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A woman who repeatedly beat a man with a thong while he was driving appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty via video link to three charges including assault and obstruct police and contravention of a domestic violence order.
Police prosecutor Merrilyn Hoskins read the facts of the woman’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
The worst offences occurred on March 30, 2021.
At 10.30pm police attended an address on Phillip St, Sun Valley and located the woman in her bedroom.
When questioned by police the woman said she had gone to lunch with the victim at the pub where an argument had started over money.
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A man with an 11-page criminal history appeared in the Gladstone Magistrates Court on Wednesday to be sentenced for his latest string of offending.
The Gladstone man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to 17 charges including contravention of a domestic violence order and wilful damage.
Police prosecutor Merrilyn Hoskins read the facts of the man’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
The worst of the offences occurred on July 28, 2020.
The court heard the man entered the Leichhardt Hotel on Bolsover Street in Rockhampton and began to play loud music from a portable speaker.
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A Gladstone man who took exception to a police direction to turn his music down appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
John William Sten, 42, pleaded guilty to public nuisance and obstructing police.
Police prosecutor Kelvin Boyd read the facts of Sten’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
At 9.20pm on March 11 , police attended William Street, Gladstone Central following a reported noise complaint.
After repeatedly knocking for a number of minutes, Sten opened the door and turned down his loud music after police requested he do so.
Police observed Sten to be unsteady on his feet and smelling of liquor.
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A woman whose son had to drag her from a physical altercation with his Dad faced Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to contravening a domestic violence order and driving under the influence of liquor.
Police prosecutor Kelvin Boyd read the facts of the defendant’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
At 10.30pm on January 8 police were tasked with attending an address on Colombia Ave, Clinton in relation to a disturbance.
The defendant’s son told police the woman and his father just had a fight which forced him to step in and separate the pair.
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Subscriber only A man who refused to leave the home of a woman who had a DVO against him appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to contravening a domestic violence order. Police prosecutor Kelvin Boyd read the facts of the man s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On November 22 police were called to a unit at Gladstone Central after the defendant became verbally abusive towards the aggrieved and refused to leave. Police arrived on scene and located both parties who were spoken to separately, and realised the defendant was intoxicated.