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All information reported in the Police Beat is obtained from police department press releases. Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
All information reported in the Police Beat is obtained from police department press releases. Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
A Lockyer Valley woman with a history of flouting fire-safety standards has been fined $65,000 after she was found guilty of running unsafe budget accommodation for backpackers and itinerant farm workers. Mayla Patterson, 54, was convicted in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday of nine charges brought against her by Queensland Fire and Emergency Services relating to two properties at Gatton and Atkinson's Dam. Magistrate John Smith found Patterson had not adequately displayed fire signs, failed to install emergency lighting and had no fire safety management plan or early warning sy...