Gold Coast teen Jack Gibson-Burrell avoids jail after spray painting rail worker’s face
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Shocking moment teenager sprays a railway worker’s FACE with aerosol after being caught vandalizing a train – leaving man with burns and breathing difficulties for weeks
- Jack Gibson-Burrell, 19, has been given two-year probation
- Rail worker’s face sprayed after he was caught tagging train in Gold Coast
- The guard was hospitalized with burns and breathing difficulties
- The teen screamed outside the court when asked about the incident
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A teenager has escaped prison after he sprayed a railway worker in the face when he was caught red-handed vandalizing the side of a train.
Jack Gibson-Burrell, 19, used a GoPro to film him spraying a large bird onto a train at Park Road station on the Gold Coast in May.
Shocking footage shows him confronting the 61-year-old worker before Gibson-Burrell sprays paint directly into his eyes and over his torso.
The worker immediately turns away and tries to protect his eyes while the teen continues to cover his back with the red spray paint, before continuing with his own graffiti.
The Gibson-Burrell victim was hospitalized with severe burns and had breathing problems for several weeks after the incident, the Southport Magistrates Court heard on Friday, 7 News reported.
Jack Gibson-Burrell, 19, (pictured outside the court) used a GoPro to record himself spraying a large bird onto a train at Park Road station on the Gold Coast in May
Teen confronted a railway worker and sprayed paint in 61-year-old’s eyes
The teen was arrested days later at his home in Burleigh Waters and charged with 24 felonies, including assault with bodily harm and willful damage.
Gibson-Burrell was given no jail time and instead was given two years’ probation.
He must also pay $5,000 in restitution and spend 60 hours of his time removing graffiti.
When asked about the incident by reporters Friday about the incident, Gibson-Burrell said nothing, but instead made screeching birds.
Obviously his graffiti tag is a bird.
Teenager had sprayed a large bird on the side of a train when confronted by the worker