Samuel Patrick Dobb, a 1-1 pro MMA fighter and former pro rugby player, has been on trial for serious assault after a bizarre incident that occurred in Gold Coast, Queensland last May.
In that incident police were called to a residential neighbourhood at around 11pm and allegedly witnessed Dobb behaving erratically and repeatedly calling out to the devil (per 9 News).
An ambulance was then called and Dobb, once secured, was transported to a local hospital. During that ambulance ride Dobb is accused of sucking blood from an open wound on his finger and then spitting that blood at the paramedics who were trying to treat him.
That allegation lead to the serious assault charge.
This week, while Dobb was on trial for that offence, the fighter plead not guilty and blamed the whole thing on a spiked drink. He said that, during the ambulance ride, he saw “demon looking things” who were laughing at him.
When asked by the court if he knowingly ingested any narcotics before this incident took place Dobb said he would never take illegal drugs because they could be flagged in drug tests and thus jeopardize his MMA career.
According to MYGC Southport District Court Judge David Kent declared a mistrial in Dobb’s case on Wednesday. This decision was made after it was revealed that one of the jurors had made their own investigations into the case.
Prosecutors must now decided whether or not to call a new trial for Dobb.
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