Here are eight Gympie drivers who avoided the law and made the cop s job harder.
1. Shotgun killer jailed after driving rampage ends in Gympie A convicted killer was given another three years in jail for a terrifying rampage that ended in Gympie. John Allan Black, 45, repeatedly evaded police and drove on the wrong side of the road during an attempted meth-addled getaway that ended when he crashed on a dead-end road in Gympie. John Allan Black served 12 years for the shooting manslaughter of a Mt Isa man. Black pleaded guilty to two counts each of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, along with nine summary offences he racked up throughout the rampage.
From a train masturbator who risked it all to steal a bag of lollies from Target, to a man who got bogged trying to escape police, to a woman who kept knuckledusters, tasers, a butterfly knife and other illegal weapons to protect her from yowies, the Gympie courts have certainly been busy dealing with all kinds of criminal matters through 2020.
Here’s a look at the nine most bizarre crimes to go through Gympie courts this year:
1. Gympie train masturbator’s crime spree lands him in court
A SERIAL shoplifter banned from Target stores nationwide who risked it all to steal a bag of lollies found himself in front of Gympie Magistrates Court this week.