Parole for carjack attack

A SERIAL drug addict left a security guard with a broken wrist and bruised face after punching her repeatedly during a shocking and violent attack in an underground car park in Southport.

Dylan David Slingsby, 22, also spat in the face of a police officer and yelled that he had hepatitis C.

The court heard Slingsby had begun taking ice daily by the time he was 15.

He pleaded guilty in South- port District Court yesterday to six charges including robbery with violence, serious assault of police and entering premises.

Judge Catherine Muir sentenced him to three years prison with immediate parole release.

“Your offending behaviour was just awful,” she said.

“It involved protracted and serious violent offending.”

But Slingsby will not actualy be released from prison until he has faced more than 70 charges in the magistrates court.

He is also expected to be extradited to New South Wales to face a number of charges in that state.

The terrifying attack began just after 1am on August 2 last year when the security guard, a 54-year-old woman, was returning to her Southport home.

Slingsby was trying to gain access to the block of units. The woman tried to help him , suggesting he call a friend.

The court heard Slingsby got into the driver side of the woman’s car and she got in the passenger seat.

Slingsby then pounced, pulling her out of the car and repeatedly punching her in the head.

The woman was punched at least three times in the face.

He drove off in her car, leaving the woman injured on the ground.

Police prosecutor Matthew Hynes said the woman was left with a broken wrist and bruises to her face.

Mr Hynes said police later tracked Slingsby down and attempted to arrest him.

During the arrest, Slingsby spat on a police officer and yelled that he had hepatitis C.

He also struck another police officer.

Mr Hynes said a victim impact statement was given by the police officer.

“It tells what police officers go through when they get spat on,” he said.

“They can’t be intimate with their partners and testing must be done.”

Mr Hynes said it took six months for the officer to be given the all clear.

Defence barrister Sarah Thompson said Slingsby had a drug addiction since his childhood and started using cannabis and drinking alcohol at 11.

“He has been exposed to drug use from a very young age,” she said.

By 13 he was using cannabis daily and by 15 he had progressed to using ice daily.

Ms Thompson said Slingsby’s father used drugs and he had been exposed to illicit substances from a young age.

Slingsby will face the magistrates court in August and September. Once those matters have been dealt with, proceedings to extradite him to NSW will begin.