In the Courts

LIFE BANS FOR ROGUE OPERATORS

Posted on May 18th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Two former Kings Cross operators have received life bans from holding liquor licences in the “toughest sanctions ever imposed” by the ILGA. Licensee John Barakat and manager Dominic Kaikaty faced a special application by the Office of Liquor Gaming &

MERIVALE’S COOGEE DISASTER IN COURT

Posted on May 11th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A dispute over the sale of Coogee Pavilion could see Merivale’s Justin Hemmes in court against the vendor, former Rothschild CEO David Kingston. An agreement in March last year saw the celebrity operator sign on to take over the former

KINGS CROSS BOUNCER CHARGED OVER SELF-DEFENCE PUNCH

Posted on May 4th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Police have charged a Kings Cross bouncer over a punch to an aggressive patron enraged over being denied entry at lock-out time. Around 1:30 am Tuesday, 14 April, security at a hotel on William Street in Kings Cross refused two

COURT FINES MAN FOR FAILING TO LEAVE PUB

Posted on April 29th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
On Monday Orange Local Court fined a man $1300 over his drunken behaviour and failure to leave a local hotel. Mechanic Benjamin Gray was asked by staff to leave the hotel in the early hours of 4 April, but argued

PUB FIGHT SEES MAN JAILED FOR 6 MONTHS

Posted on April 24th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Warrnambool Magistrate’s Court this week handed down sentence to a man who wounded four people in a fight but was too drunk to remember. On November 28 last year Andrew John Zibell reportedly drank a “slab of beer” before going

PUB STAFF GUILTY OVER DUI DEATH

Posted on April 10th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A landmark case that saw hotel staff charged after a drunk patron died in a road crash has reached trial, but the hangover isn’t over yet. [caption id="attachment_1899" align="alignright" width="309"] Anthony Read. Image: The Islander[/caption] In mid-2013 Kangaroo Island resident

BOUNCERS NEAR KILL KNIFE-WIELDING PATRON

Posted on April 8th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
In what could have been a scene from underbelly, a pack of nightclub bouncers from Melbourne’s upmarket CQ Hotel chased down and nearly stabbed to death a patron with his own knife. Career bouncer Remzi Orcanoglu was granted bail in

“GLASSING” PUTS PUB IN THE HOT SEAT

Posted on April 1st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A pub in suburban Camden went through the PR wringer this week as shock-hungry media latched onto a police report that mentioned a “glassing”. [caption id="attachment_1829" align="alignright" width="276"] Camden Hotel[/caption] PubTIC contacted the Camden Hotel, which initially resisted discussion on

LICENSEE FINED AND CONVICTED FOR LOCKOUT BREACH

Posted on April 1st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The OLGR reports a Sydney publican had a conviction recorded and strike against his venue due to his “specific” involvement in a lockout breach. Licensee of the Hotel Chambers, Chady Khouzame, pleaded guilty in Downing Centre Local Court last Wednesday

HOUSE PARTY SEES MAN SET ON FIRE

Posted on March 16th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
[caption id="attachment_1629" align="alignright" width="239"] Johno Holten. Image: Facebook[/caption] A Sydney teenager is recovering from serious burns after a classic case of stupidity under the influence of alcohol. Sydney Northern beaches 18-year-old Johno Holten is in a stable condition in Royal