Legal

GUN-MAN IN NEWCASTLE HOTEL PLEADS GUILTY

Posted on June 3rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A Central Coast man could see years in prison after bringing a loaded pistol into a Newcastle late-night hotel. 29-year-old Jake Thomas McDougall pleaded guilty in Newcastle Local Court last week, via CCTV link from prison, to acquiring a prohibited

FATAL DRIVE-BY SHOOTING AT PRAHRAN NIGHTCLUB

Posted on April 15th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne police are hunting two suspects who fired shots into a crowd, killing a security guard, at Prahran late-night venue Love Machine. Shortly after 3am Sunday morning as people queued outside the Melbourne nightclub, a stolen black Porsche Cayenne drove

MUSIC MECCA THE CORNER HOTEL SUES JAZZ CORNER HOTEL

Posted on April 15th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Richmond music mecca The Corner is back in court over use of the ‘C’-word, accusing developer-cum-musician Albert ‘Albare’ Dadon of impropriety at the Jazz Corner Hotel. The Corner Hotel is an iconic live music venue in eastern Melbourne, operated since

MAN SENTENCED OVER POST-PUB BEHAVIOUR

Posted on April 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A man appearing in Sutherland Local Court has been sentenced over his behaviour outside The Prince in Kirrawee, mid-2018. 29-year-old Graham Campbell from Wyong stood before Magistrate Hugh Donnelly over the incident on 8 June. Campbell was reportedly asked to

GIRLS ARRESTED OVER VIOLENT ANTICS

Posted on March 27th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Four young women are facing court on multiple charges including assaulting police after poor behaviour outside a Maitland pub. A disagreement in the well-patronised pub’s beer garden around 1am on Sunday morning lead to one woman being asked to leave

CLYDE HOTEL TALKING TRASH WITH MELBOURNE UNI

Posted on March 22nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Carlton student pub the Clyde Hotel has gotten itself into a Supreme Court battle with Melbourne University over use of a purpose-built rubbish storage area. In 1975 the University undertook a bid to have the shared laneway, Elgin Place South,

FOUR CHARGED OVER ATTACK ON SECURITY

Posted on March 11th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Police have arrested four people out of a group of five tourists that launched a blitz attack on security at a Camperdown pub after being asked to leave. The Alfred Hotel on Missenden Road is across from RPA Hospital and

CORKMAN COWBOYS COP THE LOT

Posted on February 22nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The cowboys of Carlton have copped a whopping fine for the illegal demolition of the beloved Corkman Irish Pub, bringing the total to almost $2 million, and they may yet still need to rebuild it. Developers Raman Shaqiri and Stefce

ROUGH WEEKEND IN VIC PUBS

Posted on January 21st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Victorian pubs lament a rough weekend, as violence makes the headlines in at least two locations, leaving one man dead and several in police custody. Emergency services were called to a fight that broke out early Saturday morning on Campbell

POLICE SEEK GUNMAN IN QUEANBEYAN RAM-RAID

Posted on December 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Police have released CCTV footage of a ram raid armed robbery of the Hotel Queanbeyan in a bid to catch the bandit that fired at employees. The camera footage shows a dark grey Mitsubishi Triton ute reverse up to an