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Premium Content Subscriber only WHEN a police patrol pulled over a vehicle just before 3am they did not count on getting some free legal advice from a tradie who had left an Ipswich hotel. The tradesman told the police he “knew the Australian constitution” during a drunken tirade that resulted in him being arrested. An Ipswich court heard that Dylan Hearps walked towards the police at the stopped car yelling, “stop those f***ing c**ts. Get those c**ts.” Prosecutor Sergeant Paul Caldwell said Hearps then ran towards the police calling out: “Leave them alone. They haven...

Premium Content Subscriber only A DAD charged with keeping a baton in his car argued that he should have the right to defend himself and his children if attacked. Bruce Malcolm said people “could do more damage with a spoon” than the baton the was the subject of the charge heard at Ipswich Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Prosecutor Sergeant Paul Caldwell said Malcolm told police officers the extendible baton was, “to protect me from Sudanese who try to steal my car”. Bruce James Malcolm, 41, a landscaper from Dinmore, pleaded guilty to being in possession of a restricted ...

Premium Content Subscriber only MECHANIC Hayden Finnie walked from Ipswich Courthouse with his ears burning after being blasted by a magistrate for fleeing police at high speed. It was a near-miss with a jail cell for Finnie, the owner of Gold Coast business Kamikaze Motorsport. Magistrate Dennis Kinsella slammed Finnie's driving record, saying he was someone screaming out to go to jail. "Your traffic history is anti-social. Is it disregard, or just selfishness. Or you just do not get it, I don't know," Mr Kinsella said. In facts put before Ipswich Magistrates Court, Finnie was behind th...

Premium Content Subscriber only TWO Lockyer Valley sisters are denying allegations at trial they threatened violence at a rural property while armed with a hunting knife. A jury heard the confrontation was triggered by a love triangle involving one of the accused. In his evidence on Monday, the alleged victim said he was able to push the 'bigger girl' over causing her to fall on pebbles outside the front door and drop the knife, after being confronted by the women who tried to push past him into the family house. Appearing before a jury in Ipswich District Court, Melanie Maree Middleton, ...

Premium Content Subscriber only TWO Lockyer Valley sisters are denying allegations at trial they threatened violence at a rural property while armed with a hunting knife. A jury heard the confrontation was triggered by a love triangle involving one of the accused. In his evidence on Monday, the alleged victim said he was able to push the 'bigger girl' over causing her to fall on pebbles outside the front door and drop the knife, after being confronted by the women who tried to push past him into the family house. Appearing before a jury in Ipswich District Court, Melanie Maree Middleton, ...