By Isabelle Stanley for Dailymail.Com

Published: 2:38 PM EST, March 4, 2024 | Updated: 10:12 PM EST, March 4, 2024

This is the sickening moment three brutes shot and robbed an innocent man after he gave them a dollar at a gas station in Kansas City, Missouri.

Police are looking for the three suspects accused of shooting the man on Feb. 22 around 10:45 p.m. in the 4500 block of Cleveland Avenue.

The shocking incident was captured on CCTV and shows the victim handing over a dollar to one of the suspects he thought was a homeless man, before two other men emerge from the petrol station, shoot him, search his pockets and steal his car .

The victim has now left the hospital and is recovering at home.

The police are looking for the three men, who can be seen on CCTV footage from the store, wearing dark tracksuits and hoods.

Police shared photos of three suspects who have not yet been identified on Monday afternoon

The shocking video shows the victim walking around his car to hand over a dollar to one of the suspects, who he thought was homeless.

Two other suspects then run out of the gas station and approach the victim, who backs away.

One of the suspects then shoots him in the leg and he falls to the ground near his car.

The suspects then begin to climb into the victim’s car to drive away, when one of them decides to go back and search his pockets.

Two other suspects then emerged from the gas station and approached him before shooting him in the leg

The victim approached one of the suspects to hand him a dollar, thinking he was homeless

He searches his pockets while the victim lies on the ground before appearing to grab something.

The suspect with the gun then gets out of the car and walks towards the victim, as if he is talking to him.

He then searches his pockets and pushes him onto his back to check the other side before picking up what he found and heading back to the car.

The Kansas City Police Department shared the footage on X, saying, “Watch the entire video. While leaving a gas station, an innocent man was asked for a dollar and given it.

The victim then fell to the ground before the suspect went through his pockets

“He was then shot and robbed in the 4500 block of Cleveland Ave. on February 22 around 10:45 p.m.

‘When the man is lying there injured, you see one of the three suspects searches his pockets, looking for valuables.

“Towards the end of this video you will see suspects in the store. We’ve included their photo in this thread.

“If you can identify any of the suspects, please contact our Robbery Unit at 816-234-5230 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.”

They later added: ‘Thankfully the victim is out of hospital and recovering at home.’

Jonathan Halstead, January 35 – 29, 2020

Jonathan died after suffering a serious neck injury and bite after being attacked by his pet Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Bronson, at his home in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

It is believed the dog attacked him when the owner suffered a seizure.

Jack Lis, 10

Jack Lis, November 10 – 8, 2021

Schoolboy Jack Lis, 10, suffered catastrophic injuries when mauled by an American XL Bully dog ​​named Beast while visiting a friend’s home at Penyrheol in Caerphilly, Wales on November 8, 2021.

Neighbors and paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance Service desperately tried to save him but he died at the scene. Armed police destroyed the dog on the spot.

Adam Watts, 55

Adam Watts, 55 – December 22, 2021

Adam Watts, 55, was attacked at the Juniper Kennels and Cattery in Kirkton of Auchterhouse, near Dundee, and was pronounced dead at the scene on December 22, 2021.

MARCH 21, 2022: Undated family photo released by Merseyside Police of Bella-Rae Birch

Bella-Rae Birch, 17 months – March 21, 2022

Toddler Bella-Rae Birch was attacked by her family’s American Bully XL dog when she was just 17 months old.

The vicious dog snatched the child from her mother’s arms while they were at their home in Blackbrook, St Helens, Merseyside, on March 21 last year.

Kevin Jones, 62

Keven Jones, 62 – May 28, 2022

Keven Jones died after being attacked by an American Bully XL dog in Wrexham, Wales on May 28 last year.

Paramedics tried to save him, but they were unable to stop the bleeding from his left leg.

Mr Jones was subsequently pronounced dead at his son’s home following the attack.

Johanna Robinson, 43

Joanne Robinson, 43 – July 15, 2022

Mum-of-two Joanne Robinson, 43, was killed by her American Bully XL dog, Rocco, after it ‘went crazy in the extreme heat’ in July last year.

She died at the scene of the attack at her home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, while her partner, Jamie Stead, was left with injuries to his hands, stomach and face when he tried to pull the animal off her.

