In the Courts

GOLDEN FLEECE ARMED ROBBERY INSIDE JOB

Posted on June 13th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
A gaming manager is one of three people being sentenced over the staged theft of $320K from the Golden Fleece in Melton, after police found instructions and a map in the defendant's homes. According to documents presented in Court, in

JUSTICE TWIST IN BOOZE BREACH BATTLE

Posted on May 30th, 2025 by Jane Louise
In January, PubTIC reported that Emanuel Brian Dillon, director of two Western Australian pubs, dodged a bullet to stay in business. He copped $140K in fines for what police allege were more than 2,700 breaches of the Liquor Act between

JUSTICE SERVED AFTER ASSAULT ON MANAGER

Posted on January 20th, 2025 by Jane Louise
Justice has been served on a Gladstone man who assaulted the Central Lane Hotel’s manager in 2024. At 3:30am one September morning, former truck driver Jordan Dallas King, 23, entered the hotel’s gaming area and demanded to be served a

PADDINGTON’S VILLAGE STAYS INN

Posted on December 6th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The fashion label owners of Paddington’s Village Inn have lost their court appeal to convert the site into a flagship store, as the pub’s trade benefits from the community outrage. Located near the corner of Glenmore Road and Oxford Street,

MAN ARRESTED OVER ARKABA RAMPAGE

Posted on November 6th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A Sydney man accused of assaulting staff and damaging several poker machines at the Hurley Group’s Arkaba Hotel has been released into home detention, after being detained by workers. Around 2pm on Sunday afternoon police were called to the Hotel

ROYAL MELBOURNE PASSES THE PUB TEST

Posted on November 1st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The stately Royal Melbourne Hotel has been exonerated in a court case where a patron sued the pub and an assailant for injuries sustained in an altercation. Around 10pm on 30 May 2018, Rene Van Rullen was in the venue

MEN ARRESTED OVER MULTIPLE PUB ARMED ROBBERIES

Posted on October 28th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Police have arrested and charged two men over a series of crimes, hitting seven pubs in Sydney and the mid-north coast with attempted and mostly successful armed robberies. It is alleged that around 10.20am Monday, 26 August, an armed hold-up

DAYLESFORD FATAL PUB CRASH DRIVER WALKS

Posted on September 20th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A magistrate has opted to dismiss all charges against the driver of a car that crashed into the outdoor area of a Daylesford pub last year, with families and survivors challenging the ‘injustice’. According to police and witnesses, around 6pm

DEVELOPERS LOSE BATTLE OVER CONTRACTED WORK BY VENDOR

Posted on September 9th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The forces behind developers Virtical and Core Asset Development have lost in their attempt to sue the prior owner of the historic Hotel Australasia over supposedly contracted works not completed. Image: Australian National University archives The heritage-listed Hotel was built

CHARGES UPGRADED AFTER PUB ASSAULT VICTIM DIES

Posted on August 28th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
An assault in a pub in north-west Adelaide earlier this month has seen a man die and his accused assailant’s charges escalated. Luke Sweetman, with his sister, Laura Sweetman According to police, 29-year-old Matthew Hawkins allegedly punched 35-year-old local Luke