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Powerfish walks free after boat stunt convictions

LATEST: A social media prankster convicted of negligent boat use and environmental crimes will consult a lawyer for future stunts, a court has heard.
Willem Ian Ungermann, 35, from Coolangatta, has amassed some 315,000 followers on Instagram for his outrageous pranks, mostly on Tweed waterways.
Over a 2019 prank at a Fingal Head boat ramp which resulted in a car and trailer sinking into the Tweed River, Ungermann pleaded guilty to not reversing a vehicle safely, driving without proper control of a vehicle, negligently disposing of waste causing harm to the environment, polluting waters and contravening a section of the Protection of Environment Operations Act.

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GUILTY: How much social media prankster was fined for stunts

LATEST: A social media prankster convicted of negligent boat use and environmental crimes will consult a lawyer for future stunts, a court has heard.
Willem Ian Ungermann, 35, from Coolangatta, has amassed some 315,000 followers on Instagram for his outrageous pranks, mostly on Tweed waterways.
Over a 2019 prank at a Fingal Head boat ramp which resulted in a car and trailer sinking into the Tweed River, Ungermann pleaded guilty to not reversing a vehicle safely, driving without proper control of a vehicle, negligently disposing of waste causing harm to the environment, polluting waters and contravening a section of the Protection of Environment Operations Act.

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'The flatty gods have blessed me': River prankster sentenced

Willem Powerfish has faced court to be sentenced for crimes that arose from stunts that went too far.

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'Genuinely f---ing sorry': Prankster faces $1m fine

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A prankster Gold Coast fisherman facing a $1 million fine and up to seven years' jail for his latest outrageous social media stunt has broken his silence to say he's 'genuinely f---en sorry'.
Willem Ungermann, known as Willem Powerfish to his 740,000 social media fans, is notorious for his YouTube videos in which he pranks local fishermen while dressed in skin-tight Lycra.
But police failed to find his latest prank funny, hitting him with five charges after he sank his boat and car in the Tweed River, allegedly causing a fuel spill that had to be cleaned up by a Hazmat team.

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'Genuinely f---ing sorry': Prankster faces $1m fine | Ballina Shire Advocate

He’s notorious for his fishing pranks while wearing skin-tight Lycra. Now Willem Powerfish has apologised over a social media stunt.

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Prankster's lawyers shocked by new charge

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A SOCIAL media prankster already facing a maximum penalty of $1 million fine or seven years in jail for allegedly sinking a car and boat in a river is in hot water for a separate stunt.
Willem Ian Ungermann, also known as Willem Powerfish, has built a cult following by uploading videos of himself to social media dressed in skin-tight Lycra while playing out outrageous pranks mostly on fishermen in the Tweed.
Willem Ian Ungermann, 35, better known as Willem Powerfish to his fans, faces six charges in Tweed Heads Local Court. Picture: Instagram.
In one of Ungermann's earlier videos he was filmed using a giant inflatable flat head as a surfboard and dropping in on surfers at Snapper Rocks.

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Prankster with heart of gold gives $60k away

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Tweed's iconic social media star the 'Powerfish' has given more than $60,000 to his community across the past 12 months.
Willem Ungermann is notorious for filming outrageous pranks on fishermen, usually involving whole chicken carcasses, calling his followers 'ya dogs' and wearing skin-tight lyrca while riding a giant blow-up flathead fish pool toy.

Social media star from the Tweed, Willem Powerfish, gave mroe than $60,000 to charity in the region in 2020.

The Tweed local of 15 years, known as Willem Powerfish, has accumulated more than 380,000 followers on Instagram, 221,000 on Facebook and 165,000 YouTube subscribers since he started his videos about two years ago.

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Prankster with heart of gold gives $60k away

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Tweed's iconic social media star the 'Powerfish' has given more than $60,000 to his community across the past 12 months.
Willem Ungermann is notorious for filming outrageous pranks on fishermen, usually involving whole chicken carcasses, calling his followers 'ya dogs' and wearing skin-tight lyrca while riding a giant blow-up flathead fish pool toy.

Social media star from the Tweed, Willem Powerfish, gave mroe than $60,000 to charity in the region in 2020.

The Tweed local of 15 years, known as Willem Powerfish, has accumulated more than 380,000 followers on Instagram, 221,000 on Facebook and 165,000 YouTube subscribers since he started his videos about two years ago.

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