Bail after 4 assaulted

A man assaulted three police officers and a security guard after taking amphetamines topped up with alcohol, Darwin Magistrate's Court heard.

Malcolm Campbell Mauchline, 30, spat blood and saliva at the police and threatened the security officer with a sculptors knife.

Mauchline pleaded guilty.

Defence lawyer Alex Hill said Mauchline, of Fannie Bay, had a diagnosed mental problem.

Magistrate Greg Cavanagh said he was "bemmused" that the NT Legal Aid Commission with its mental-state defence could not afford to get a psychiatric report.

He ordered the report and a presentence report and adjourned sentencing until March 14.

Mauchline was given bail.

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Pubdate: 4th February 2005
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