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Premium Content Subscriber only A young Mackay student who had eight drinks before getting behind the wheel for a snack was slammed for her “disturbing” behaviour. Mackay Magistrates Court heard 21-year-old Georgia Gemma King returned a blood-alcohol reading of 0.172 in the early hours of April 2. Prosecutor Harry Coburn said Mackay police found the nursing student sitting beside her car, which had a flat tyre, at 1.25am along Broadsound Street in Paget. He said King had earlier drank a six-pack of beer as well as two flutes of wine over five hours after returning home from work to her Walkerston home. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only A Mackay man who says he carried around a butcherâs knife for self-defence against vigilantes was told his actions could have been âcatastrophicâ. Mackay Magistrates Court on Monday heard police arrested Kasey Phillips Charles George at the Rural View Caltex service station in relation to another matter about 1pm on April 21. Prosecutor Robert Beamish said when police then searched George, they found a butcherâs knife with a 27cm blade concealed in the front waistband of his shorts. â(George) stated the knife was for use for protection or self defence against vigilantes that may be seeking him in relation to posts about him on social media,â Mr Beamish said. ....
âMy client says he didnât expect she would fly backwards on the floor but he accepted that she did,â Defence solicitor Peter Clark, of Strutynski Law, said. He said Blizzard âreacted very very badlyâ to a third party âjumping in with their five centsâ. However Acting Magistrate John Aberdeen, in reading over the facts, said the scenario was a little different. âLetâs sort of put this in perspective,â Mr Aberdeen said. The court heard the woman alleged she told Blizzard, âyou need to have some respect, stop pushing your mother aroundâ. âTo which (Blizzard) replies âyou f ing old c , Iâm sick of you having contact with my mother, Iâll kill you, youâre nothing but a piece of f ing sh t, now f off you old sl t,â Mr Aderbeen read from the police statement. ....