A man with an appalling traffic history has been lucky to keep his licence, but will lose his car after he was caught hooning near the Bundaberg Ring Rd. Stewart Geoffrey Collins pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Tuesday to one charge of wilfully making unnecessary noise or smoke. The court heard police were doing patrols near the intersection of the Bundaberg Ring Rd and Goodwood Rd on January 3. At 7.55pm they saw a white Holden commodore produce a large amount of smoke and could hear loud screeching. Collins, who was the driver, was pulled over by police where he was given a notice to appear.
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A man has avoided spending time behind bars after he offered to supply someone with a pump action shot gun.
Christopher David Howard, 42, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Wednesday to a number of offences including unlawful supply of a category C/E weapon and driving with a drug present in his saliva.
The court heard Howard offered to supply someone with a pump action shot gun in February 2019.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Grant Klaassen told the court Howard had been dealt with in court previously for weapon offences.
Howard’s lawyer Rian Dwyer told the court his client only offered to supply the weapon and that there was no actual supply involved.
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Subscriber only A magistrate has suggested a man not go back to a local shopping centre after he exposed himself to a woman shopping at Kmart. Joshua Steven Robinson, 43, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Wednesday to one charge of indecent act in any place with intent to insult or offend any person. The court heard the victim was shopping at Kmart at Hinkler Central last year when she saw Robinson approach and stand near her. She turned around and saw that Robinson had removed his genitalia from his pants and lifted his jumper. The court heard she turned around and moved away from him but he then exposed himself to her again a short time later.
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Subscriber only A man has pleaded a magistrate to reconsider his offer after he was sentenced to jail time for using a wooden stake to cause fear near a Walkervale home on Friday night. Caine Nicholas Wilshire pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Monday to one count of going armed so as to cause fear and wilful damage. He appeared in the courtroom via videolink from the Bundaberg Watch House, where he spent the weekend in custody after the incident. The court heard police were called to Maynard St on Friday night after they received reports of an armed person threatening people living in a home in the area.