Mark Whitbread News Today

They have faced court for drug trafficking, rape, manslaughter, assault and much more. We take a look at our tradies gone rogue.

They have faced court for drug trafficking, rape, manslaughter, assault and much more. We take a look at our tradies gone rogue.

Premium Content Subscriber only A court has heard how a man threatened violence to settle a drug debt and supplied drugs in exchange for sexual favours during a four month drug trafficking operation. Andrew Kevin Snaith, 25, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Supreme Court on last week to a number of offences including drug trafficking and possessing dangerous drugs in excess of two grams. The court heard police searched Snaiths home in August 2019. Before the search began Snaith declared he had d...

Premium Content Subscriber only "If you wish to choose drugs over your daughter, as many people do, and come before me then I will have no hesitation in sending you to prison and, if necessary, for a lengthy period of time." Those were the words of Justice Graeme Crow as he sentenced a mum of three who was found with an array of drugs in her home. Susan Jane Keighran, 42, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Supreme Court on Thursday to one count of possessing a dangerous drug in excess of two grams ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A young man made enough profit from his drug business to cover his living expenses and fund a trip to Thailand, but things came undone when police searched his home. Arron David Flanders, 24, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Supreme Court on Thursday to one count of drug trafficking and six counts of supplying a dangerous drug. Police searched the shed Flanders was living in on his fathers Apple Tree Creek property on December 6 in 2019. During the search police f...

JUDGE: “The provision of any dangerous drug to any child is a serious matter and does represent a dereliction of parental duty.”

Premium Content Subscriber only A woman has been jailed after her continued drug offending exhausted her chances of staying in the community. Amy Theresa Dale, 39, pleaded guilty in the Bundaberg Supreme Court on Tuesday to two charges of possessing a dangerous drug in excess of 2 grams. The first of the two offences happened in November 2018 when police were doing patrols in the Kepnock area when they pulled Dale over for a licence check and breath test. Dale gave officers her learner lice...