Legal

MEN SENTENCED OVER SERIOUS ATTACK ON BUNDY PUB WORKERS

Posted on November 29th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Two bricklayers have been sentenced and are lucky to escape serious prison time after an incident at a Queensland pub where they terrorised two staff members in a “prolonged” violent attack. Gladstone Magistrates Court heard the report of 24-year-old Zachary

PUB ROBBERIES AND ARRESTS IN NEWCASTLE REGION

Posted on November 22nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
An armed heroin user who robbed multiple pubs has been sentenced, and two teens arrested over assault and auto theft of an employee, after a series of incidents in the Newcastle region. Appearing before Newcastle District Court, it was reported

GREENGATE ORDERED TO COMPENSATE UNRULY PATRON

Posted on November 16th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Greengate Hotel on Sydney’s north shore has been ordered to pay compensation to a patron, after a court ruled he was assaulted and “falsely imprisoned” by staff and security. James Mansour attended the Greengate in Killara with friends

CORKMAN ‘COWBOYS’ TO REBUILD HISTORIC PUB

Posted on November 10th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
After years of legal disputes, massive fines and threat of prison, the owners of the site of the former and much-disputed Corkman Irish Pub at Carlton will build a replica of the historic watering hole they illegally demolished. Late 2014

OXFORD CLOSES AS MAKRIS FAMILY FIGHTS IN COURT

Posted on September 20th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Oxford Hotel of North Adelaide has closed amid a multimillion-dollar legal battle between property magnate Con Makris and his daughter, the proprietor. After emigrating to Australia from Greece in 1963, Makris, now 76, took root in Adelaide. He

EMPLOYEE CHARGED FOR TRYING TO STOP PATRON DRINK DRIVING

Posted on September 8th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A pub employee has been convicted and fined for an over-zealous attempt to stop a patron from drink driving. According to police documents tendered in court, 47-year-old Andrew Winter from Catalina, who works at the Bay View Hotel in Batemans

MAN ARRESTED OVER MURDER AT GOLD COAST PUB

Posted on August 21st, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A man has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing another man within minutes of arriving at a Gold Coast pub. According to police, a 26-year-old man and 30-year-old woman, believed to be his girlfriend, arrived at McGuire’s RQ's Tavern

THREE MEN STABBED IN MELBOURNE VENUE

Posted on August 17th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Police are seeking two men in relation to a violent altercation in a venue in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday morning when three men were stabbed, leaving one in critical condition. Around 6am at busy adult entertainment club Men’s Gallery, on

POLICE SEEK GROVE BOTTLESHOP BANDITS

Posted on August 7th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Police have released CCTV footage of an armed robbery at a Mackay hotel bottleshop, as investigations continue to find the perpetrators. The video shows a white Nissan Navara pull up in the drive-through lane around 8pm on Wednesday, 26 July.