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Premium Content Subscriber only A CONVICTED fraudster who scammed $160,000 from his employer before selling a man $1200 worth of grog he did not have has narrowly avoided jail. Ipswich District Court heard on Thursday that despite suffering ill health, David Hall had not been deterred from his offending. His grog fraud was committed while on a suspended sentence for ripping off his employer. Judge Bernard Porter QC made it very clear to Hall that a jail could still safely house him despite his many health issues. David Malcolm Hall, 58, from North Booval, pleaded guilty to breaching a suspended jail sentence by reoffending. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only THREE men who took part in a home invasion were arrested after they crashed in the getaway car. Two of the offenders, brothers Peter and Aisa Salesa, have been sentenced and on Friday the last of the trio, Michael Noffke, went before Ipswich District Court. Michael James Noffke, 29, a cabinet maker from Shailer Park, pleaded guilty to entering a dwelling with intent to steal at Goodna on August 5, 2018; and unlawful use of a motor vehicle. Crown prosecutor James Bishop said the offences took place at 4pm when Noffke and Peter Salesa walked down the driveway of a house at Goodna. ....