A far north Queensland teenager who gained notoriety as a crocodile attack survivor will be released from prison today, after pleading guilty to assaulting two police officers.

Lee de Paauw, 18, was today convicted of several offences, including attempting to steal a car and assaulting two police officers in Innisfail.

One of the assault incidents occurred after his first court appearance while he was in police custody.

The attempted theft was captured by security cameras, and show de Paauw climbing into a car after its owner entered a convenience store.

The teenager first gained attention in March when, in order to impress a girl, he jumped into the crocodile infested Johnstone River and was attacked.

"The media took quite a lot of interest in my client," de Paauw's lawyer Chris Blishen told the court.

"They reduced him to a celebrity which gave him some notoriety, which actually helped him in jail."

Mr Blishen told the court de Paauw was paid $7,000 for one of his media interviews following the incident, and that "there's rumours around town he received up to $20,000".

"He spent every single cent, either on drugs, being methylamphetamine, or women.

"He goes on what I would say would be a drug binge [...] he jumped into a river and it just escalated from there."

Mr Blishen suggested de Paauw suffered from psychotic episodes but did not submit a mental health assessment with that indication, leading Magistrate Cathy McLennan to refuse to consider it.

"If he decides to take the ice, he decides to take the full consequences of his offending behaviour," Ms McLennan said.

Magistrate McLennan told de Paauw she hoped he would take the experience as a "wake up call", after meeting others in custody that have ruined their lives as a result of drug use.

"There are only two places that ice use will take you in the future [...] back in prison, or you will be in the morgue," she told de Paauw.

'I was very f***ed up'

De Paauw appeared in court through video link from jail, and interjected several times throughout the sentencing.

When told he would be released from prison today, he sobbed, exclaiming "thank you, your honour".

At the end of the sentencing he offered an apology to the police officer he assaulted in the watch house

"I was very f***ed up and would have no reason to assault him, he was very nice [...] I apologise deeply for that," de Paauw told the court.

He also offered evidence of his rehabilitation while in prison, showing off a notebook containing lyrics to songs he had written.

"I'm getting fitter ... look at my eight pack, I've never had that," de Paauw said before standing and lifting his shirt up.

De Paauw served 16 days of his three-month sentence in prison, and has been ordered to follow a two-year probation order.