A teenage drug dealer who used Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook to sell drugs to the Coast has been told the region would benefit from him changing his hobby.
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Subscriber only An elderly man who broke into a car and stole $170 cash was busted when a red light slowed his getaway. Propped up by his walking stick, Alexander Forsyth faced the Nambour Magistrates Court on Monday. He pleaded guilty to unlawful entry of a vehicle to committing an indictable offence. The 68-year-old retiree had stolen cash from an unlocked car parked near a construction site where the victim was working in Nambour on December 22. Forsyth had opened the car from the driver s side, found the victim s wallet with the cash inside and pocketed it before driving off in his own car.
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Subscriber only From a gutsy grandma who tried to outrun police to a grandpa who was too slack to delete child exploitation material from his phone, here are eight Sunshine Coast grandparents who were busted setting a bad example. Â
Drug-dealing grandad s desperate act to save dying wife Thomas Ivor Jones claimed he committed drug offences to support his terminally-ill wife and himself after her death. Propped up by his walking stick, a grandfather pleaded guilty to staggering drug crimes he committed to support his cancer-riddled wife and himself after her death. Alexandra Headland man Thomas Ivor Jones bought a large amount of marijuana in a failed attempt to produce cannabis oil to ease his wife s pain during her terminal battle, Maroochydore District Court heard in 2019.
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Subscriber only From burglars who lounged around the pool to a boss who bashed a customer, dozens of criminals were jailed in 2020 for offences on the Sunshine Coast. These seven were released on parole or had the remainder of their sentence suspended in time for Christmas. Troy David Peake was jailed for strangling his partner. A man who strangled his partner for not bringing home cask wine was released on parole on December 4. Troy David Peake, 41, was in November sentenced for domestic violence offences on May 24 last year. Maroochydore District Court heard his partner, then 32, had returned from the shops when Peake grew mad that she hadn t bought him wine.
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From nightclub knockouts to plaza pests and a supermarket stoush, several people were sentenced in 2020 for throwing fists.
Here are seven offenders who were reminded of the potentially fatal consequences of unprovoked attacks when they faced a Sunshine Coast court.
Boxer dodges jail time after nightclub knockout
A boxer who knocked a stranger unconscious at an Ocean St nightclub avoided jail time in March.
Maroochydore District Court heard that Scott Peter Kelly, 29, was intoxicated inside Maroochydore’s The Post Office Bar on June 3, 2018, when he punched a 24 year old in the face with a closed fist.