The son of rugby league legend Wendell Sailor has been informed he’s on the verge of being jailed after pleading responsible to defrauding his former girlfriend of $40,000 and intimidating her over the course of their brief relationship.
Jackson Watson, 24, appeared in Sutherland Local Court on Wednesday after ripping off 1000’s of {dollars} from his former accomplice whereas within the grips of a drug and playing dependancy.
He final 12 months pleaded responsible to intimidation and making a false doc to acquire monetary benefit.
The courtroom was beforehand informed he was contemplating making an software for the costs to be handled on psychological well being grounds.
However, his lawyer Phillip Vo on Tuesday withdrew that software and informed Justice of the Peace Paul Lyon that Watson was able to be sentenced.
But in an eleventh hour hurdle, Mr Vo informed the courtroom that he had no proof that Watson had accomplished rehab or was taking steps to repay his sufferer, equivalent to getting a job.
Mr Lyon warned Watson that given he had pleaded responsible to severe home violence offences, he was on the cusp of being jailed, and with out proof that he was taking steps to reform himself, he could be sentenced to jail.
“Without it, he’s going to jail,” Mr Lyon mentioned.
Watson has additionally been charged with two breaches of conditional launch orders regarding earlier frequent assault costs.
He was on Wednesday supported in courtroom by his mom Amy Watson.
Mr Lyon on Wednesday additionally granted an AVO for 2 years that states Watson should not contact his sufferer.
According to an announcement of agreed details, Watson met the girl by a relationship app and was in a relationship for 2 months in mid-2021, throughout which period he borrowed $40,000 from her underneath false pretences and by no means paid her again.
The girl mentioned she gave him cash over the course of their relationship, with Watson claiming he wanted cash for work bills, together with coaching, instruments and uniforms.
He even confirmed her textual content messages, which he purported had been from his boss and acknowledged that he could be reimbursed, based on courtroom paperwork.
However, when she contacted his boss, she was shocked to seek out Watson had not labored for him for a number of months.
According to courtroom paperwork, she additionally mentioned he would stand over her and demand to see her financial institution stability on her telephone.
She additionally informed officers she felt threatened and intimidated by Watson, describing him as having an “extreme temper” and that he “would get extremely angry very easily”.
According to the assertion of agreed details, Watson would “pace around the room, very often with objects in hand”.
“These objects included a sharp knife, scissors, glass plates or any other sharp objects he could find,” courtroom paperwork state.
On one event he threatened to “bash” and “kill” a male buddy who despatched the girl a textual content message, based on the assertion of agreed details.
The girl grew to become scared and feared for her security.
The paperwork state he additionally threatened her by saying: “I swear by God … If there’s something going on, you’re going to be in trouble, I’m not messing around, you’ll get hurt, I swear to God, don’t f**k with me”.
The girl mentioned that on one other event, she started crying and shaking after Watson got here as much as her face and spoke to her in an intimidating style.
When she informed him she was scared, Watson responded: “Good, you should be scared.”
On one other event, after listening to noises whereas mendacity in mattress, he threw her telephone throughout his residence, inflicting the display protector to interrupt.
During an interview with police, Watson admitted to fighting drug and playing addictions.
Watson was himself a proficient footballer and at one time thought-about a prime prospect who represented an Australian aspect in his teenagers.
He additionally performed within the Cronulla Sharks under-16 aspect with the likes of Blayke Brailey, Reece Robson and Kyle Flanagan.
Watson was arrested in Caringbah in October 2021 after the girl made a grievance to police two months earlier.
He will return to courtroom in March.
Source: www.news.com.au