Joanne’s mother Dot, from Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, revealed at the time that Rocco had previously had a fight with their other dog Lola – and she had warned her daughter to ‘get rid of one of them’.

Ian ‘Wiggy’ Symes, 34

Ian Symes, 34 – August 2022

Ian ‘Wiggy’ Symes, 34, who is believed to have been walking a Bully XL dog himself at a leisure site in Fareham, Hampshire, died at the scene after a horrific dog attack in August 2022.

His devastated family said he was walking the dog and ‘doing something he loved’ when he died in the field in Fareham, Hampshire.

Anna Dunn, 65

Ann Dunn, 65 – October 3, 2022

Ann Dunn, 65, was found collapsed with ‘catastrophic injuries’ at her Liverpool home, which she shared with seven dogs, on October 3 last year.

She was bitten to death by dogs, including an American Bully XL, and had been sent to hospital for being bitten by a dog a year before her death.

Shirley Patrick, 83

Shirley Patrick, 83 – December 3, 2022

Widowed grandmother Shirley Patrick, aged 83, died after being brutally mauled by an XL Bully in her own home.

The retired nurse died in hospital 17 days after suffering ‘life-threatening injuries’ during the ‘hellish’ and ‘violent’ dog attack in Caerphilly, South Wales on December 3 last year.

Jonathan Hogg, 37

Jonathan Hogg, May 37 – 18, 2023

Jonathan Hogg, 37, was mauled to death by an American XL Bully dog ​​after it turned on him while he was caring for a friend.

He entered the doghouse when it got him, leaving bite marks on his arm, leg and head, an inquest heard.

He was rushed to hospital but died from his injuries following the mauling in Leigh, Greater Manchester, on May 18 this year.

Ian Price, 52

Ian Price, 52 – September 14, 2023

On Thursday, September 14, ‘pillar of the community’ Ian Price, 52, was attacked and killed by two ‘diabolical’ XL Bully dogs after they jumped from his neighbour’s window in Stonnall, Staffordshire.

Mr Price, from Stonnall, Staffordshire, was attacked and killed by the two dogs who jumped from a primary school neighbor’s window. He reportedly died defending his elderly mother from the animals.

The dogs bit him and ripped the clothes off his body, leaving him to die in a pool of blood in his boxer shorts during the horror attack just meters from his home.

Ian Langley, 54

Ian Langley, 54 – October 3, 2023

Ian Langley, 54, was attacked on the Sunderland estate on October 3 this year by a huge XL Bully dog ​​that grabbed him by the neck as he bent down to pick up his Patterdale terrier puppy.

The attack left Mr. Langley required CPR for about 15 minutes as emergency responders fought to stop heavy bleeding from his wounds. However, he tragically succumbed to his injuries. His dog survived.

While Hollywood stars are some of the most recognizable people on the planet, these high school yearbook photos from 1983 will leave many struggling to put a name to a face.

Four decades ago, these ten A-listers were gearing up to graduate alongside their student peers.

Although household names today, at the time they were just regular teenagers – and no doubt clueless about the super stardom that was coming for them.

From international models, to Grammy award-winning musicians, and Oscar-nominated actors, DailyMail.com has exclusively obtained throwback yearbook images of celebrities before they achieved world-wide fame. 

Linda Evangelista

Supermodel Linda Evangelista, 58, was once considered one of the most beautiful and striking women in the world.

As a teenager, she started modelling locally in her Canadian hometown of St Catharaines, and two years before she graduated high school, she competed in the Miss Teen Niagara beauty pageant.

While she didn’t win the competition, she caught the eye of a representative from Elite Model Management.

The supermodel pictured  Evangelista at the Azzedine Alaia Spring 1990 show circa 1989 in Paris, France

In 1984, just one year after leaving Denis Morris Catholic High School, Linda moved to New York City having inked a contract with Elite, before the company whisked her off to Paris.

Linda launched her international high-fashion career in the French capital and would go on to cover magazines from Vogue to Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Elle.

When she was just 22, Linda married the former French model agency boss Gerald Marie, who was 37 at the time. Their marriage lasted six years.

In February 2021, Marie was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 11 women. The allegations, which he denied, relate to the 1980s and 1990s and, due to a statute of limitations in France, police announced earlier this year that they were closing the investigation.

While Linda has maintained that she didn’t know about the alleged misconduct, she has said that she believes her ex-husband’s accusers.

