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Moreira told officers he had spent the afternoon at the Prince of Wales Hotel. The court heard paramedics treated Moreira at the scene for minor injuries and he was taken to Proserpine Hospital for monitoring. Sen-Constable Rowe said later that night Moreira was taken to the watch-house and on the way, he urinated in the back of the police car and was still "grossly intoxicated". He was found to have a blood alcohol concentration of 0.252 per cent. Lawyer Peta Vernon, acting for Moreira, said he was born in Uruguay but had been in Australia for decades. Ms Vernon told the court Moreira ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Whitsunday businesswoman and former council candidate has fronted court after calling police "c--ts" and 'f---ing idiots" on New Year's Eve. Heidi Michelle Ward faced Proserpine Magistrates Court this week charged with obstructing a police officer in the vicinity of a licensed premises, committing public nuisance in the vicinity of a licensed premises and breaching bail. Magistrate James Morton noted Ward already had charges proceeding through the courts dating back to December 2019 and Ward confirmed this, saying she had pleaded not guilty. The court hea...

Schalcher pleaded guilty to driving without proper control and driving under the influence of liquor. Lawyer Geoff Govey, acting for Schalcher, said the Bloomsbury man lost his job because of the crash. "Not only has he had this accident, will lose his licence and he's also in a position that he's lost a $140,000 year job," Mr Govey said. Mr Govey told the court on top of that, Schalcher was driving his employer's ute at the time and wrote it off so he had an arrangement to pay out its lease, which worked out to be almost $18,000. The court heard the diesel fitter and his fiance, who sha...

Premium Content Subscriber only From skinned crocodiles to major drug busts, these were the biggest crimes that rocked the Whitsundays in 2020. Absolute croc A man took a crocodile to a motel, skinned it, chopped it up and then ate it. For that he copped fines amounting to almost $10,000. Paul Andrew Isaacson, from Cannonvale, pleaded guilty in Proserpine Magistrates Court to taking a protected animal and making a false or misleading statement to a conservation officer, after he lied about it. The court heard the Islands Inn Motel owner, in Mandalay, saw the 47-year-old cutting up the body o...

They again left the house and the woman asked the Cannonvale man to leave her alone. The court heard Venn then spoke to a person who lived in a granny flat on the property, saying "Look, isn't she mental? I just want to talk to her". The woman told Venn she was recording him, so he went to take the phone from her hand, lunged forward and tackled her to the ground bruising her upper thighs. The court heard he held her arms and wrists, preventing her from escaping. Venn pleaded guilty to one count each of common assault and breaching bail.