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A Byron Shire womanâs cocaine supply hearing has been delayed because the police may have withheld information that could clear her name, a court has heard.
Joanne McKinlay, 55, from Suffolk Park, was last year charged alongside her partner Scott Edward Biber, 57, Broken Head man Michael Robert Birch, 67, and Lennox Head man Philip David Emanuele, 50, over the alleged supply of cocaine in the Byron Bay area.
Ms McKinlay has pleaded not guilty to three charges of taking part in the supply of cocaine, deemed supply of 340 grams of cannabis, possession of a prohibited weapon and recklessly dealing with the proceeds of crime, the latter of which relates to $1800 cash.
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A man who intimidated a school bus driver because he felt an ownership of the land where it was parked has been sentenced for his crimes.
Garth Jay Muxlow, 49, previously from Wootton near the Mid North Coast town of Forster, was arrested on an outstanding warrant on Sunday for offences which dated back to 2016.
Muxlow had earlier been convicted in his absence of intimidating a bus driver in Wootton in mid-2016 and driving while his licence was suspended. According to court documents, Muxlow, now living in the Byron Bay region, initially came to the attention of police because of his behaviour toward a school bus driver working for a Bulahdelah-based bus company.
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Subscriber only Police have laid extra charges against a NSW man allegedly found with a host of drugs in his possession near Byron Bay last year. Robert Vandermeer, 59, from Rathmines - south of Newcastle - was arrested on December 30 after police stopped his vehicle on the Pacific Highway at Ewingsdale. Police claimed they stopped Mr Vandermeer because he allegedly failed to use his indicator. Police said they found an array of drugs, including cannabis leaf and resin, MDMA, cocaine and LSD as well as $21,700 cash in the vehicle. Mr Vandermeer was not required to appear when his case was mentioned before Byron Bay Local Court on Monday.
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