By Cam Lucadou-wells
A PAKENHAM man has been accused of puncturing a hotel bouncer’s jaw with a pencil or a pen in central Dandenong this month.
Sebit Muon had allegedly held the implement between his fingers, clenched his fist and punched the Players Hotel bouncer in the face, a Dandenong Magistrates’ Court hearing was told on 15 August.
The bouncer didn’t realise the extent of his wound until he attempted to drink water and noticed water leaking from the puncture, police prosecutor Sergeant Mark Thompson told the court.
Muon allegedly told police he punched the security guard for “giving him a hard time”.
The court heard that Muon had refused to present ID to the bouncer at the front of the hotel.
Police – who arrested Muon on an outstanding warrant – reported that Muon was too aggressive to formally interview over the incident.
Muon was on a community corrections order at the time, the court was told.
Muon also allegedly threatened a stranger, his wife and 14-year-old son on a Pakenham-bound train on 9 April.
Police alleged the ranting accused approached the man and said: “Look at you with your nice clothes.
“I f***ing hate you, you f***ing mother f***er.”
Muon then allegedly told the man he’d shoot him, kill his son, perform rape, and urinate on the man’s grave.
The victim told police he believed Muon, who was wearing a heavy coat, could have been hiding a weapon at the time.
He stuck his head out of the doors at Narre Warren station and called out for help from PSOs.
Muon was also accused of breaching an intervention order and fracturing a close relative’s cheek with a punch at a Lyndhurst home in March, as well as drug possession, wearing stolen clothes – with their Big W-tags still attached – and failing to appear on bail.
Defence lawyer Nadine Daniel said Muon’s behaviour was due to significant, unmedicated mental health issues, including a diagnosed schizoid disorder.
She said the formerly “very promising” soccer player’s convictions began soon after narrowly missing out on a professional overseas career in 2014.
A family member said Muon was not the person they’d grown up with, Ms Daniel said.
He had been involuntarily admitted to a mental-health ward in May 2015.
Ms Daniel submitted that Muon be sentenced on a community corrections order to resume engagement with YSAS and health bodies or “we will be setting him up to fail”.
Magistrate Jack Vandersteen said it was “too dangerous” to release Muon into the community “on the basis he might or might not engage”.
“He’s not been engaging on a supervised order.”
Muon was remanded in custody until 22 August.
