A MAN went berserk in the audiovisual room at Wellington Correctional Centre when he was sentenced to a further jail term.
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Dylan James Fieldsend threw a chair at the camera linking the room to Dubbo Local Court.
The 26-year-old screamed "F---you'' and pounded his fists on a table and door before he was subdued by Corrective Services officers and led away.
Members of Fieldsend's family seated in the public gallery of the court appeared shocked by the furious outburst.
Magistrate Andrew Eckhold calmly continued sentencing and remarked "I don't think Mr Fieldsend has heard everything - he appears to have lost his temper''.
Fieldsend was facing charges of having custody of an offensive weapon in a public place, driving while suspended and using an unregistered and uninsured motor vehicle.
The court heard Fieldsend was on a bond for possessing the prohibited drug oxycodone when he walked through Myall Street swinging a metal baseball bat at 10pm on May 29.
"He was heavily intoxicated and thought people were following him,'' Legal Aid said.
Police said Fieldsend was unlicensed when he drove an unregistered and uninsured vehicle to Dubbo police station on July 4.
The court heard a young child was a passenger in the vehicle.
Legal Aid said Fieldsend was required to report to police in accordance with a bail undertaking.
"He did not want his de facto to drive because she was similarly unlicensed,'' Legal Aid said.
The court was told Fieldsend had been subjected to domestic violence as a child.
He did well at school until year 9 when "things derailed''.
"His offending has been associated with drug use,'' Legal Aid said.
Magistrate Eckhold said it would be pointless to call for an Intensive Correction Order report (assessing suitability for a jail sentence to be served in the community).
"You would not be eligible due to ongoing drug use and the need for rehabilitation,'' the magistrate said.
"The court gave you a chance to participate in MERIT (the Magistrate's Early Referral Into Treatment drug and alcohol program) but you failed to enter a (drug) withdrawal unit.
"Your pre-sentence report is one of the worst I have seen and you cannot be supervised (in the community) due to unrestrained drug use.
"But you are not without hope. People who are drug dependent can make a decision to recover.''
Magistrate Eckhold told Fieldsend he was disentitled to leniency.
"I am at the point where I cannot justify suspending a jail sentence.
"Because of your drug use you represent a real danger to yourself and other people.''
Fieldsend was disqualified from driving and sentenced to 12 months in jail.
A non-parole period of six months was set.
Magistrate Eckhold found special circumstances due to the need for drug rehabilitation.
Fieldsend will be eligible for release from jail on January 5 next year.
