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A man who tortured and raped a woman in North Rockhampton in October 2019 has changed his plea after entering pleas of not guilty to four offences in Rockhampton District Court on January 18.
The defendant, who cannot be named due to legal reasons, initially pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape (domestic violence offence) and one count of torture (domestic violence offence).
After an hour of discussion with his legal representative, Barrister Jordan Ahlstrand, the defendant changed his pleas to guilty.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of rape (domestic violence offence) and one count of torture (domestic violence offence).
An alleged racial slur provoked a Rockhampton man to punch another man multiple times at a rugby league grand final at Browne Park stadium in 2018, a court has heard. Tre Raven John Richards, 27, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton District Court on January 13 to one count of assault occasioning bodily harm. Crown prosecutor Edward Fleetwood said both Richards and the victim, who were unknown to each other, had attended the rugby league grand final played between Rockhampton Brothers and Yeppoon Seagulls at Browne Park on September 1, 2018. Mr Fleetwood said near the end of the match the victim and Richards walked past each other, and Richards believed he heard the victim make a racial slur when asking him to move.
An armed robber, who held up a North Rockhampton service station on Christmas Day in 2019 with a pruning saw, has been handed a prison sentence in court.
Paul James Ketchup, 22, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton District Court on December 15 to one count each of armed robbery and enter premises and commit an indictable offence.
Crown prosecutor Harriet Hall-Pearce said the victim, who was 22 years old at the time of the offence, was working as a customer service assistant at Caltex on Yaamba Rd, Park Avenue, when he heard the bell to the front door sound about 2am on December 25, 2019.
Ms Hall-Pearce said the victim saw the Ketchup’s face was uncovered and let him inside.
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Subscriber only A Central Queensland has faced court for assaulting his former partner after a camping trip on the Capricorn Coast. Clinton James Field, 48, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton District Court on Tuesday to one count of assault occasioning bodily harm. Crown prosecutor Samantha O Rourke said Field and the victim were in a domestic relationship some years before the incident on April 13, 2017 but remained in contact. Ms O Rourke said there had been a camping trip overnight and some disharmony between the pair. She said, ultimately, it culminated that morning with Field pushing the victim to the ground and punching her twice to the head, causing minor injuries.
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Subscriber only A young criminal was couch-surfing at the time he broke into a Capricorn Coast caravan park and caused damage, leaving his DNA behind. Doing so breached a suspended sentence handed down in the Rockhampton District Court for armed robbery of the BP Service Station at Aquatic Place on August 26, 2019. Adikuyum Atu Marley Adidi, 19, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 4 to one count each of break and enter, wilful damage, common assault, and three of stealing. Police prosecutor Sergeant Shaun Janes said Adidi broke into the Beachside Caravan Park at Yeppoon on November 4, 2020, causing damage and leaving behind his DNA.