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The worst case of environmental contamination from leaking sewage has attracted massive fines for an “arrogant”, unrepentant director.

Premium Content   Its any business owners nightmare: employees who seem outwardly trustworthy but under the sweet exterior they are stealing from out under you. The hairdresser who plundered cash to feed his drug addiction; the payroll manager who gobbled up hundreds of thousands of dollars to gamble; the duty manager who stole thousands as revenge for a row with management - these 18 people below wanted more than was their due, and paid the price for it.   Plundered $1300 to feed cocaine...

Drunk driver’s ‘appalling’ hit-and-run with elderly woman A drunk driver nearly six times the limit has agreed to community service after hooning, crashing head-on into an elderly driver and fleeing the scene. Crime by Marcel Baum Premium Content Subscriber only A police prosecutor shocked at a 41-year-old drivers "absolutely appalling" head-on crash into a 78-year-old victim while nearly six times the alcohol limit, urged a court for a j...

“Only a handjob, not sex”: A “down the food chain” Chinese national was busted mid-act at a massage parlour offering illegal acts of prostitution.

News by Marcel Baum Premium Content   A southeast Queensland man will have to live with "shame and humiliation" after two children had to be flown to hospital while hallucinating from LSD found in the form of sweets in his fridge. Described by a police prosecutor as an "extremely serious matter" Cleveland Magistrates Court on February 11 heard how bystanders had to intervene when two children at a Moreton Bay island resort in November became ill while pl...

News by Marcel Baum Premium Content   A southeast Queensland man will have to live with "shame and humiliation" after two children had to be flown to hospital while hallucinating from LSD found in the form of sweets in his fridge. Described by a police prosecutor as an "extremely serious matter" Cleveland Magistrates Court on February 11 heard how bystanders had to intervene when two children at a Moreton Bay island resort in November became ill while pl...

A woman who drank wine “all day” and crashed into a van set an “astronomical” reading that shocked a court.

News by Marcel Baum Premium Content Subscriber only A woman whose own defence solicitor acknowledged her "astronomical" drink drive reading has told a court she was deeply ashamed of her behaviour, after crashing into a van. With multiple bottles of wine behind her, according to a police prosecutor, Lisa Jane Delaney, 35, on October 1 crashed into a van on her street. Tests would confirm she had a blood-alcohol reading of 0.322 per cent - nearly six-and-a-h...

A removalist has guaranteed his dismissal by punching out his boss in front of police. Crime by Marcel Baum Premium Content Subscriber only A removalist who punched out his employer in front of police under "rather bizarre circumstances" will write his victim an apology letter, a court heard today. Fronting Cleveland Magistrates Court Karl Jorg Scherbarth, 42, pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning bodily harm. The court heard Scherbarth, a ca...

Crime by Marcel Baum Premium Content   A man who sent a barrage of grotesque threats via voice and text messages to the person he believed broke into his house has faced court after admitting to harassing the wrong person by mistake. Appearing at Cleveland Magistrates Court yesterday Ryan Graham Hill, 40, pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence. The court heard an infuriated Hill made multiple calls and sent 10 - 20...