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 Jason Goodwin was playing pool at the Silver Sands Tavern, standing with his hands in […]
NSW Liquor & Gaming has seized 35 gaming machines from a warehouse in south-west Sydney. L&G inspectors are investigating the possible illegal possession and sale of gaming machines by a licensed technician and seller. The recent seizure is part of the ongoing investigation, and the machines will be used as evidence. There are strict controls
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Southern Victorian pubs have seen a rash of anti-social behaviour in recent days, involving weapons and a brutal gang attack. In the early hours of Saturday (5 November) security ejected a “gang” that was causing trouble plus three other men from the Bay Hotel in Mornington. The gang, numbering around ten and described as of
A teenage has been arrested for brutally bashing the owner of the Rocks Tavern – revenge for banning the kid for bad behaviour eight years earlier. Kevin Mullins, now aged 74, made headlines in 2008 for banning a seven-year-old boy from his pub in Carpenter Rocks for a month. The kid had for months reportedly
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Brisbane pubs have seen a recent blight of low-tech cash-grab robberies, with State research showing drug abuse up and alcohol down. The robberies have taken place late at night or even after closing, and each feature two men wielding weapons including timber and garden tools. In late July two men entered the east Brisbane Tingalpa
An opportunistic thief was sprung in the act in ALH’s Vale Hotel, prompting threats with a handy steak knife and escape with a Wild Turkey down his pants. The would-be thief was seen trying to get into the cash register in the dining area, around 1am on Saturday. Confronted by security and staff, he reportedly
Pubs in NSW and Queensland were victims of armed robberies by amateurs over the weekend, shocking victims with firearms to secure small amounts of cash. Just before midnight on Saturday, two men entered Spirit Hotels’ Hotel HQ in Logan, in south Brisbane. Armed with a sawn-off shotgun and a tomahawk, the pair demanded money from
Four former employees of the Vegas Hotel have been sentenced for a brazen robbery on the Kings Cross pub in mid-2013. CCTV caught the dramatic break-in and heist – all staged to draw attention from the four employees’ identities. Their faces covered, Adam Elshaimy and Ammar Chahal were seen smashing through the glass entry to
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Police are appealing to the public for information about two men that assaulted a hotel owner and set the building alight with people sleeping inside. Around 12:30am on Friday 13 May the owner and manager of Albany’s historic Premier Hotel was grabbed by two bandits as he took out garbage. The men dragged the owner
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Police are searching for two men that committed a violent robbery and assault at Gladstone’s Central Lane Hotel on Monday morning. CCTV footage showed a man armed with an axe force his way into the Hotel behind a female manger as she was about to lock up. Security had reportedly just left, and only two
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