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One of the 1916 Easter Rising's stranger episodes. Thomas Kent did not go out to fight. The British came to him, looking for trouble.

Premium Content An underground miner turned to illicit drugs after his best friend died by suicide. The miner drove a car while on drugs, crashing through a fence and into a pole. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty on April 23 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to breaching domestic violence orders, drug driving, wilful damage, stealing, drive without due care and attention, stealing fuel, attempted unlawful use of a motor vehicle, fail to appear in court and enter pr...

In July, $200 was withdrawn. Sen-Constable Rowe said a UnitingCare lead practitioner was conducting an audit in September to ensure the victims finance ledger and bank account matched up. The practitioner noticed there was a discrepancy and after questioning Morris, the 74-year-old woman admitted she took the cash. After that, Morris handed in her resignation and paid back the money. In court on Monday, Morris pleaded guilty to fraud. Lawyer Peta Vernon said Morris had been working with U...

She then swore again at police and threw two cigarettes at an officer. Bauer did not do a second breath test and instead continued swearing at police and throwing her arms around, then hit a different officer in the arm with her fist. A little later she again swung her first and hit a light device on an officers arm, all the while claiming she was not the one driving the vehicle earlier in the night. Sen-Constable Rowe said a couple of months later, in January, Bauer gave a statutory declar...

Stocks was caught on CCTV and police caught up with her on November 14. Sen-Constable Rowe said before being put in the police vehicle, Stocks was found with a meth pipe in her possession. Stocks pleaded guilty to unauthorised dealing with shop goods and possessing utensils or pipes. The 35-year-old woman told the court she thought she had money the first time on the Peak Downs Highway, but was mistaken. Driver fuelled up at a Bowen servo and drove off without paying. Photo: Trevor Veale ...

  Sen-Constable Rowe said Ferguson then steered onto the wrong side of the road to drive alongside the man before trying to run him off the road. The man was scared and sped away. But Ferguson kept following and when the man pulled into a driveway on Poole St, she rammed into his parked car. The court heard the mans car then crashed into another parked car, which then hit a wire fence. Sen-Constable Rowe said Fergusons behaviour was excessive and put community members at risk. Magistr...

  Sen-Constable Rowe said Ferguson then steered onto the wrong side of the road to drive alongside the man before trying to run him off the road. The man was scared and sped away. But Ferguson kept following and when the man pulled into a driveway on Poole St, she rammed into his parked car. The court heard the mans car then crashed into another parked car, which then hit a wire fence. Sen-Constable Rowe said Fergusons behaviour was excessive and put community members at risk. Magistr...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Bowen man called his mother-in-law a "bung-eyed butch c--t" and told his partner one of her children was "retarded", that she should not have had more. The 34-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, hurled a barrage of insults at the woman and was brought back down to size when the Bowen magistrate spoke. Police prosecutor Senior Constable Sarah Rowe told Bowen Magistrates Court the couple were arguing in January. Sen-Constable Rowe said during...

  Aldred said the Chief Health Officer made the directive on April 2 and the group was at sea so they did not know about it. "We spent three weeks out there. We came in, got some groceries and went back out," Aldred said. "We did not have any way of knowing about this. "We have emergency radio, but we have no communications, there are no iPhones or anything out there." The 69-year-old Dingo Beach man said he owned two tourist boats worth $500,000 each but they had not been used for work ...

  Aldred said the Chief Health Officer made the directive on April 2 and the group was at sea so they did not know about it. "We spent three weeks out there. We came in, got some groceries and went back out," Aldred said. "We did not have any way of knowing about this. "We have emergency radio, but we have no communications, there are no iPhones or anything out there." The 69-year-old Dingo Beach man said he owned two tourist boats worth $500,000 each but they had not been used for work ...