Legal

POLICE FOIL CUNNING ROZELLE PUB SAFE HEIST

Posted on August 7th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A very determined thief is facing charges after being arrested attempting to wheel a large safe he stole from a Rozelle pub down Victoria Road in a shopping trolley. NSW Police reported the case of a man spotted manoeuvring a

INJURED SECURITY GUARD SUES COMPANY AND VENUE

Posted on July 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Years after its closure, former guard Fady Taiba is suing Bar 333 and his employer, Prime Security, over injuries sustained in a coward punch by a drunken finance worker. On the evening of Friday, 6 September 2013, Taiba was working

CORKMAN COWBOYS FIRE BACK

Posted on July 21st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The so-called cowboy developers of Carlton’s historic Corkman Irish Pub have further distanced themselves from the mandated rebuild, now suing the planning minister over height limit. Stefce​ Kutlesovski​ and Raman​ Shaqiri purchased the 1858 pub two years ago for $4.76m,

GUARD CONVICTED GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM FOR MAULING PATRON

Posted on June 19th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
UPDATE: A Gold Coast hotel security guard has been found guilty of grievous bodily harm, for knocking out and breaking the jaw of a Sydney licensee in February, 2014. [caption id="attachment_5305" align="alignright" width="230"] Dennis Faulkner[/caption] Southport District Court last week

MEN ARRESTED FOR THREE-ON-ONE PUB BASHING

Posted on June 19th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Three men have been arrested and charged regarding a brutal assault in an east Melbourne pub on Saturday night. Victorian Police responded to calls around 8:30pm to a hotel in Doncaster, around 20 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD. The

WAGGA PUBLICAN FACES CHARGES OVER TAB FRAUD

Posted on June 9th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A publican has pleaded guilty in Wagga Local Court to two counts of fraud, regarding 22 TAB vouchers he issued himself and cashed to pay wages and bills. David Anthony Brace was manager at the Red Steer Hotel-Motel and Palm

WA CRACKING DOWN ON COWARD PUNCH ATTACKS

Posted on June 2nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
New stiffer penalties have come into force in WA around one-punch attacks, with the pending sentence for the perpetrator of an unprovoked attack that killed a man in a Mandurah pub. Around 4pm on 20 September last year 27-year-old chef

ANTI-SLEAZE PROGRAMS POPPING UP IN PUBS

Posted on May 19th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Increased awareness of the issue of sexual harassment has given rise to initiatives in licensed venues around the world, aiming to let venues assist the innocent. Several such initiatives have begun in Australia, following the lead of UK and the