New Zealand stripper avoids jail after 'deplorable' rampage in Australia

Brendon Errol Ngaronga. Photo / Supplied

The Kiwi owner of a male stripper and adult entertainment business has avoided jail for an "abhorrent" tirade in Australia where he attacked his neighbour, bit a cop and hurled a chair and kettle at officers trying to intervene.

Brendon Errol Ngaronga sat silently in the dock at Brisbane District Court while being told of his deplorable antics spanning several weeks from August to September last year.

During his scuffles with police, one was bitten on the finger and others were put off work for days because of their injuries.

Ngaronga pleaded guilty on Friday to a raft of charges including seriously assaulting police, wilful damage and public nuisance.

The court was told his conduct began on August 13 last year while in hotel quarantine in Brisbane.

Ngaronga was caught with a small amount of marijuana but remained defiant, suggesting he couldn't be charged because it was "found on the ground".

Judge Michael Byrne QC said the young man then embarked on a "deplorable" period of conduct from late August to September.

During that time, he kicked a door in and put a hole in the wall of his apartment.

In the early hours of August 31 he threw a bow at his landlord while screaming abuse and threats and rambling incoherently.

Ngaronga is the owner of a male stripper and adult entertainment business. Photo / Supplied

Police were called and a scuffle ensued.

"They were unable to perform their duties for a number of days due to the soft tissue injuries you inflicted," Judge Byrne said.

That same day he threw objects off his balcony near a road where children walked to school.

On another day, Ngaronga kicked in the door of his neighbour's unit and assaulted him, taking his wallet.

He returned it untouched a day later.

Ngaronga was evicted from his unit on September 18 and became aggressive with police.

Three officers who tried to de-escalate the situation were hit with a kettle and plastic chair.

Ngaronga bit the finger of another officer, penetrating the skin.

"Biting police is abhorrent … your tirade was violent and anti-social," Judge Byrne said.

"Police just can't be expected to turn up and get hurt when they're doing their job; it's not an expectation.

"It's all really quite deplorable."

The court was told a series of circumstances "converged" on Ngaronga's life and caused his unusual outburst.

Defence barrister Damien Gates said his client discovered he had another child from a previous relationship and had learned a nephew in New Zealand had died.

He said Ngaronga, who ran his own business providing topless male waiters, life drawing models and dancers, had been out of work because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

"In the isolation and having a lack of work, [he] turned to alcohol," Gates said.

"He became drunk on numerous occasions and cannot explain his behaviour."

Ngaronga received a sentence of 18 months' jail but Judge Byrne suspended the jail term.

Eighty-nine days spent in pre-sentence custody was declared as time served.

He was also ordered to pay more than A$1800 in compensation for the wilful damage charges.