Discussing their relationship in the documentary The Super Models, she said: ‘I learned that maybe I was in the wrong relationship. It’s easier said than done to leave an abusive relationship.

In September, Linda revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2018

‘I understand that concept, because I lived it. If it was just a matter of saying, “I want a divorce, see ya”… it doesn’t work that way. He knew not to touch my face, not to touch the money-maker, you know?’

In recent years, Linda has been at the center of a number of personal controversies, including botched surgical procedures.

In September, she revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2018 and underwent a bilateral mastectomy. Doctors then discovered cancer in her pectoral muscle last year.

Charlie Sheen 

Charlie Sheen looked like butter wouldn’t melt – years before his public meltdowns 

Fresh-faced Charlie Sheen looked dapper in his yearbook photograph – but the Two and a Half Men star never quite made it to graduation.

As a youngster, he attended Santa Monica High School in California, alongside fellow Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr.

A few weeks before he was due to graduate in 1983, he was expelled from school for poor grades and attendance. 

Charlie, who had been a star pitcher and shortstop for the baseball team, showed a keen interest in acting, making amateur Super 8 films with his brother Emilio and school friends Rob Lowe and Sean Penn.

His poor grades didn’t stand in the way of his passion for film – and he went on to star alongside Patrick Swayze in the teen drama Red Dawn just one year after leaving education.

The actor starred alongside his father Martin Sheen in the 1987 film Wall Street 

Charlie pictured at he Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association’s Beastly Ball 2023 at the Los Angeles Zoo in June 

His major film roles would come shortly after, including Platoon (1986) and Wall Street (1987).

In 2003 he landed the role of Charlie Harper in CBS comedy sitcom Two and a Half Men and had a meltdown in 2011 at the height of his fame.

At the time, he declared he was ‘winning,’ drinking ‘tiger blood and had ‘Adonis DNA.’ In 2015, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with HIV in May 2011.

Charlie has been married three times, first to Donna Peele for one year in 1995, then Denise Richards for four years in 2002, and Brooke Muller for three years in 2008.

He is father to five children.

Brooke Shields

Child star Brooke Shields pictured in her 1983 yearbook photograph 

Actress and model Brooke Shields’ career in showbusiness began several years before she graduated from Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey.

When she was just 14, she became the youngest fashion model ever to appear on the cover of Vogue – and by age 16, she was one of the most recognizable faces in the country.

Brooke’s foray into modelling began when she was just 11 months old, during a shoot for Ivory Soap. She would then go on to feature on covers including People, Time, Elle, and Tatler.

Brooke at the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 18, 1998

In 1978, when she was 11, Brooke gained widespread notoriety for her leading role in the film Pretty Baby, in which she appeared in nude scenes and was forced to seductively kiss Keith Carradine, then 27.

In March this year, Brooke confronted her childhood exploitation in the documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields when her daughter Rowan said of the controversial movie: ‘It’s child pornography! Would you have let us [do that] at the age of 11?’

Overcome with emotion, Brooke responded: ‘No’.

Recalling the conversation, she told The Sunday Times Magazine: ‘That was hard for me, to not justify my mom to them, but when they asked, I thought, ”Oh God, I have to admit this.”’

Brooke, now 58, had long deflected the blame faced by her mother Terri Shields, who allowed her to pose nude for a Playboy at the age of 10.

Brooke pictured at a Cannes news conference aged 13 discussing the film Pretty Baby

The actress, pictured at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party, critiqued her late mother for exploiting her as a child star 

However, she recently critiqued her late mother, who died in 2012, and said: ‘I don’t know why she thought it was all right. I don’t know.’

Brooke has twice been married. She initially wed tennis player Andre Agassi in 1997, before divorcing two years later.

She then married television writer Chris Henchy in 2001, with whom she has daughters, Rowan, 20, and Grier, 17.

 Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller sported a mop of curly hair in his yearbook photo at the Calhoun School in New York

Teenage Ben Stiller may look worlds away from the Zoolander actor we all know and love – but he was working on his blue steel long before the movie aired.

The curly-haired youngster, now 58, graduated from the Calhoun School in New York in 1983 before enrolling at the University of California as a film student.

Ben had made his acting debut before he finished school, having appeared in his mom’s short-lived TV series Kate McShane when he was just nine.

