A man who threatened to shoot his toddler son and repeatedly bashed a woman with a firearm at a Brisbane house before surrendering to police has been sentenced to three years' jail.
The 38-year-old, who can't be named, was sentenced in the Brisbane District Court on Friday after pleading guilty to nine charges related to a siege at Caboolture in June last year.
Justice Terry Martin ordered the man to serve 18 months of his three year sentence. He's already spent 504 days in pre-sentence custody.
The court heard how he threatened to kill his 20-month old son and the woman, and fired a shot into the ceiling that caused plasterboard to fall onto a neighbour.
The neighbour had come to see what was going on after hearing a previous gunshot, which had been fired during a struggle between the gunman and the woman.
The pair had been in a relationship and the man had slept in a car at her home the previous night, after suffering a seizure.
In the morning he couldn't find the car keys and became aggressive, the court was told.
Crown prosecutor Deborah Holliday said the man repeatedly punched the woman and dragged her by the hair.
She said the defendant had also hit the woman with the sawn-off shot gun, causing her to "see black".
He told the woman: "If they come, I'm holding a siege. I'm shooting you and killing that baby."
The woman managed to escape but the toddler remained still trapped inside.
When police arrived, the gunman told officers: "If you come in I will shoot him."
But after surrendering, he told police he never intended to hurt his son.
He said he'd even fed the boy and put him to sleep during the four-hour stand off.
Ms Holliday said the incident was clearly a serious case of domestic violence.
Defence lawyer Angus Edwards said his client never intended to shoot anybody and the gun didn't belong to him.
Mr Edwards said the man had been adversely affected by the seizure and that his life had been going well until an assault left him suffering a form of epilepsy.
The man had self-medicated his seizures using speed and heroin, Mr Edwards said.
He also said his client had used some drugs that were left in the car that morning.
