Assault Med For Depression 12/04/2010 Australia Reveler Assaults Man at Folk Festival
 
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       <td width="100">2010-04-12</td>
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       <td width="639">Reveler Assaults Man at Folk Festival</td>
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Summary:<br><br>Paragraph 10 reads:&nbsp; &quot;At the time Todd was suffering anxiety and<strong><u> depression a</u></strong>nd could have suffered a blackout.&quot; <br /><br />Paragraph 13 reads:&nbsp; &quot;She said the incident had a huge impact on her client&#39;s marriage, his wife was left shaken and <strong><u>Todd had consumed alcohol while on <em>medication </em>and with an empty stomach that night.<br /><br /></u></strong>SSRI Stories Note:&nbsp; The Physicians Desk Reference states that <font size="3" color="#ff00ff"><strong><u>antidepressants <font size="3">can cause a craving for alcohol and alcohol abuse.&nbsp; Also, the liver cannot metabolize the antidepressant and the alcohol simultaneously,&nbsp; thus leading to h<strong>igher levels of both alcohol and the antidepressant</strong> in the human body<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.standard.net.au/news/local/news/general/pilot-strikes-below-the-belt/1801972.aspx">http://www.standard.net.au/news/local/news/general/pilot-strikes-below-the-belt/1801972.aspx</a> <br /><br /><br /><br /></font></u></strong></font><h1><strong>Pilot strikes below the belt</strong></h1><font size="3">ANDREW THOMSON<br />14 Apr, 2010 04:00 AM<br /><br />A LONG-TIME RAAF officer has piloted his way into trouble after grabbing another man&#39;s testicles at the Port Fairy Folk Festival. <br /><br />Jeff Todd, 51, of Ramsey Court, Lowood, pleaded guilty in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court this week to unlawful assault. <br /><br />He was not convicted and fined $1000. <br /><br />The court was told that on March 7 this year Todd was at the festival between 6.30pm and 7.30pm when he became involved in a verbal incident in a bar with a man not known to him. <br /><br />Todd bumped into the man several times in a bar and was asked to move away before the victim requested security personnel to assist. <br /><br />Todd moved away a few paces, made some derogatory comments, then came up behind the victim and grabbed his testicles with significant force. <br /><br />&quot;You&#39;ve got no balls, mate,&quot; Todd told the victim and there was a short struggle before he released the victim&#39;s testicles. <br /><br />Todd was kicked out of the venue and told not to come back. <br /><br />He told police during an interview he had drunk a bottle of wine and had little recollection of the incident. <br /><br />At the time Todd was suffering anxiety and depression and could have suffered a blackout. <br /><br />The victim suffered pain for about 12 hours and Todd wrote a letter of apology which was passed on through police. <br /><br />Defence counsel Danielle Svede said Todd had no prior convictions, glowing references and had not drunk alcohol since the incident. <br /><br />She said the incident had a huge impact on her client&#39;s marriage, his wife was left shaken and Todd had consumed alcohol while on medication and with an empty stomach that night.<br /><br />Ms Svede said her client was on 12 months leave from the air force, had undertaken anger management and knew his behaviour was inappropriate. <br /><br />Magistrate Jonathan Klestadt said there should be no doubt in anyone&#39;s mind that the defendant&#39;s actions were appalling. <br /><br />He said the folk festival was not a place to be confronted by drunken, boorish behaviour and assaulted</font> 
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