Drunk thug who attacked a stranger walking his dog in the street is jailed
A 24-year-old Queensland man has been sentenced to nine months in jail after he randomly attacked a man walking with his wife and dog on Hervey Bay's esplanade.
Earlier this week Bruce Isaiah Walker, 24, pleaded guilty of assault occasioning bodily harm in Hervey Bay District Court.
The court heard how Walker, dealing with grief surrounding missing his father's funeral, threatened the 33-year-old victim with a broken beer bottle as the man exclaimed, 'no, no, no, I'm not the one you're looking for.'
Earlier this week Bruce Isaiah Walker (pictured) pleaded guilty of assault occasioning bodily harm in Hervey Bay District Court
Walker did not say anything to the victim but punched him once in the jaw and once in the back of the head, before running into the ocean.
When police apprehended him later that night he had a blood alcohol reading of .196, almost four times the legal limit.
At the time the offence occurred Walker was on parole for lighting a fire at a school so that he and the group he was with could rob a nearby shop undetected.
In sentencing Judge Greg Koppenol said Walker 'had a bucket of alcohol and went berserk.'
'It was gratuitous street violence on a man simply walking his dog with his wife.'
Walker is able to be released on parole June 22.
He randomly attacked a man walking with his wife and dog on Hervey Bay's esplanade (pictured) before running into the ocean
At the time the offence occurred Walker (pictured) was on parole for lighting a fire at a school so that he and the group he was with could rob a nearby shop undetected