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Premium Content Subscriber only It doesn’t matter what age you are, if you do the wrong thing you can expect to pay the price and end up before the court – just ask these pensioners. These Northern Rivers pensioners found themselves on the wrong side of the law this year. We take a look back at some of the crimes they were convicted for in 2020: • Paul Anthony Johnson A disability pensioner punched a taxi driver when asked to pay his fare, a North Coast court heard. Paul Anthony Johnson, 61, appeared in Tweed Heads Local Court on November 16 facing a charge of common assault. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only An unaccompanied drunk learner driver caused a three-car crash in the North Coast, a court heard. Brandon John Williams, from Tweed Heads, appeared in Tweed Heads Local Court on last week to plead guilty to drink driving, negligent driving and driving as an unaccompanied learner. The 19-year-old was driving a Ford Falcon carrying three other men travelling south on Kirkwood Rd in Tweed Heads South when he failed to negotiate a round about and had a head-on collision with a Holden sedan on November 13. A Toyota Rav4 collided with the rear of his car, sandwiching the Ford. ....