Wild Turkey swilling dole bludger attacks staff and random clients at his local Centrelink - before torching a sugar cane field as he attempts to cook a SNAKE for food
- Scott Stoker went on a crime spree in Childers, Bundaberg in QLD on May 30
- He threatened a Centrelink worker, punched a stranger and set a field on fire
- He was arrested after breaking into a home and became aggressive to police
- Stoker was sentenced to two years imprisonment, eligible for parole in 2020
A man who burned down four hectares of sugarcane in a field after he attempted to cook a snake he found slithering across his stomach has been jailed.
Scott Stoker, 32, was sentenced to two years behind bars after he went on a 12-hour crime spree which ended in Bundaberg, Queensland, on May 30.
Bundaberg District Court heard on Wednesday the extraordinary sequence of events started when Stoker became irate at a Centrelink staffer over his payment, the Sunshine Coast Daily reported.
Scott Stoker, 32, (pictured) was sentenced to two years imprisonment after he went on a 12-hour crime spree which started in Childers and ended in Bundaberg, Queensland on May 30
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He hurled his phone at a wall then pulled out a gun-shaped lighter and threatened to 'come back and shoot' the Centrelink worker.
As he left the centre, he physically assaulted a stranger who walked passed him on the street.
'Don't f*****g stare at me, c**t,' Stoker yelled at the stranger.
He then punched the man in the face and neck, before running to a nearby cane field on Rankin Road where he fell asleep.
The court heard Stoker had woken up to a carpet snake slithering on him.
He caught the serpent and cooked it on an open fire, but due to 'strong winds', the blaze quickly spread around the sugarcane field.
Around 4.13 hectares were lost, worth an estimated $20,000.
Stoker then found shelter in what he believed to be an abandoned home.
He used a screwdriver to get in, scrounged around for food - damaging shelves as he searched.
He fell asleep but was awoken to a woman in her 80s frantically calling the police.
Upon his arrest, he became violent with officers and even headbutted windows and pulled an officer's hair.
Stoker (pictured) threatened a Centrelink worker, punched a stranger in the face and neck, set a field on fire and broke into a home where a 80-year-old woman lived
Upon his arrest, he became violent with officers and even headbutted windows and pulled an officer's hair.
One female officer required medical attention after she was knocked on her head.
Stoker was coming down from meth at the time, defence barrister Callan Cassiday said.
Stoker pleaded guilty to multiple chargers including assault occasioning bodily harm, setting fire to a crop, burglary and wilful damage, public nuisance, assaulting a police officer and obstructing a police officer.
Judge Jennifer Rosengren sentenced Stoker to two years jail, with a parole release date of January 12, 2020.
Stoker fell asleep in a nearby cane field (pictured) and after finding a snake slithering across him, attempted to cook it for food but the fire quickly spread and more than four hectares erupted into flames - causing $20,000 in damage
