Repeat driving offender in court, disqualified until 2029
Premium Content Subscriber only Lending a helping hand was no good excuse for breaking the law, with a Maranoa feedlot worker copping the punishment for driving a co-worker home while on a lengthy licence suspension. Robert John Laverty, 24, was on a licence suspension until 2029 after previous drink driving convictions, when he still decided to drive his work mate home as she was scared of driving on a wet road, the Roma Magistrates Court heard on January 19. But the court heard police pulled Laverty up on Roma Southern Road at 3.40pm on October 21. "The defendant stated that the reason ...