When a concerned resident tried to stop a burnout hoon from leaving a Thornton estate he was assaulted, Maitland Local Court heard.
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Brandon Michael Kennedy, 20, drove into the Woodlands Estate about 8.50pm on November 14 last year where he performed a burnout at the entrance.
He drove on but was blocked by a resident’s car.
Kennedy, of Haddington Drive, Cardiff South, got out of his car and said: “Have you got a problem?”
The man said: “Yeah I’ve got a problem with people doing that in front of my house.”
Kennedy repeated: “Have you got a problem?”
He charged at the man, pushed him in the chest and caused him to stumble.
The man said: “I’m not going anywhere, I’m waiting for the police.”
Kennedy got back into the car did another burnout but returned and walked back toward the resident who got into his car.
Kennedy and another man began to run at the man’s car forcing him to reverse for about 300 metres as Kennedy threatened to kill him.
He grabbed part of the man’s driver side door and repeatedly yelled at the man.
The man repeated: “I have a problem with people doing that in front of my house.”
He left and began speaking with other residents about the incident when Kennedy and another man returned beating their chests with their hands before disappearing.
In court yesterday, Kennedy said he went into the estate believing it would be a safer place to perform burnouts as the homes were set back from the road.
“Do you understand there is nowhere safe to do a burnout,” magistrate Sharron Crews said during sentencing.
Court documents said throughout the police investigation Kennedy had been belligerent and blatantly lied to police.
Kennedy pleaded guilty to two offences. He was placed on a 12-month good behaviour for common assault and fined $500 for the burnout.