Travis John Cann: Community-based order for attempted scissor stabbing

A Great Southern man has received a community-based order for trying to stab his former partner in the leg during an argument over the quality of the methamphetamine they had just purchased. Travis John Cann, 40, appeared in Albany Magistrates Court on one charge of aggravated common assault. He previously pleaded guilty to the charge on February 8. Police prosecutor Sgt Matt Hartfield told the court how Cann tried to stab his former partner of two years with a pair of scissors during a dispute over methamphetamine. On January 8 in Redmond, Cann and the 27-year-old were travelling along Albany Highway having picked up the drug when they got into an argument over its quality. Cann tried to stab the victim in the leg but she fought him off, sustaining cuts to three of her fingers. Cann dropped the victim off on Albany Highway in McKail where a friend picked her up and took her to Albany Health Campus. Cann’s defence lawyer Lucy Bourne said the pair were no longer in a relationship, and that her client had an ongoing drug addiction but has ceased using drugs. Ms Bourne said her client acknowledged he tried to stab the victim who likely found his behaviour “frightening”. Ms Bourne sought a community-based order or conditional suspended imprisonment order for her client. Magistrate Erin O’Donnell considered Cann’s early plea and successful completion of the Alcohol and Other Drug Diversion Program. Cann was sentenced to a 10-month community-based order with program and supervision requirements. If you or someone you know is experiencing family violence, phone 1800 RESPECT or the Crisis Care Helpline on 1800 199 008.