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Premium Content Subscriber only A MAGISTRATE has expressed frustration with the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions for “wasting the court’s time”, during the sentencing of a man on drug charges this week. When charges left over from a sentencing matter heard in Brisbane Supreme Court were instead referred back to Ipswich Magistrates Court to be dealt with it, it clearly caused the magistrate some annoyance on what was already a busy day. Nigel Grant Earley, 49, from Bundamba, appeared from jail via video-link before the Ipswich court and pleaded guilty to nine charges th...

Premium Content Subscriber only A CAR thief shunted a Ford Falcon into the wall of the garage when confronted by the car's owner as he fled. As thief Ajay Hughes reversed down the drive and sped away from the scene, he fishtailed the stolen green Ford down the road and the noise brought residents out onto the Laidley street. One of the bystanders threw a rock that smashed the rear windscreen, Ipswich Magistrates Court heard on Friday. Ajay Daniel Hughes, 31, a dad of four from Laidley, appeared from jail via video-link, pleading guilty to nearly 40 charges while his concerned mother watch...

Premium Content Subscriber only A MAN busted during a midnight meeting of car hoons has appeared in court over a sneaky punch into the face of a police officer. Magistrate Dennis Kinsella on Tuesday said he wanted time to think about the penalty to impose on Thomas Derek John Higgs, 23, who pleaded guilty to serious assault of a police officer at Ipswich Magistrates Court.. He ordered that Higgs be taken into the custody of the watchhouse until the afternoon.  The court heard the assault occurred at Swanbank at 1am on February 23 last year. Prosecutor Senior Constable Bridie O'Shea said...

Premium Content Subscriber only A DISQUALIFIED driver who was busted by police when out shopping at a supermarket said it was his mother who drove his car there. But his mum was apparently not found with him and Wade Ashurst held the keys to his car parked outside, an Ipswich court heard. Wade Matthew Ashurst, 30, from Willowbank, went before Ipswich Magistrates Court on Monday and pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle when disqualified by court order at Yamanto on September 11 last year. Prosecutor Senior Constable Bridie O'Shea said police officers did a registration check on the ca...