Teenage street fight ends up in city court

BUT YOUR BEHAVIOUR THOUGH WAS APPALLING.

ACTING MAGISTRATE ROGER STARK

A TEENAGE woman during a street assault had pulled another teenager’s hair to the point clumps of hair were removed exposing a bald patch.

The then 17-year-old victim girl had been walking on Hennessy Street near Harristown High School about 3pm, August 20, last year, when her sister and Naekisha Rashelle Sayers approached, Toowoomba Magistrates Court heard.

A verbal dispute erupted on the footpath and Sayers, 19, grabbed the victim teenager by the hair and punched her a number of times to the head, police prosecutor Chris Willson told the court.

The victim then fought back and the pair had exchanged blows until Sayers grabbed the other girl’s hair again, yanking clumps out and leaving her with a bald patch, Senior Constable Willson said.

When spoken to by police, the 19-year-old admitted to the assault which arose from some history between them, he said.

Sayers, who had no previous criminal history at all, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm.

Duty solicitor Amber Acreman, of David Burns Lawyers, told the court the two teenagers concerned were known to each other, and the matter arose from bullying in the school grounds some time before.

On that particular day, her client had just found out that her boyfriend had been stabbed and she had been feeling upset, she said.

The pair had since sorted out their difference, Ms Acreman said.

Her client was working and could pay a fine, she said.

Acting Magistrate Roger Stark said he accepted that this appeared out of character for Sayers.

“But your behaviour though was appalling,” he told the teenager.

Without recording a conviction, Mr Stark fined her $500.