Kyran Robert Kelly: Warnbro, Golden Bay attacker jailed for two years after pleading guilty to 30 offences

A 23-year-old man has faced court over dozens of offences, including threatening to “slit” his mother’s throat with an axe. Kyran Robert Kelly appeared via video link before Rockingham Magistrates Court on February 13, pleading guilty to 30 charges. The charges included four counts of unlicensed person possess firearm/ammunition, two counts of possessed a prohibited weapon, one count threatened to kill, one count assault occasioning bodily harm and four counts possession of stolen or unlawfully obtained property. He was also charged with multiple driving offences and several drug charges. Prosecutor Sen. Const. Jessica Anderson told the court Kelly was walking home from an associate’s house in Warnbro at 11pm on July 2, 2022, when the victim pulled up in a car next to him. The victim and Kelly briefly exchanged words before he raised a bat and hit the victim to the right eye, causing bruising and swelling to the face. Kelly was in the front passenger seat of a car at 12.30pm on September 30, 2022, when police conducted a high risk vehicle stop in Warnbro. During a search of the vehicle police found a shotgun, ammunition, quantities of cannabis and methylamphetamine, as well as a glass smoking implement with traces of methylamphetamine. There were also 10 mobile phones on the back seat of the vehicle and more than 50 IDs, Health Care cards and licences and three electronic tablets in a black suitcase. On November 27, 2022, at 3.40pm Kelly was at his mother’s residence in Golden Bay. Kelly and his mother were in the garage at the time when he picked up an axe and began to threaten her. He then pushed her up against the wall and she began to yell and scream. Kelly said to the victim: “I am going to slit your throat”. A family member from inside the house pulled Kelly away from the victim so she could run away. He was later arrested by police. When asked what led to the offending, Kelly, who was self-represented, said he was heavily under the influence of drugs but his time in custody had made him want to do better for his kids. Magistrate Steven Malley said although the pleas were not entered at the earliest opportunity, Kelly had “stepped up and taken full responsibility”. “All of us can change . . . you need to make better decisions in your life,” Mr Malley said. Kelly was sentenced to two years imprisonment with eligibility for parole and fined $2000. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)