The north Queensland teenager who made headlines when he was bitten by a crocodile while attempting to impress a British backpacker has been sentenced after attempting to steal a car.
Lee Kristopher De Paauw appeared via video link in Innisfail Magistrates Court on Wednesday on eight charges, including serious assault of a police officer, following the attempt to steal a car on June 4.
De Paauw, who had been using methamphetamine at the time of the crime, was apprehended by an off-duty police officer who witnessed the attempted theft.
The 18-year-old was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for assaulting the police officer, wholly suspended for one year, and also placed under a probation order for two years.
The teenager was attacked by a crocodile when he jumped into the Johnstone River in March, a few hours after meeting Sophie Paterson, 24, at a nightclub.
