National Crime Agency (NCA) bombing accused Domenic Perre will not face any additional jail time, despite being found guilty of spitting on a police officer who had come to interview him while in prison.
Perre was last week found guilty of the aggravated assault on Detective Brevet Sergeant Simon Cassell at the Adelaide Remand Centre in November 2018.
Brevet Sergeant Cassell told the court last month that Perre had spat towards him when he and a colleague had gone to his cell to investigate an alleged assault on Perre by another prisoner.
He told the court that spittle had landed on his jacket lapel.
Magistrate Jack Fahey this afternoon told the Adelaide Magistrates Court that he found Perre's actions "abhorrent" and "disgusting".
"If the spittle had landed on the victim's skin, particularly the face, there's always a risk the victim could contract an infection or transmissible disease.
"In this case, there was no contact, but I still consider this to be an aggravated act."
Perre is currently serving a term of imprisonment of seven years and has been in custody since 2017.
He has been described as South Australia's "most infamous prisoner" and is awaiting judgement in his murder trial for the bombing of Adelaide's National Crime Authority office in 1994 which killed Detective Sergeant Geoffrey Bowen.
Magistrate Fahey said that, while he would normally impose a sentence of four to five months, in this case he would take into consideration the amount of time Perre had already served in jail.
"I will record a conviction and take into account the time Perre has spent already [in custody] … and, therefore, I impose no further penalty," Magistrate Fahey said.
"I should add, this does not mean I condone Mr Perre's actions.
"I consider them abhorrent, but I acknowledge he's been in custody for a long time now."