Besides having starred in a variety of films, including There’s Something About Mary (1998), Tropic Thunder (2008), and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), he has also served as a director, producer, and writer on a number of productions.

Ben pictured alongside his wife Christine Taylor at the Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Off-Broadway opening night last month

Ben is married to Christine Taylor. The couple first met while they were both filming Heat Vision And Jack  in 1999.

They eventually wed in May 2000, but separated in 2017. However, the pair later reconciled after living together during the Covid pandemic in 2020 and have remained together ever since.

They share a daughter, Ella, 21, and a son, Quinlin, 17.

Ella has followed her famous parents into a career in acting and already has film credits in Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb and as a voice actress in Megamind.

Kristin Davis

Kristin Davis graduated from A.C. Flora High School 40 years ago 

Long before she played a respected art dealer on the hunt for a husband in Sex and the City, Kristin Davis was graduating from A.C. Flora High School in South Carolina.

After her school days, the actress moved to New Jersey, where she attended Rutgers University, before moving to New York.

In the early 1990s, Kirstin landed bit parts in ER and General Hospital, before getting her big break on Melrose Place as antagonist Brooke Armstrong Campbell, who she portrayed for one year before getting killed off.

But it was landing the role of art-loving romantic Charlotte York in Sex and the City alongside Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kim Cattrall, that sparked stardom.

Away from Hollywood’s bright lights, Kristin is a mother to two adopted children; Gemma whom she adopted in 2011 and Wilson, whom she adopted in 2018.

She was cast as Charlotte York in Sex and the City alongside Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kim Cattrall in 1998

The actress is happily single, having recently revealed that marriage was never something that interested her

She has been vocal about motherhood and marriage and has previously said how she felt waiting until she was in her mid-40s to have a child was the right decision.

The actress also revealed earlier this year that marriage was never something that interested her.

Unlike her famous, wedding-obsessed character Charlotte, the raven-haired beauty has never tied the knot — nor does she want to.

She revealed on Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin’s podcast Best Friend Energy that marriage was just not her ‘thing.’

‘I’m not married. I’ve never been married,’ the And Just Like That…star declared. ‘It was never like a goal, let’s say,’ she added.

She has had some famous relationships, however, having previously romanced Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin and Aaron Sorkin.

 John C. Reilly 

Baby-faced John C. Reilly before he became a prominent Hollywood actor 

Comedic actor John C. Reilly hasn’t visibly changed too much since his baby-faced yearbook photo 40 years ago.

The Step Brothers star attended Brother Rice High School in Chicago before going on to study theater at the DePaul University in Chicago.

He enjoyed a small role in a 1987 production of The Grapes of Wrath before making his film debut in Brian De Palma’s 1989 Vietnam drama Casualties of War.

John, now 58, earned a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for his role as Amos Hart in the 2002 musical Chicago.

He went on to gain prominence for his roles in comedy films such as Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Step Brothers, which was released one year later.

Step Brothers actor John at the Chopard Trophy during the 76th annual Cannes film festival

Away from the screen, John married Alison Dickey, an independent film producer in 1992, three years after they met on the set of Casualties of War in Thailand.

The couple have two sons, Leo and Arlo Reilly, who are both models.

Robin Wright

Actress Robin Wright stunned in her yearbook photo, taken months before her big break

Robin Wright was one of the highest paid actresses in the US – but her rise to stardom started after she graduated from La Jolla High School in Los Angeles.

Although her television career began at the age of 18 when she played Kelly Capwell in the NBC Daytime soap opera Santa Barbara, she had her first taste of modelling four years prior.

From 2013 to 2018, Robin appeared as Claire Underwood in the Netflix political drama House of Cards, a role that earned her a staggering eight Emmy nominations.

In 2016, it was reported that she was earning an eye-watering $420,000 per episode.

Before House of Cards, however, Robin appeared alongside Tom Hanks in the 1994 film Forrest Gump where she played Jenny Curran, a role that earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Robin was married to actor Sean Penn, with whom she shares children Dylan, 32, and Hopper, 30.

The former couple started dating in 1989 and broke up and got back together regularly before marrying in 1996.

They first planned on divorcing in December 2007 but called it off four months later.

Robin and her daughter Dylan Penn pictured at the Ralph Lauren SS23 Runway Show at The Huntington Library in October 2022

They separated again in April 2009, but withdrew the documents the following month.

