A 20-year-old apprentice who coward punched a man outside an eastern suburbs pub because he was “hitting on younger my sister” has been handed a suspended jail term.
Brodie Jake Dewar was sentenced to six months and one day imprisonment at Armadale Magistrates Court on Wednesday over the assault of Luis Carlos Galvez Gallego outside the Kalamunda Hotel on Christmas Day last year. The prison term has been suspended for nine months.
Shocking CCTV footage shown in court on Wednesday shows Dewar walking with Mr Gallego in a carpark, before throwing an unprovoked punch to his jaw. Mr Gallego is then seen falling onto the ground, striking his head on the pavement and was unconscious for about four and a half minutes.
The 40-year-old suffered a cut lip and sore tooth, and later told police he had no recollection of the incident.
A Snapchat video obtained from Dewar’s phone following the assault shows Mr Gallego being filmed unconscious on the ground. Dewar can be heard in the video saying: “Don’t hit on my younger sister next time brother. Keep snoring.”
In handing down her sentence, Magistrate Janie Gibbs said Dewar’s behaviour was “grossly disproportionate” to Mr Gallego’s advances towards his younger sister. “There is no suggestion ... that your sister was at any immediate risk or that anything more had occurred other than the unwanted advances,” she said. “Taking a Snapchat video showed a callous disregard for the welfare of the victim.”
She noted Dewar had already spent 47 days at Hakea Prison on remand.
