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Premium Content Subscriber only A horrific domestic violence offender assaulted his victim then punched her windscreen because she refused to drive him somewhere, a court heard. The man, 23, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Friday to several charges including two counts of common assault. Police prosecutor Kelvin Boyd read the facts of the man’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. The worst of the man’s offending occurred on February 4, when the defendant and the aggrieved were driving on the Scenic Hwy at Emu Park, Quee...

Premium Content Subscriber only A woman who failed to appear in court on several occasions after being caught drink-driving, finally fronted Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Billy Danielle McIvor, 34, pleaded guilty to driving over the general alcohol limit and failing to appear in accordance with an undertaking. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of McIvor’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On December 8, 2020, about 11.09am, McIvor was intercepted driving a gold Holden sedan by police from the Calliope Road Policing Unit who were conducting patrols on Ki...

Premium Content Subscriber only A learner driver who was caught behind the wheel alone appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Ricck Walu Willis, 18, pleaded guilty to charges including being the holder of a learner’s licence and failing to comply with requirements. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Willis’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On March 28, about 12.30am, police observed a blue Toyota Camry parked at the Gladstone train station on Herbert St. Willis was seated in the front seat of the vehicle with keys in the ignition and the car t...

Premium Content Subscriber only A woman busted with a small bag of cannabis at a service station faced Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Jessica Kate Rawlings, 36, pleaded guilty to possessing dangerous drugs and possessing property suspected of having been used in connection with the commission of a drug offence. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Rawlings’ case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. About midnight on February 9, Rawlings was observed sitting in the carpark of the BP petrol station on the corner of Ballantine St and Aerodrome Rd at Clinton. Rawli...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Gladstone man’s late night craving for fast food landed him in trouble with the law. Dylan Smith, 21, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to driving without a licence (SPER suspended). Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Smith’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey. On March 21, about 2.30am, police were conducting patrols on Goondoon St when they intercepted a silver Mazda and Smith submitted to a breath test and licence check. Smith provided a Queensland provisional driver’s licence, however, chec...