Mark Oliver Drake-Brockman: Jailed for splitting partner’s head open with drink bottle over mop anger

A man who split his partner’s head open with an aluminium drink bottle after an argument over a mop has been jailed. Mark Oliver Drake-Brockman, 46, was sentenced in Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court on Thursday after previously pleading guilty to the charge of aggravated unlawful wounding. Drake-Brockman’s partner of four years was living with him in Nulsen when on October 2, 2025 he became angry after not being able to find a mop and punched the victim twice in the face. The victim fell to the ground and covered her head with her hands as Drake-Brockman tried to kick her in the head. The victim went and laid on her bed to call police and Drake-Brockman came in, punched her in the head, and threw an aluminium drink bottle at her. The blow from the drink bottle caused her head to bleed and required eight stitches. Defence lawyer Matthew Townsend said the pair were no longer together and the relationship had been marred by meth use. He also claimed Drake-Brockman believed the victim was seeing another man at the time of the offence, which led to an argument. He said this was his client’s first time in jail, but he was also in custody for other unrelated matters proceeding to the District Court. Magistrate William Yoo said the offence was a serious example of its type and the court had a role to deter men in particular from engaging in this kind of conduct. He gave Drake-Brockman a 20 per cent discount to his sentence for his plea of guilty, landing him seven months in jail, backdated to October 3, and made him eligible for parole. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)