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Subscriber only The family of a man who was killed during an alleged fatal hit and run on the Far North Coast were never consulted before the driver responsible pleaded guilty to the agreed facts of the case, a court has heard. Graham Belcher, 52, was set to be sentenced in Lismore District Court on Wednesday for dangerous driving causing death and grievous bodily harm and failing to stop and assist. The British man was driving a blue 2019 Hyundai i30 when he collided with two motorcyclists on Tweed Valley Way near Tumbulgum, on September 2, 2019. A 39-year-old Gold Coast man, Scott Rose, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Subscriber only A Tweed Heads man explains he led police on multiple cross border pursuits, broke into multiple homes and ran down a man with a car after hearing voices in his head telling him his mother had been kidnapped, a court heard. Kenny Morris, 23, earlier this year pleaded guilty to stealing a car, a police pursuit, using an offensive weapon to prevent lawful detection, several break and enters and causing reckless grievous bodily harm. Court documents revealed Morris went on a bizarre break-in rampage on March 28 last year, where he stole a blue Mitsubishi Lancer and entered four Tweed Heads units near Kennedy Dr and Grey St while the residents were home over the course of 10 hours.
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Subscriber only A Tweed Heads man explains he led police on multiple cross border pursuits, broke into multiple homes and ran down a man with a car after hearing voices in his head telling him his mother had been kidnapped, a court heard. Kenny Morris, 23, earlier this year pleaded guilty to stealing a car, a police pursuit, using an offensive weapon to prevent lawful detection, several break and enters and causing reckless grievous bodily harm. Court documents revealed Morris went on a bizarre break-in rampage on March 28 last year, where he stole a blue Mitsubishi Lancer and entered four Tweed Heads units near Kennedy Dr and Grey St while the residents were home over the course of 10 hours.
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The doctor sister of famous surfer Mark Occhilupo has faced court on Wednesday after she egged her neighbourâs home in February last year.
Fleur Gwendoline Occhilupo, 57, pleaded guilty in Tweed Heads Local Court to stalk/intimidate indenting to cause fear, harm etc.
Court documents reveal Occhilupo had been harassing her upstairs neighbour on Moss St, Kingscliff, for the past week by calling her names and shouting abuse before the offence on February 29, 2020. Fleur Gwendoline Occhilupo pleaded guilty to stalk/intimidate in Tweed Heads Local Court.
Both women were in their respective homes, the victim was playing music and Occhilupo was drinking and became intoxicated.
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Subscriber only A SYDNEY man has pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle carrying more than 10kg of ice through the Tweed. Angga Malik, 34, entered a guilty plea to supplying a prohibited drug when he was arraigned in Sydney Downing Centre District Court on Monday. The court heard a backup charge of possessing a prohibited drug was included on the arraignment, while a second charge of supplying a large commercial quantity prohibited drug was not included on the indictment. Malik had been stopped by police on September 15, 2019, near Tweed Valley Way, Chinderah. Police searched the car and found a black sports bag with 10 bags inside allegedly containing 10.167kg of ice, according to court documents.