However, Robin filed the divorce documents in August 2009 and their divorce was finalized in July 2010.

‘Divorce in and of itself, and with children, is devastating,’ the Princess Bride star said in 2014.

‘Worse than that. One of the reasons why we got back together and broke up so much was trying to keep the family together.

‘If you’ve got kids, it’s a family, and you try again, and you try again.’

 The Undertaker

The Undertaker was suited and booted with a black tie for his graduation photograph

WWE hero The Undertaker, real name Mark Calaway, is one of the best professional wrestlers in history.

But he looks a far cry from his menacing alter ego in the ring in innocent high school pictures.

Mark was an avid basketball player at school

Before beginning his illustrious career in 1987, he graduated Waltrip High School in Houston, Texas, where he had excelled in football and basketball.

During his teenage years, the sports played a big part in Mark’s life, and he went on to study in Texas on a basketball scholarship, before enrolling in a sport management program and playing as a center for the Rams in 1985 for one year.

In 1986, however, Mark dropped out of college to focus on his pursuit of sports and even considered becoming a professional basketballer in Europe – before landing on pro wrestling.

He joined the world of WWE as The Master of Pain and later Texas Red and The Punisher among others before settling on The Undertaker – who revealed himself to be a vampire.

He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last year after retiring from the sport in 2020 following an in-ring career spanning over 30 years.

In July, the sports star, 58, took bravery to a whole new level by standing in front of shark that had swam close to the shore to protect his wife Michelle McCool at the beach.

The Undertaker retired from the ring in 2020 following a 30-year career 

He was filmed by his Michelle, standing in a trademark all-black outfit while the shark swam close to the shore.

Michelle later tweeted that it turned out to be a nurse shark, which do not naturally attack people, but she said her husband didn’t know that at the time.

Shania Twain

Shania Twain sported coiffured hair in her blurry end of high school snap 

Shania Twain is barely recognizable in her 1983 yearbook photo – except perhaps for her signature blowout.

The Queen of Country Pop, now 58, attended Timmins High and Vocational School in Ontario, Canada while also juggling her musical endeavors outside of the classroom.

When she was just 13, she was a guest performer on the CBC’s Tommy Hunter Show, while also serving as the singer in a local band called Longshot, which covered Top 40 music.

Ten years after finishing high school, Shania released her self-titled debut album, before going on to release The Woman in Me two years later.

The You’re Still The One hitmaker is one of the best-selling music artists of all time

However, it was Shania’s third studio album, Come on Over (1997), that would send her to stratospheric heights. At the time, the album was the biggest-selling studio album by a female solo artist.

It also became the best-selling country album, selling over 40 million copies worldwide.

Shania opened up about how music helped her as a child growing up in an abusive household in her native Timmins.

Speaking in her Netflix documentary Just a Girl, she said: ‘Growing up in a violent household was horrible, but I locked myself away with music to block out everything else, so that all I could see, hear, think, imagine was music.’

Calista Flockhart

Calista Flockhart pictured 14 years before she was cast as Ally McBeal

The teen was a member of the student council cabinet during her high school days  

Fourteen years before she skyrocketed to fame as Ally McBeal, Calista Flockhart was gearing up to graduate from Shawnee High School in New Jersey.

The fresh-faced teen, now 59, was reportedly a keen cheerleader, as well as a member of the student council, and a flute-player in the school band.

Calista would continue her passion for the arts at Rutgers University, where she graduated with a degree in theatre in 1988.

In 1997, Calista became a household name after she was awarded the starring role in David E. Kelley’s Fox television series Ally McBeal, a character she would play until 2002.

The show followed Ally, a lawyer working in the Boston law firm Cage and Fish along with her ex-lover and his wife.

Calista and her husband Harrison Ford at the Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny red carpet during the 76th Cannes Film Festival

One year after making her debut on the hit show, she won a Golden Globe Award.

Calista has been married to Star Wars favorite Harrison Ford since 2010. 

The pair met at the Golden Globe Awards on January 20, 2002 and later got engaged on Valentine’s Day in 2009 before tying the knot in June, 2010.  

Together, Calista and Harrison share adopted son, Liam, 22. Liam is also father to daughter Georgia from his 20-year marriage to late ex-wife Melissa Mathison, which ended in 2004.

