Boozy bike rider’s attack Drunk man lashes out after big night

A DRUNK man attacked a traffic controller after he was told he could not ride his bicycle through roadworks at Dearness St, Garbutt.

Dylan Kevin Kaine Castors, 23, was “severely intoxicated” at 9am on October 16, when he started swearing and making threats towards the council worker, Townsville Magistrates Court heard yesterday.

Prosecutor Subarna Raut said Castors tried to grab the traffic controller’s stop sign and was pushed away. Castors then got off his bike and punched the man in the head.

“He has then picked up the bike and thrown it at the victim,” Mr Raut said.

“The victim raised his right hand to protect himself from the projectile, which hit him on the right side of his body.”

Castors left but police caught him within 10 minutes while riding on John Melton Black Drive. “Police observed a male who was dishevelled to be riding a pushbike, slowly weaving in the middle of the road lane,” Mr Raut said.

Castors ignored sirens and a direction to stop, so police grabbed his handlebars.

Mr Raut said when officers tried to put Castors in a police vehicle, he kicked a senior constable in his abdomen. At the watchhouse, he yelled threats at officers and was restrained and put in a padded cell.

“He attempted to kick out at officers by raising his foot to donkey kick police,” he said. “While watch- house staff and police were exiting the cell, the defendant has then grabbed a staffer by the leg and attempted to ( stop) him from leaving.”

Castors pleaded guilty to riding a bicycle while drunk and three counts of assault.

Defence solicitor Adam Harvey said Castors had been drinking with relatives the night before the attack.

“He can’t recall how much he’d drunk, but it was enough to make him severely intoxicated,” he said. “At the end of the night, he couldn’t drive because he was still intoxicated, so he borrowed a friend’s pushbike to get home.”

Magistrate Howard Osborne said Castors had previously been convicted of serious assault of a police officer, and had a problem with alcohol. “This is bad behaviour fuelled by alcohol. It’s completely unacceptable to, not only members of the community, but to the very people who are involved on this occasion,” Mr Osborne said.

Castors was sentenced to 12 months’ jail. He had already spent 45 days in custody and will be released on parole on February 16.

He was fined $ 450 for riding a bicycle while drunk.