An Arundel man, who shone a laser light at a police helicopter in June, has avoided jail.
51-year-old Frederick Attalah was handed a $1000 fine for shinning the light into the cockpit of the chopper, from the backyard of his home in Arundel earlier this year.
The court heard the father of two flashed it around five times, over a period of a minute or two.
He claims he had no idea he was targeting a police chopper, nor did he realise the seriousness of his crime.
