard Sainsbury, who has no priors, had drunk two bottles of Wild Turkey bourbon that day.
The court also heard that on February 5, Sainsbury stole a bottle of Jim Beam from a Leopold liquor store.
Sainsbury’s lawyer said his client acknowledged his actions were senseless and that he had the support of his mother, grandmother and siblings. The court heard Sainsbury’s mother wanted to take him back to Bendigo where he had a full support network and many family members.
Magistrate Noreen Toohey acknowledged Sainsbury had spent time in custody and ordered he complete a 15month community corrections order, which could be undertaken in Bendigo.