In the Courts

MEN DODGE TIME OVER ASSAULTS

Posted on March 2nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Two men have avoided jail time after violent incidents against staff and others, spurred by drugs, alcohol and animated affections. Early January 2022, 21-year-old boilermaker William Hayes was socialising with his girlfriend and two other friends at the Huskisson Hotel,

MAN FOUND ALL BUT

Posted on March 2nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A magistrate has ruled against a claim of sexual assault by a Queensland mine worker, seeing CCTV of the man grabbing a girl’s bottom at a pub.   Martin Beau Hunter Shaw has been employed as a FIFO worker in

MAN IMPRISONED FOR ASSAULT AND DEATH THREATS ON BOUNCER

Posted on February 24th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A man who assaulted and threatened to kill a guard and his family at the Town Hall in Newtown last year has been sent away, as the magistrate disputed his claim of alcohol-induced memory loss. 30-year-old Charles Begg of Merrylands

BOUNCER ARRESTED FOR CHOKING OUT PUB PATRON

Posted on February 22nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
An overzealous bouncer in a Darwin pub has been charged over reckless endangerment, after he choked a patron unconscious and dumped him on the concrete, in front of a crowd of witnesses. The incident reportedly took place in the early

PUBLICAN FACES TRIAL FOR THEFT FROM INMATES

Posted on January 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A hotel owner has faced court over the alleged theft of over $100k from inmates of the remand centre where he also worked, in an attempt to save his business. Brenton Williams pleaded guilty to theft from a prison safe

DRUNK MANAGER FACES TIME FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT

Posted on November 30th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
A Queensland pub manager is facing prison over his behaviour at a Christmas party, where he is said to have groped and assaulted two teenage girls. 42-year-old Samuel McGrath appeared this week before Noosa Magistrates Court, where he pleaded guilty

PASTORAL PAYS PRICE FOR PANDEMIC TRADE

Posted on November 25th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
A COVID-defying publican who opened his Pastoral Hotel in Echuca during the lockdowns has faced court and been fined for his insolence. During Victoria’s fifth lockdown, in 2021, the Pastoral Hotel reopened for three days before being forced to close

SCONE PUBLICAN FACES CHARGES OVER WHITE POWDER

Posted on August 29th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
A Hunter Valley publican is facing a slew of charges relating to supply and possession of cocaine at his Scone pub. 37-year-old John William Allen, aka Jack Allen, fronted Muswellbrook Local Court last week to face multiple charges, the most