A jilted woman branded her innocent ex-boyfriend a domestic abuser and ridiculed his new girlfriend as the ‘Mexican Shrek’ after she vowed to ‘ruin’ him in a terrifying hate campaign.

Mr Schooler, who had been dating Connolly for just two weeks, was banned from seeing his children from a previous relationship because of the defamation against him.

But Connolly continued to bombard him with more insulting messages mocking his skin condition and saying: ‘Only a fat troll would love you. Look at your skin, you make me sick.”

In a series of insulting phone calls to the infantryman, she vowed, “I’m going to stab you.” I’m going to make your life a misery. I’m going to ruin you.’

Innocent Alex Schooler was in a relationship with Connolly for only two weeks, but was banned from seeing his children from a previous relationship because of the defamation against him

During her vile campaign, Connolly also targeted Mr Schooler’s unnamed girlfriend, texting her: ‘Fat c***’, ‘F****** fat state, if I were you I would committed suicide a long time ago. ‘

Other messages read: ‘Your kids are even crazier than you. I’m going to fucking kill you. Go watch your retarded kids, Mexican Shrek.”

Mr Schooler, from Halewood, near Liverpool, later said Connolly had preyed on him in a twisted attempt to rekindle their romance by ‘isolating’ him from his friends and family.

In a statement to police he said: ‘I had decided not to continue the relationship and I told her I didn’t want to see her anymore, but I started receiving messages via Facebook. She contacted friends and family, insulted them and spread lies about me.”

Mr Schooler said Connolly had sent a message to his former partner claiming he had been ‘aggressive’ towards her and included a photo of himself with an injury and a bloodied face.

He added: “She said I had given her the injuries but it was an old injury and she had shown me the injury before during our relationship. As a result of this lie, my ex-partner has stopped access to my children because she fears that I could be a danger to them.

‘She sent the photo to relatives and my mother and said I had attacked her. She posted it on Facebook saying I had attacked her domestically, but quickly deleted it. [..]

‘It had a really damaging effect on my mental health. I am prevented from seeing my children. I am constantly waiting for the next threat or insulting call.”

Mr Schooler said Connolly had targeted him in a twisted attempt to rekindle their romance

During her vile campaign, Connolly also abused Mr Schooler’s unnamed girlfriend

Mr Schooler said Connolly had sent a message to his former partner claiming he had been ‘aggressive’ towards her

At Warrington Crown Court, Connolly, 24, from Upton on The Wirral, who has a new boyfriend, pleaded guilty to harassment and sending threatening and false messages online. She broke down in tears when she was spared jail and sentenced to nine weeks in prison, suspended for two years.

The court heard Connolly had started dating Mr Schooler in March this year, but he ended their relationship after discovering through friends that she had problems with alcohol.

Nicola Parr, prosecuting, said: ‘After they broke up he was called at least once a day. Normally he would hang up, but when he did speak to her it was to tell her not to contact him again.

‘Alex started dating another woman but the defendant sent her 24 messages of a threatening and hate-related nature. She had to contact her GP for increased anti-anxiety medication. It was a hate crime as she called the victim’s children r*******.”

In her victim impact statement, Mr Schooler’s girlfriend said: ‘This incident has left me very upset and saddened. For the sake of the children, I try to keep my emotions under control. I can not sleep. I’m always waiting for a new way for the accused to harass me.

‘I went to my doctor and have more medication for anxiety. I think it’s disgusting to use my son’s mental health status against him. [..]

“It scares me that she will make threats.”

Connolly had previously been convicted of criminal damage after vandalizing a car. In mitigation, defense barrister Adam Antowskiw said: “I accept that the offenses are particularly vicious.

‘The accusation against the victim was indeed false as he was not responsible for the injury, but she had been a victim of domestic violence approximately six months earlier.

‘These offenses took place under the influence of drink and as a result she has sat up and realized that.’

Connolly broke down in tears as she was spared jail and was sentenced to nine weeks in prison, suspended for two years

Connolly was also ordered to complete a six-month mental health program, 90 days of alcohol withdrawal monitoring plus 20 rehabilitation days.

She was also given a two-year restraining order banning her from contacting Mr Schooler and his girlfriend, and ordered to pay £154 in costs and a victim surcharge.

