Legal

MANAGER BROTHERS FACE COURT OVER FRAUD AT PUBS

Posted on October 30th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Two brothers are facing charges – separately and together – over alleged matters of fraud at two of Townsville’s favourite pubs, where they worked. 33-year-old Chris Gregory was assistant manager at the Mad Cow Hotel. He came to the attention

VICTORIAN VIOLENCE: ARRESTS AND WIDESPREAD BANS

Posted on October 23rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Three men have been arrested without charge for a pub fight that saw a 51-year-old man die, as a Victorian magistrate poses a clamp-down on alcohol-fuelled violence. Shortly before midnight on Friday (20 October) witnesses say a group of people

PUB EMPLOYEE JAILED FOR BETTING SPREE AND $50k DEBT

Posted on October 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A pub employee has been jailed for racking up almost $50,000 in debt on the hotel’s account, in a flurry of betting that “spiralled out of control”. The Geelong Advertiser reports the case of 28-year-old Jonathan Bush, appearing before Geelong

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,