WA man fined, banned from owning pets after barbaric euthanasia attempt on dogs
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The case was heard in the Albany Magistrates Court at the Albany Justice Complex.
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A South Coast man has been fined $15,000 and banned from owning a pet for three years following a barbaric attempt to kill his two dogs using a mallet two years ago.
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John Druin Hooper, 45, is fined after pleading guilty to two counts of animal cruelty
Hooper struck his two small dogs on the head with a mallet in a failed attempt to kill them
Suspended jail sentence for Ho Anh Dung, who jumped from ship docked in Albany
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Ho Anh Dung (inset) was arrested by police at an Albany backpackers hostel.
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A Vietnamese man has received a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to breaching laws designed to protect the community from COVID-19 transmission.
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The magistrate said the 37-year-old s behaviour was unacceptable
He was handed a six-month suspended sentence and faces deportation
Ho was an employee on the ship and had been onboard for several months.
Appearing in court via videolink from Albany Regional Prison, he pleaded guilty to failing to comply with COVID-19 laws intended to protect the community against transmission.
Bail for paedophile angers Western Australia s south-coast community
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Peter Grocoe fronted Albany Magistrates Court last week.
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Residents of a community on Western Australia s south-coast are angry a confessed child sex offender has been allowed back onto the streets the same day he admitted to his crimes.
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A 19-year-old man who pleaded guilty to child rape charges has been bailed for three months
Residents are organising a protest over the decision, which will see Peter Edward Grocoe remain in the public through Christmas Shadow Police Minister Peter Katsambanis says the decision is not fair on the victims