Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A woman has pleaded guilty to punching her autistic son in the face at their Hervey Bay home.
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She was working as a support worker for children at risk of domestic violence at the time.
What's next?
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The court sentenced the woman to 18 months' probation and ordered her to pay her son $3,000 compensation.
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court → sentence → compensation
A children's domestic violence support worker has been found guilty of punching her autistic teenage son in the face in a "snap" assault.
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worker → find → assault
The 39-year-old woman, who cannot be named to protect the identity of her son, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm in Hervey Bay District Court today.
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At the time of the offence in January last year, the woman had worked for seven years at a support service for children who had experienced or who were at risk of harm, the court heard.
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The woman's barrister, Lara Soldi, told the court that, at the time, her client had accepted a job with another organisation as a specialist domestic violence practitioner, and was "troubled" by the prospect of leaving her long-time employer.
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The woman sat in the dock weeping as Crown prosecutor Joshua Francis read the facts of the case.
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On the day of the incident, she had returned to her Hervey Bay home after spending the day managing a client who had been arguing with their child, the court heard.
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She had been "pacing and crying" at home when she got into an argument with her son.
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she → pace → son
The court heard the boy had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and the woman "felt intimidated by him" because he weighed about 89 kilograms.
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Ms Soldi said the woman began hyperventilating during the argument "and then effectively snapped".
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The court heard the woman threw her phone at her son, rushed towards him and punched him in the nose and cheek.
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woman → hear → nose
Mr Francis told the court the boy sustained a deviated septum, nosebleeds and bruising to his eye sockets.
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Following the assault, the boy packed his belongings and went to his father's home, where he had stayed since the incident.
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Mr Francis said the boy had not spoken with his mother again during that time.
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Ms Soldi told the court her client was a victim of domestic violence herself, perpetrated by her father and a former partner, and that was the reason she had chosen to work in the domestic violence support field.
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she → tell → field
The woman was remorseful for her actions and her blue card was cancelled because of the incident, Ms Soldi said.
"She knows how serious this … given her education and her work history, this is not lost on her," she said.
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Judge Nathan Jarro said it was "very ironic" that someone who had worked for a children's domestic violence support service had offended against her own son.
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"'Surprising' and 'disappointing' are also adjectives that arise," Ms Soldi said.
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Judge Jarro sentenced the woman to 18 months' probation and ordered her to pay $3,000 in compensation to her son by June next year.
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No conviction was recorded.
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