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A man who had failed to appear in court many times was refused bail prior to Christmas due to his risk of continuing to offend.
Damien Michael Flower, 38, made a bail application in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on December 16.
Defence lawyer Lachlan Robertson said Flower was not working but had work lined up in Longreach where his mother lived.
He submitted Flower would not likely not serve any actual time in prison for the charges he had been on bail for.
However, Magistrate Cameron Press said he found that difficult to accept as Flower had been charged with indictable offences including enter premises by break and commit indictable offence.
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A Capricorn Coast woman exposed her breasts and buttocks during a dispute with someone in her street, a court has heard.
Shelley Marie Goodsall, 44, pleaded guilty in Yeppoon Magistrates Court last Thursday to public nuisance and obstruct police charges.
The court heard police were called to a disturbance in Maple St, at 3.30pm on November 27.
When police arrived they spoke to a witness who showed them a video of what had earlier taken place.
The video showed Goodsall standing in the middle of Maple St yelling: “F. that, I don’t give a f. if they want it again. Here you go.”
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A WOMAN who ran a red light and crashed into the front of another vehicle had a blood-alcohol content (BAC) reading more than four times the legal limit.
Anne-Maree Mali Cameron pleaded guilty on December 14 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of drink driving, running a red light and obstruct police.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Shaun Janes said police were called to a two vehicle crash at the High and Berserker St intersection about 4.50pm on November 26.
He said a green Honda Civic was on a kerb and the driver – Cameron – was next to the driver’s side door.
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Subscriber only A YEPPOON drink-driver was adamant a Japanese fish marinade put him over the legal limit, as he d only had one beer prior to getting behind the wheel. Kouji Ajisaka, 56, initially tried to represent himself in Yeppoon Magistrates Court last Thursday but Magistrate Cameron Press was not satisfied the defendant understood the English language well enough to proceed on his own. Mr Press stood the matter down until a Japanese interpreter was able to assist Ajisaka. When the matter resumed, Ajisaka pleaded guilty to drink-driving. The court heard that Ajisaka returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.057 after police intercepted him on Yeppoon s Farnborough Rd, about 9pm on November 6.