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Premium Content Subscriber only A Central Queensland father was caught drink driving on his way to pick up formula for the baby. Eugene Malcolm Pollock pleaded guilty at Moranbah Magistrates Court on January 14 to driving over the general alcohol limit but not over the middle alcohol limit. Police prosecutor Sergeant Kevin Ongheen said Pollock was intercepted by Moranbah police just after 10pm on December 23. He returned a blood-alcohol content of .089 per cent and was issued a 24 hour suspension, the court heard. Lawyer Carly Guilfoyle said Pollock, a father of two, left home that night...

Dunedin drink-driver kicked and bit police after crashing car 19 Jan, 2021 06:02 PM 3 minutes to read Lagwesha Mercer, 28, appeared in the Dunedin District Court on Tuesday where she was sentenced to 250 hours' community work and 15 months' intensive supervision. Photo / NZH Lagwesha Mercer, 28, appeared in the Dunedin District Court on Tuesday where she was sentenced to 250 hours' community work and 15 months' intensive supervision. Photo / NZH Otago Daily Times A drink-driver who caused a crash in central Dunedin kicked and bit police officers when she was arrested, a court has heard. Lagwe...

A Queensland man was busted by police drunk behind the wheel in Grafton twice in the space of an hour.

Coroner finds drink-driver to blame for double fatal crash in Hawke's Bay 10 Jan, 2021 11:12 PM 3 minutes to read Wiremu Armitage and Kirsty Parsons died after their vehicles collided on May 10, 2019. Photo / Paul Taylor Wiremu Armitage and Kirsty Parsons died after their vehicles collided on May 10, 2019. Photo / Paul Taylor Wiremu Armitage was almost five times over the legal drinking limit when he crashed into Kirsty Parsons, killing her and himself. Both Parsons, 26, and Armitage, 31, died after their vehicles collided on Taihape Rd, Omahu, on May 10, 2019. A coroner's report found that...

A drink-driver fled police on foot in Napier. When police released him, his car had been stolen 6 Jan, 2021 01:12 AM 2 minutes to read A man trying to evade checkpoint early in the morning of December 19, was caught unlawfully on property after fleeing the vehicle, and then, he says, his car was stolen. Photo / File A man trying to evade checkpoint early in the morning of December 19, was caught unlawfully on property after fleeing the vehicle, and then, he says, his car was stolen. Photo / File Hawkes Bay Today A car left parked up for the night after its driver was taken in for drunk-drivin...