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A JILTED lover who apparently sent his estranged girlfriend messages and even gifts despite a protection order preventing contact went on to assault her.
The 48-year-old man, who cannot be named, went before Ipswich Magistrates Court for sentence and appeared from jail via video-link.
He pleaded guilty to six charges of contravening domestic violence protection orders; and assaults causing bodily harm â domestic violence offence.
It was an open court but no agreed facts of the police prosecution case were read onto the public record.
Prosecutor Sergeant Nicholas Turnbull said the police sought a head sentence of between 12 and 15 months for the aggravated breaches of the protection order, and nine months for the assault causing bodily harm.
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A prisoner who lashed out at corrections officers while being led back to his cell has faced sentence this week, with CCTV footage of the attack played in court.
Appearing from jail at Woodford via video-link before Ipswich Magistrates Court, Bradley John Brooks, 30, pleaded guilty to committing a serious assault on a corrective services officer at Ironbark on May 28 last year.
Brooks was an inmate at the Borallon Correctional Centre at the time of the offence.
Prosecutor Sergeant Nicholas Turnbull said Brooks had been in jail since July 2019 with his sentence due to end in January 2023.
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Subscriber only A 36-year-old grandfather and father of 10 has received a further jail sentence for ongoing drug and fake money offences. A magistrate told Aaron Murphy his growing criminal history did him no favours when he went before Ipswich Magistrates Court for sentence this week. Aaron Lance Murphy, 36, from Deception Bay, pleaded guilty to seven charges including being in possession of a counterfeit $50 note at Bellbird Park on October 3 last year; possession of morphine; obstructing a police officer at Bellbird Park; possession of ammunition when not licensed; possession of identification suspected of being stolen; possession of pipes used to smoke a dangerous drug; and failing to dispose of a used syringe.
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MYSTERY surrounds some of the actions of an unlicensed driver who caused a potentially dangerous situation for a motorcycle police officer during a pursuit.
No police facts were stated on the public record by the prosecutor when the matter went before an open court in Ipswich.
The offences took place just one day before an existing suspended jail term ended for Zackery Bucknall.
Magistrate Andy Cridland was also silent on the precise facts on the dangerous driving when he finalised the case.
As such the Queensland Times (unless it pays money to the court to buy the agreed facts) cannot tell you exactly what took place despite the offences occurring out in the community on public roads.
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A PRISONER who threw his urine into the face of a jail officer has faced court this week, but will not spend any more time locked up.
Appearing before Ipswich Magistrates Court from jail via video-link, Casey James McColm, 22, from Coominya, pleaded guilty to 36 offences including five counts of unlawful use of stolen motor vehicles; two counts of stealing; seven counts of entering premises and stealing; two of attempting to enter premises with intent to steal; enter dwelling with intent to steal; attempted fraud; trespass; three charges of being in possession of dangerous drugs; possession of property used in a drug offence; possession of drug utensils; four breaches of his bail conditions; and serious assault on a corrective services officer when in jail at Arthur Gorrie at Wacol on September 1 last year.