A man who slashed another man across the neck with a dive knife will be subject to two years of strict community supervision following his release from prison.
The Supreme Court of Tasmania last month made a high risk offender order against Terry Max Wynwood, 48.
He was released the next day after serving a full two-year sentence for wounding.
Wynwood attacked a man he had been socialising with in April 2024 after the pair left the Smithton Club.
As they walked towards Duck River, he cut the man across the front of the neck near the base of his throat.
The victim, who has an intellectual disability and schizophrenia, bled heavily and had the wound sutured in hospital the next day.
Wynwood claimed the man had been asking him for drugs.
Justice Kate Cuthbertson said the violence was “entirely unjustified” and the victim had posed no threat.
The court heard Wynwood has an extensive criminal history stretching back to when he was 11, including multiple woundings, assaults and weapons offences across several states.
A psychologist assessed him as at a “chronically high risk of harm to himself and others”.
Expert reports found that risk rose sharply when he used methylamphetamine and stopped his mental health treatment.
Cuthbertson said she was satisfied Wynwood posed an unacceptable risk of committing another serious offence unless the order was made.
The order is not a new sentence but a supervision order aimed at managing his future risk. It runs for two years from his release.
It imposes an 11pm to 6am curfew, electronic monitoring, a ban on illicit drugs and mandatory drug and alcohol testing.
Wynwood must also engage with mental health treatment as directed and is banned from carrying knives in any circumstances.
The court stopped short of a full alcohol ban, capping his blood alcohol level at 0.05.
