In the Courts

PUBLICAN TO PRISON FOR SELLING DRUGS TO COPS

Posted on September 10th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The former owner of the now closed Railway Hotel Brunswick has been sent to prison after pleading guilty to selling nearly $70k worth of drugs to undercover cops. Owner of the Railway, 50-year-old Chris Lytras, was arrested and charged back

BALGA MAN SENTENCED OVER PUB CAR PARK FATALITY

Posted on August 22nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A man has been sentenced for his role in a fatal punch-up outside the Brook Bar & Bistro last year, after the Danny Green v Anthony Mundine rematch boxing event. In a hearing last week, WA’s District Court heard there

MAN CHARGED OVER GLASSING AT GOLD COAST PUB

Posted on July 9th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A young man has been charged with grievous bodily harm after reportedly assaulting another man with a glass in a Gold Coast hotel over the weekend. Police report that around 1am on Saturday (7 July) at the Coolangatta Hotel, a

BOUNCER JAILED FOR INJURING BANNED ABUSIVE PATRON

Posted on June 25th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A pub bouncer is appealing his conviction and sentencing for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, in relation to injuries inflicted on a banned patron. Joseph Tulikaki was employed at a hotel in Orange as a responsible service of alcohol (RSA) marshal.

PUB GUARD ASSAILANT LETS LOOSE IN COURT

Posted on April 9th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A “changed man” fronting Wollongong District Court on Friday for a serious assault on a pub security guard became engaged and threw furniture when sentenced to prison. Jesse John Rose and friend Jaye Pearson were captured on CCTV at a

PUBLICAN JAILED OVER PREMIER HOTEL FRAUD AND ARSON

Posted on January 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The failed owner of Albany’s historic Premier Hotel has pleaded guilty and received ten years over a scam to fake a robbery and arson in order to claim insurance. Mid-2016 news emerged that lessee Graeme Roderick Cooper – new operator

MAN AWAITS TRIAL OVER ONE-PUNCH DEATH AT THE ENTRANCE

Posted on January 15th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Entrance business owner George Habkouk is awaiting trial over the death on New Year’s Day of Haydn Butcher outside a central coast hotel. Wyong Local Court has heard preliminary details of the incident in the early hours of New

HISTORIC AMBASSADOR HOTEL CAUGHT IN BANKRUPTCY DISPUTE

Posted on November 29th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Adelaide property aristocracy the Polites family is embroiled in a dispute over the failed tenant at its heritage-listed Ambassadors Hotel. The majestic Ambassadors Hotel has been a dominant sight on King William Street in the heart of Adelaide since 1881.

FATHER & SON PUBLICANS JAILED FOR ARSON

Posted on November 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The father and son team accused of torching their Ravenswood pub for the insurance money have been convicted and sentenced. A fire on 9 June 2014 destroyed the Junction Hotel, owned by the Jansen family. In the following months, police