Spitting, stealing and scratching: Accused CBD stabber refused bail as alleged four-year crime spree revealed
The alleged weapon.
He said he was satisfied that Darul was “an unacceptable risk” of reoffending if released.
“[Darul] has a history of not attending court when on bail. The application has nine prior findings of guilt since 2022 of failing to appear when on bail… [and] eight findings of guilt for committing an indictable offence whilst on bail,” he noted.
Police allege Darul was involved in five separate criminal incidents in the three months before she stabbed Lai in an apparent random attack in Melbourne’s CBD at 7.35am on October 2.
Months earlier – on June 10 – police say Darul was walking near the Melbourne Aquarium, yelling and swearing, when she passed a family walking the other way and spat in a young boy’s face.
“A fairly large amount of saliva landed on the victim’s face, entering eyes and mouth,” the police report read.
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When asked why she spat on the boy, Darul allegedly told police: “I don’t know. I really, I’m truly sorry.” She also said she regularly used the drug ice and last used it a day earlier.
After allegedly scratching a car in North Melbourne in August 2024, Darul told police: “I can’t remember doing anything like that.”
She was subsequently shown CCTV stills, and said: “Wow, that looks like me, not in a very happy mood.”
In January 2024, police allege Darul was found with a fake handgun in her pants at Flinders Street train station, after earlier trying to steal cigarettes from a convenience store in South Melbourne. She allegedly told police she found the fake gun and was “taking it to a friend’s house for sexual purposes”.
The court documents reveal police also asked Darul about being intoxicated – a breach of her bail conditions – in December 2023.
Police wrote in the charge sheets: “She thinks it’s ridiculous that the court can tell her she can’t drink alcohol when it’s a legal substance and the court’s not her dad.”
Darul is also accused of throwing a wooden shipping pallet through the front of a Carpet Court store in Nunawading, causing $10,000 worth of damage.
She will spend the next two months in custody before returning to court on January 20.
