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Premium Content Subscriber only A man, locked out of his residence after an argument with his partner over cigarettes, attempted to kick their front door down, a court heard. The man, 48, who can’t be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to contravening a domestic violence order. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of the man’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On March 10, about 7.35am, police from Tannum Sands were tasked to attend an address on Yakuna St, Boyne Island, in relation to a domestic violence incident. P...

The fight occurred at a popular Gladstone pub.

Premium Content Subscriber only A man who smashed a phone he and his partner used, after she admitted to texting other men, appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court this week. The man, 40, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to contravening a domestic violence order (aggravated offence). Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of the man’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On March 18, police were called to a unit on Ballantine St, Clinton, in relation to a loud domestic argument between a man and a woman. On arrival, police located and identified the...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Gladstone woman who was intercepted by police driving without a licence was on her way to get fast food for her child, a court has heard. Nickola May McGregor, 22, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to driving without a licence. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of McGregor’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On March 19, about 9.40pm, McGregor was intercepted driving a Kia Rio hatchback on William St, Gladstone, and submitted to a licence check. The check revealed the defendant had never held a licence ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Gladstone mother who smoked cannabis the morning of her interception by police had no valid reason for driving. Jasmine Muri-Aroha Tupea, 20, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to drug-driving. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Tupea’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On February 10, police were conducting patrols of Mount Alma in the Gladstone region when they intercepted a blue Hyundai sedan about 5pm. Tupea submitted to a roadside drug test which returned a positive result.