JP Eric Hodgson told her: ‘Given the aggravating element and the harm suffered by the victims in total, the offenses have exceeded the threshold for custody. However, we believe that in your case there is a real prospect of rehabilitation.

“We are not going to award any damages because all we have given you has been sufficient punishment, and we think it would be better to achieve a clean break between you and the victims.”

Disturbing moment little boy watches in tears as his father is ‘beaten’ and sprayed with pepper spray by the cop as he begs the cop not to ‘kill’ him…and now the chief cop has learned his fate

• Officer of 21 years Jay Maleckas beat an innocent man
• The man’s son, seven, watched the attack

By Ashley Nickel for Daily Mail Australia

published: 06:54 EDT, Jun 6, 2023 | Updated: 07:27 EDT, Jun 6, 2023

Disturbing footage showing a police officer beating an innocent man in front of his sobbing son has been released as the cop’s desperate attempt to clear his name is rejected.

NSW Senior Constable Jay Maleckas was found guilty of needlessly beating and using paprika spray on father Steven McIvor outside Castle Hill tube station in Sydney’s north west on September 5, 2020.

The 21-year-old officer also had his appeal against the conviction dismissed by Judge Stephen Hanley in Parramatta District Court on Monday, the Daily telegram reports.

Footage recorded by Mr McIvor captured on police bodycams shows the tense exchange that followed a plea for help from the father after he was confronted by a group of ‘eshays’.

NSW Senior Constable Jay Maleckas was found guilty of needlessly beating and using paprika spray on father Steven McIvor in September 2020 (pictured, Mr McIvor after the attack)

At the beginning of the video, Mr. McIvor can be seen repeatedly asking Maleckas if he can speak to a sergeant and if he was arrested while Maleckas blocked him from going down the footpath.

Finally, Maleckas told the bereaved father that he had been arrested “to prevent a disturbance of the peace.”

Mr. McIvor was then told to lie down on the floor and was tackled with his seven-year-old son crying as he crouched beside him.

The young boy was then pushed aside and watched in horror as Malecka’s paprika sprayed his father to the point that he couldn’t breathe and punched him nine times, causing his head to bleed profusely.

During the attack, Mr. McIvor told the officer he was willing to cooperate, saying, “I’ll do whatever you want, sir, tell me!”, and “I’m over it, I’m over it, let me go ! ‘.

Finally, Maleckas rolled the father onto his side and strangely went over to comfort the hysterical boy.

As he followed his handcuffed father to the police car, Mr. McIvor’s frightened son asked Maleckas, “Can’t you kill him?”

Maleckas (pictured outside Parramatta court on Monday) was found to have used unreasonable force against Mr McIvor after arresting him without ‘foundation’

Mr McIvor’s seven-year-old son (pictured crouching next to his father during the attack) cried and asked Maleckas not to kill his father

Maleckas said to the boy, ‘Oh, I’m not going to kill him mate, I’m not going to kill him. He’s fine.’

The seven-year-old insisted, “But you have a gun.”

Maleckas closed the fair and said, ‘No, I’m not going to shoot him. I’m not going to shoot him, mate.’

The court heard Mr McIvor summoned the police, claiming that ‘about 50 small children’ threatened him with violence on the tube station platform after he left the nearby Hillside Tavern.

He admitted that he was “somewhat” under the influence of alcohol at the time and was in a “heightened emotional state.”

However, the police apparently did not respond to Mr McIvor’s call, so he started walking to the local police station to file a report.

It was on his way to the station that he was confronted around 4:00 PM by Maleckas, who had two probationary officers following him to find out about the job.

The judge noted that none of the rookies wanted to arrest Mr. McIvor.

Mr McIvor (pictured with Maleckas just before the attack) had called the police after a group of ‘eshays’ threatened him at Castle Hill tube station in Sydney’s northwest

Video shows Maleckas yelling “don’t bite me, don’t bite me, motherfucker” at Mr. McIvor between spraying paprika and beating him.

Judge Stephen Hanley ruled that Maleckas had ‘no basis’ for arresting Mr McIvor, noting: ‘Even if it had been lawful, the applicant (Maleckas) had to use reasonable force.’

Outside court on Monday, Mr McIvor said the verdict left him ‘relieved’.

“(It’s a) big three years,” he shared Seven News.

Maleckas has resigned from the police force.