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Harvey lends a helping paw By Marcus Uhe
Oliver, Valen, Emily and Mary from Cranbourne Primary School with the school’s therapy dog, Harvey. 284636
Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
There’s a new staff member at Cranbourne Primary School this year, with a special portfolio of engagement, connectiveness and trauma support. But unlike many of his colleagues, he doesn’t teach any classes, write report cards or hand out grades. Eight-month old Groodle, Harvey is the school’s therapy dog, and he’s quickly become a favourite of the students, helping to improve attendance numbers and regulate the behaviour of the students at the school. Story page 8
Jail for PSO biter By Marcus Uhe Former Hampton Park and Cranbourne resident Scott Delaney has been jailed over an attack on Protective Service Officers (PSO) and security guards in Melbourne’s CBD last year. The 33-year-old, who was on bail and serving a community corrections order at the time of offending, bit two PSOs and a security guard, and kicked another security guard in the chest in the early hours of Wednesday 10 November, Victorian County Court Judge Michael Tinney said. The court heard the guards, who were patrolling a nearby venue, were attempting to
calm Delaney after he became involved in a verbal altercation with road workers at the corner of Elizabeth Street and Flinders Lane. Delaney then abused the guards and told them he was going to “smash” them, before they chased him away from the venue onto Elizabeth Street. When they attempted to return to the footpath, Delaney “charged” at one guard “with what was obviously the makings of a haymaker punch”, Judge Tinney said, but was tackled by a road worker before reaching him. Upon being released, Delaney sprayed the security guards with beer before being taken to the ground again by another civilian, biting
and kicking the guards in the process. Three PSOs arrived during the altercation and began attempting to calm Delaney down, who was “voicing various racial abuse and some pretty disgusting and unpleasant taunts,” such as “bite that person’s nose off or rape that person’s mum or sister,” Judge Tinney said. While resisting being handcuffed, Delaney bit two PSOs on the hand. Delaney pled guilty in the County Court on Tuesday 31 May to two charges of recklessly causing injury, one charge each of affray, assaulting an emergency worker, and resisting an emergency worker.
The guard and the PSO, whose skin was broken due to the bites, sought medical treatment for their wounds to prevent infection. The PSO also sought “advice as to alterations to his lifestyle in the window of infection until given the all clear,” Judge Tinney said. The victims did not provide impact statements as there was no indication of their injuries having a long-term impact. Delaney’s guilty plea was accepted as a display of remorse by the Judge, who described the attack as “belligerent, unpredictable and aggressive”. Continued page 2
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