Man jailed for chainsaw torment of teenager in shipping container
A Tasmanian man who held a chainsaw to the throat of a teenager whom he believed had stolen from him has been jailed.
Wayne Michael Ludbey, 32, has been sentenced to 14 months in jail for assaulting a 17-year-old teenager and confining him in a shipping container on Tasmania's West Coast in 2023. Assisting his brother, Ludbey grabbed the teenager off the street, tied him up, and threatened him with a chainsaw to his neck, demanding the return of stolen items. The judge described the assault as "premeditated violence carried out for vindictive reasons" and noted that Ludbey showed no remorse or understanding of the gravity of his crimes.
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