Represented by defence lawyer Andrew Wiseman, Ferguson pleaded guilty on Tuesday to drink driving. Mr Wiseman said Ferguson had not driven from the Gold Coast to the Glass House Mountains, but had foolishly gotten behind the wheel after having a few beers in the forest, shortly before police arrived. Mr Wiseman said Ferguson, a tradie, was remorseful for his actions and had since completed the Queensland Traffic Offenders Program. Connor Ferguson, his mother and lawyer Andrew Wiseman leave Caloundra Magistrates Court on Tuesday. The court heard Ferguson s father had been a Queensland police officer for several years and had been an Australian Federal Police officer for the past seven.
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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-half times the legal limit - some time after the crash. The Alexandra Hills woman yesterday pleaded guilty to one count of driving while under the influence of alcohol when she appeared at Cleveland Magistrates Court.
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BEHIND the wheel of his Holden Commodore, Niel Scott passed a police patrol car at speed.
Despite its sirens and flashing lights he drove at speeds reaching 152km/h and failed to stop.
Scott was pursuing an Audi driver he said cut him off, an Ipswich court heard when he was sentenced on Friday.
His Commodore was impounded soon after, and he’s now been fined $6672 for evading police.
Niel Allan Scott, 24, a professional truck driver from Basin Pocket, pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle; and evading police.
Prosecutor Sergeant Molinaro said Scott had posed a very real risk to other drivers.
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Subscriber only AN impatient truck driver who lost his temper with a mum in a school zone swore at and verbally abused her. An Ipswich court heard that the professional truck driver continually sounded his horn, used bad language and gave the mum and a primary school teacher the finger in a rude gesture. The trailer of Keith Stuart s truck scraped the mum s car when he squeezed past. But the quick thinking mum filmed his bad tempered antics on her mobile phone in the incident outside Karalee State School. Police followed up the complaint and charged Stuart with three offences.