A 19-year-old Cowra man who stabbed his victim over a disagreement about his girlfriend has been given supervised 12 and 15 month intensive correction orders, a supervised 12 month community corrections order, ordered to undergo rehabilitation and abstain from drugs and alcohol at Cowra Local Court.
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Kyle Shayne Scott-Bohanna of Evans Street was before the court charged with possession of an unregistered firearm, armed with intent to commit an indictable offence, reckless wounding, not keeping a firearm safely and using an unauthorised firearm.
According to police facts Scott-Bohanna and his victim had a disagreement about the victim’s relationship with Scott-Bohanna’s partner.
Sometime between January 2018 and July 2018 the victim visited Scott-Bohanna’s residence to sort out the disagreement. As the victim approached Scott-Bohanna came out of the residence with a .22 calibre riffle and pointed it at him.
The pair then became involved in a physical fight and as such the disagreement was not resolved.
Around 11pm on September 15 Scott-Bohanna was at a licensed premises when his victim walked past him. The pair argued and as the victim walked away Scott-Bohanna pushed him in the back. The victim then turned and slapped Scott-Bohanna who then pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed the victim two times, once in the centre of the chest and once on the victim’s left side near the shoulder.
Staff apprehended Scott-Bohanna until police arrived and arrested him. Initially he said he had stabbed his victim with a broken glass but when pressed admitted he stabbed the victim with a pocket knife. He also admitted to possessing the firearm for the first incident and told police it was under his bed.
Scott-Bohanna’s solicitor Mr Walsh presented the court with a number of references saying Scott-Bohanna’s actions were totally out of character for him.
Mr Walsh said Scott-Bohanna had been traumatized by the three months he had already served in custody, with one of the weeks being served in solitary confinement.
Mr Walsh also said the victim had provoked Scott-Bohanna however Magistrate Michael O’Brien said he didn’t see provocation when the victim was pushed in the back first.
In sentencing Scott-Bohanna, Magistrate O’Brien said this was a deeply disturbing matter.
“Kyle it’s fair to say your behaviour on this occasion was catastrophic, it was a breathtaking error in judgment. You engaged in a course of conduct which had the potential to end someone’s life”.
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