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James Gerald William Doyle kissed his weeping partner goodbye as he was escorted out of the Rockhampton Magistrates Court on May 26 to spend two weeks in custody.
He was charged with three counts of failing to appear before the count between January and May this year, after he was apprehended driving without a licence in November last year.
The court heard that Doyle drove his mother-in-lawâs red Mazda, without her consent, despite never having held a driverâs licence; he had another 10 such offences on his traffic history.
He later said he was driving his partner of 20 years to the hospital because she had fever and pain associated with a tooth abscess, but he didnât tell that to police at the time.
The motorist jumped from his vehicle and start speaking rapidly and incoherently while acting erratically after police randomly pulled him over. So they decided to search him, and his car.
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Subscriber only A Rockhampton mother-of-eight could not explain why she sold a car that did not belong to her. At the Rockhampton Magistrates Court on Wednesday, May 27, Angella Perry pleaded guilty to theft and fraud offences. Perry, who has eight children aged between four and 21 years old, said she was associating with the wrong crowd in December 2019 when she accepted $500 for a vehicle belonging to a previous resident at her home. The 37 year old, who has been unemployed for four years, offered no reason for her actions to police. The car was since recovered and resold. Perry was fined $1500 and a conviction was recorded.