25-year-old Dylan Rule pleaded guilty to assaulting an LGBTIQA+ person and abusing police officers in Ballarat on July 5, 2024.

25-year-old Ballarat man, Dylan Rule, pleaded guilty in court for verbally abusing and punching an LGBTIQA+ person in the jaw at Little Bridge Street bus stop. He also abused police officers during the arrest of his mother. Rule faced the Ballarat Magistrates' Court on July 5, 2024, for these incidents.