The first time she faced court for assaulting her former partner and three police officers, ex-aged care worker Tziporah Malkah was only too happy to see the media – even taking an Instagram selfie with them. However, as she left the Victor Harbor Magistrates Court on Tuesday – fined $1200, but having dodged a criminal conviction – it appeared the I’m a Celebrity and Sirens star was anything but pleased by the attention. She had adopted a demure posture while her drugged, drunken night of face-scratching, groin-punching and arm-biting – prompted by an argument over cannabis and a sick cat – was recounted in court, but it quickly fell away. “I think I got off fairly… it was a really good outcome today, and I’d like to thank you all for coming to share my joy,” she said. Asked if she had a problem with police, Malkah snapped: “I have a problem with you.” Malkah, 44, of Sydney, was formerly known as Kate Fisher and, until January, lived in Port Elliot, south of Adelaide. Her time there came to an end when she was arrested at the home she shared with her then-partner, Guy Vasey. On Tuesday, she pleaded guilty to four counts of assault, one count of resisting police and one count of disorderly behaviour. Police prosecutor Wayne Davison said Mr Vasey had called police due to Malkah’s violent antics. “He had just returned from shopping, she was heavily intoxicated and tormenting him about his sick cat and saying she wanted some pot,” he said. “He activated his telephone to record what was going on as he asked her to stop… she began to throw groceries at him and poured milk on top of his head. “She raised both hands and struck him to the sides of his face four or five times, and in a cat-scratching motion.” Brevet Sergeant Davison said Malkah “was loud, abusive and swearing” toward police when they arrived, refused to co-operate and had to be physically lifted into their cage car. He said she tried and failed to kick one officer in the groin, bite the second on the arm and punch the third in the head before she was restrained in the cells. Malkah was represented in court by Melbourne-based lawyer Michael Kuzilny, was hired, on her behalf, by celebrity agent Max Markson. He said spending 12 hours in police cells had been a sobering experience for his client, who had been taking antidepressants and the sleeping drug Stilnox in addition to drinking. “She has certainly had a taste of the criminal justice system… she had an attitude problem, and she got an attitude adjustment,” he said. “She is not here to blame or justify, but she is happy to be out of the relationship… it was a volatile situation… she is extremely remorseful and embarrassed about her conduct.” Mr Kuzilny said Malkah had “sworn off the grog”, receiving mental health treatment and was in the process of rebuilding her life in Sydney. He said she had arrived there without support – and that Mr Markson “had bought her a mattress to sleep on” – but now had an Elizabeth Bay apartment and was focused on working in the aged care sector. “She accepts these are serious offences… she has written a letter of apology and wishes to apologise to the court, to the police and to her ex-partner,” he said.
May 9, 2018
A s.459 (Protected action) application from the Health Services Union for an extension to pursue Star Health Group Limited T/A Star Health via a protected ballot has been granted by Fair Work Vice President Catanzariti in Brisbane on 8 May 2018.
May 9, 2018
A Waikato support worker who raped an intellectually disabled man, targeted him due to his mental impairment, a judge found. Gerald Christian Albert is now behind bars serving an 11-year jail term after a jury found the 53-year-old guilty of eight charges including one representative charge of having intercourse with the victim after a trial last year. Albert was sentenced in the Hamilton District Court in November, but his victim was still feeling the effects of what happened to him between 2005 and 2007, his mother said. However, she said both she and her son were pleased with the sentence handed down by Justice Glen Marshall and hoped they could now begin to move on with their lives.
May 8, 2018
Complete Care Physio Health Group will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Wilson in his Melbourne chambers.
May 8, 2018
Belgravia Health & Leisure Group Pty Ltd will put up a fight over a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) claim to be heard by Commissioner Cribb Court 11 – Level 5 in Melbourne (Bromley – Hoult).
May 8, 2018
Six applications by Estia Investments Pty Ltd (s.120 – Application to vary redundancy pay for other employment or incapacity to pay) will be heard by Fair Work Commissioner Johns in his Sydney chambers.
May 8, 2018
A dog has savagely mauled a woman’s treasured poodle to death in a horrific attack in a Mornington retirement village. Annie, who didn’t want her surname used, was taking her beloved poodle cross, Jaxon, 12, on his regular late afternoon walk around the Peninsula Grange Retirement Community on April 17, when two roaming dogs from a property outside the village attacked. “All of a sudden two big, black dogs, I didn’t hear them, they came up behind me,” Annie said.
May 8, 2018
St Vincent De Paul Society NSW has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) with which it must deal before Fair Work Commissioner Johns in Hearing Room 11-3 – Level 11 in Sydney (Purcell).
