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Subscriber only A Townsville law student s future career is on the line after he was hit with a hefty fine for drug and prostitution offences. Jai Matthew Graham Christensen risks never working in the legal industry again as a result of his criminal history. The 28-year-old pleaded guilty to knowingly participating in the provision of prostitution, supplying dangerous drugs and possessing tainted property when he faced Townsville Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Christensen was working as manager of the Clarion Hotel when he came to police attention amid another police operation. On three occasions he was caught supplying a small amount of prescription medication to one of the operation s targets.
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Crime by Elisabeth Silvester
Premium Content A FORMER Australian Schoolboys rugby league star, who committed credit card fraud, blamed his relationship breakdown for his offending. Trevor Alwin Bowman, 36, appeared in the Townsville Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to 21 charges including six counts of fraud and three of obstruct police. Bowman is a former Kirwan Bears alumni who spent a year in the NRL playing for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the early 2000s. Police prosecutor Senior Sergeant Felicity Nalder said Bowman made several transactions totalling $950 from a stolen Westpac bank card. The offence was captured on CCTV footage. There is a distinct tattoo on the defendant s arm, which is how he came to be related to this matter, she said.
Mr McRae was charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death. Police allege he grossly failed to properly assess the situation and drove dangerously leading to her death. Defence barrister Justin Greggery QC appeared in the Townsville Magistrates Court on Wednesday on Mr McRae s behalf. He told the court the case against Mr McRae would not amount to dangerous driving and applied to cross examine the woman Mrs Hatton overtook just prior to the crash, as well as the police officer who led the forensic crash investigation. Julie Hatton. Mr Greggery said it was important for the defence to cross examine the driver to establish the speed and distance of Mrs Hatton s car in the moments before the crash to establish how long Mr McRae had to decide what to do.