Legal

PUB MANAGER SUES ALH FOR $750K

Posted on October 12th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A former manager at ALH’s Royal Hotel in Beenleigh is suing the group for around $750,000, claiming their failure to provide safe conditions resulted in her PTSD and ongoing disability. In a statement of claim filed in Beenleigh District Court,

RAPPER GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED OVER PUB BRAWLS

Posted on August 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Salec Sua, aka ‘Lekks’, has been jailed again this week for his role in a brawl at the Village Hotel last year, occurring shortly before he was jailed for a previous brawl at the Carousel Inn that nearly killed an

EVICTED MAN RETURNS IN HIS COMMODORE

Posted on August 10th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Police were called to the Robina Pavilion after reports a man that had been evicted from the pub had returned, reversing his Commodore through the entrance. The incident took place Wednesday night, around 8pm, after the 27-year-old man was reportedly

FORMER SOLDIER CHARGED OVER DEATH IN CANBERRA PUB

Posted on July 13th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A 35-year-old former soldier has been charged with murder over an alleged attack and the death of another man, in a Canberra pub last week. Police understand Kerry Kourpanidis was dining at the Kingston Hotel on 5 July with his

JEALOUS BOYFRIEND JAILED OVER GLASSING

Posted on June 22nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A Perth pub-goer that smashed a glass into the face of another patron has been sent to prison for “grossly disproportionate” conduct. In October 2019 37-year-old David Grant Weir was drinking at ALH’s Brass Monkey Hotel in Northbridge with his

MANAGER GLASSED OVER COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS

Posted on June 12th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A man was arrested this week for allegedly glassing a manager at ALH’s Boomerang Hotel after he was asked to leave an area of the pub due to COVID-19 restrictions. Police were called to a Hotel on Wagga Road at

PUB GROUP FINED FOR CONCEALING REBATES

Posted on May 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Supreme Court in South Australia has ordered directors of Bloody Mary Group to pay partners over $380,000 after they pocketed lucrative rebate deals with major brewers. In 2016 business partners Brett Viney and Matthew Mitchell bought the Windmill Hotel

ALH’S WESTMEADOWS TAVERN UNDER SIEGE

Posted on March 2nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Westmeadows Tavern saw squads of heavily-armed tactical police swarm the site in the early hours this morning, as two armed bandits were believed to be inside. Police were called to the ALH pub in northern Melbourne around 5am, receiving

ROYAL OAK CLOSED AS HARVEY BATTLES ATO

Posted on February 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Doctor-publican John Harvey has unleashed a David and Goliath battle against the ATO, which has already seen the closure of his Royal Oak Hotel at Cessnock. John Harvey operates the Hunter Valley Dental Practice, and in 2011 bought the nearby