Our client was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm against her family member by smashing a schooner in her face causing serious injuries.
Steven Mercael presented a thorough case on sentence and obtained effective psychological reports which showed his client was suffering from severe PTSD as a result of her years of employment in counter terrorism.
Steven Mercael pulled off a miracle, obtaining a section 32/ section 14 dismissal for a domestic violence assault involving a glassing to the face of the victim. The Magistrate, at Blacktown Local Court, dismissed the charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, without recording a conviction against our client.