Darwin man bashed his wife in the head with a shovel | Daily Mail Online
A man who bashed his wife in the head with a shovel while she was breastfeeding their child will be sentenced next month.
Garrett Juan Daniels, 31, pleaded guilty to charges after the incident on June 8 when he became enraged over jealousy issues while drinking at a unit in John Stokes Square, Darwin.
After threatening his wife, who was defenceless as she was breastfeeding their child, he found a one-metre-long shovel and began to strike her on the back of the head a number of times.
She was able to grab the weapon from him, despite suffering a number of gashes to her head.
Her father arrived at the premises shortly after and found his daughter 'bloodied and shaken' and took her away in a taxi with his grandchild.
Daniels desperately tried to stop the taxi from leaving by punching the side of the car, yelling through the window and lying down in the middle of the road.
The driver was eventually able to escape and headed straight to Nightcliff Police Station and the woman was taken to hospital.
Despite attempting to evade officers by jumping out of a unit window at a Parap residence several hours later, he was arrested.
The cowardly attacker was due to be sentenced on Wednesday. However, his lawyers were given more time following a request from his lawyer for Daniels to be allowed to return home in southern Arnhem Land for supervision after showing remorse.
Justice Greg Smith said the case was an opportunity to send a message about domestic violence, but was open to ideas from his defence about rehabilitation from Aboriginal elders.
'The prevalence of this sort of violence is so high,' he said.
'I want some clarity about this… I want to hear from people in the community about what they're going to do to rehabilitate.'
Daniels will appear in court for sentencing in December.
A man who bashed his wife in the head with a shovel while she was breastfeeding their child will be sentenced next month.
Garrett Juan Daniels, 31, pleaded guilty to charges after the incident on June 8 when he became enraged over jealousy issues while drinking at a unit in John Stokes Square, Darwin.
After threatening his wife, who was defenceless as she was breastfeeding their child, he found a one-metre-long shovel and began to strike her on the back of the head a number of times.
She was able to grab the weapon from him, despite suffering a number of gashes to her head.
Her father arrived at the premises shortly after and found his daughter 'bloodied and shaken' and took her away in a taxi with his grandchild.
Daniels desperately tried to stop the taxi from leaving by punching the side of the car, yelling through the window and lying down in the middle of the road.
The driver was eventually able to escape and headed straight to Nightcliff Police Station and the woman was taken to hospital.
Despite attempting to evade officers by jumping out of a unit window at a Parap residence several hours later, he was arrested.
The cowardly attacker was due to be sentenced on Wednesday. However, his lawyers were given more time following a request from his lawyer for Daniels to be allowed to return home in southern Arnhem Land for supervision after showing remorse.
Justice Greg Smith said the case was an opportunity to send a message about domestic violence, but was open to ideas from his defence about rehabilitation from Aboriginal elders.
'The prevalence of this sort of violence is so high,' he said.
'I want some clarity about this… I want to hear from people in the community about what they're going to do to rehabilitate.'
Daniels will appear in court for sentencing in December.
