Overview

• Benjamin John Wickes, 33, pleaded guilty in the ACT Supreme Court to causing grievous bodily harm and actual bodily harm after the incident at Canberra's Alexander Maconochie Centre.
• The confrontation followed a volleyball game as Wickes crossed the net, traded punches, bit off part of the other inmate’s ear, gouged his eyes, and applied a chokehold.
• Justice Verity McWilliam highlighted the loss of a body part, the custodial setting, a significant violent criminal history, and a lack of genuine remorse as aggravating factors.
• The sentence totals one year, five months and five days, with a non-parole period of six months and 19 days, to be served partially concurrent with an existing sentence.
• With time served, Wickes becomes eligible for parole on November 19 after in-prison discipline and rehabilitation courses did not lead to leniency.