Massive fines for border dodgers who flaunted trip
A Perth couple accused of breaching Queensland's border restrictions during the height of the coronavirus pandemic have been hit with more than $8000 in fines. But police have quietly dropped criminal charges of fraud against the pair following months of behind the scenes negotiations between their lawyer and police prosecutors. Lawrence Gordon Petersen, 63, and Edith van Dommelen, 68, were each charged with fraud and failing to comply with border directions in August last year. Lawrence Gordon Petersen, 63, and Edith van Dommelen, 68, have been fined for failing to comply with border dir...
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