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Premium Content Subscriber only A man who claimed his three-year-old son purchased a knife set for him has lost the knives after police found them under his driver’s seat. Christopher Andrew Crockett pleaded guilty on April 19 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of possessing a knife in a public place. Police prosecutor Clancy Fox said police intercepted Crockett driving on Murray Street on March 28 with two passengers. He said police searched the vehicle and occupants. Mr Fox said Crockett told police he had a knife under the driver’s seat. He said police located two kniv...

A man who first lit a fire and then threatened to hang himself had been blacking out during recent binge drinking sessions.

Premium Content Subscriber only A man with eight convictions for domestic violence and one for deprivation of liberty has been denied bail over the latest DV allegations made against him. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, made a bail application in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on April 19. Magistrate Jason Schubert said it was alleged the defendant, 38, grabbed a woman around the jaw, grabbed her arm and twisted it up behind her back and forced her to the ground. The alleged offences breached many conditions on a domestic violence order. Police prosecutor Clancy Fox said the de...

Premium Content Subscriber only A motorist who failed to stop immediately after being directed to by police on the Bruce Highway claimed he feared for police safety after the Melbourne police killings and couldn’t find a safe spot to stop. Paul Bernard Martin, 49, pleaded guilty on March 16 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of failing to stop at the first reasonable instance after being directed by police. Police prosecutor Clancy Fox said police were carrying out speed enforcement on the Bruce Highway on May 4 at East End, south of Mount Larcom, when they came across Martin dri...

Premium Content Subscriber only A man in possession of nearly a pound of cannabis told police he had "a little bit of marijuana". Rockhampton Magistrates Court heard on Friday police intercepted Mark James Eade, 30, riding his bike at 8.05pm on August 19, 2020. After asking him if he had anything to declare, police found 448g of cannabis in his possession. Police prosecutor Clancy Fox called Eade's history with drugs "considerable". Solicitor Lachlan Robertson agreed the cannabis found was not "an insignificant amount", but said Eade had a "tumultuous and upsetting upbringing" and a "gen...