MAN FOUND ALL BUT
A magistrate has ruled against a claim of sexual assault by a Queensland mine worker, seeing CCTV of the man grabbing a girl’s bottom at a pub. Martin Beau Hunter Shaw has been employed as a FIFO worker in
MAN IMPRISONED FOR ASSAULT AND DEATH THREATS ON BOUNCER
A man who assaulted and threatened to kill a guard and his family at the Town Hall in Newtown last year has been sent away, as the magistrate disputed his claim of alcohol-induced memory loss. 30-year-old Charles Begg of Merrylands
BOUNCER ARRESTED FOR CHOKING OUT PUB PATRON
An overzealous bouncer in a Darwin pub has been charged over reckless endangerment, after he choked a patron unconscious and dumped him on the concrete, in front of a crowd of witnesses. The incident reportedly took place in the early
WOMAN IN HOT WATER FOR CRASHING CAR INTO PUB – SEVERAL TIMES
A seemingly jilted woman at a Perth bar has allegedly assaulted the manager and used her car to ram the pub, before being arrested after police followed her trail home. Video has emerged (below) of the woman believed to be
PUBLICAN FACES TRIAL FOR THEFT FROM INMATES
A hotel owner has faced court over the alleged theft of over $100k from inmates of the remand centre where he also worked, in an attempt to save his business. Brenton Williams pleaded guilty to theft from a prison safe
DRUNK MANAGER FACES TIME FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
A Queensland pub manager is facing prison over his behaviour at a Christmas party, where he is said to have groped and assaulted two teenage girls. 42-year-old Samuel McGrath appeared this week before Noosa Magistrates Court, where he pleaded guilty
PASTORAL PAYS PRICE FOR PANDEMIC TRADE
A COVID-defying publican who opened his Pastoral Hotel in Echuca during the lockdowns has faced court and been fined for his insolence. During Victoria’s fifth lockdown, in 2021, the Pastoral Hotel reopened for three days before being forced to close
PROBLEMS CONTINUE FOR KELLY’S PEAK INVEST PUBS FUND
Investors in Damian Kelly’s Peak Invest pub fund are taking him to task in the NSW Supreme Court, seeking more than a million dollars be repaid even after the portfolio sold at more than 1.5 times book value. A former
SCONE PUBLICAN FACES CHARGES OVER WHITE POWDER
A Hunter Valley publican is facing a slew of charges relating to supply and possession of cocaine at his Scone pub. 37-year-old John William Allen, aka Jack Allen, fronted Muswellbrook Local Court last week to face multiple charges, the most
MANAGER AND BARTENDER PLEAD TO COCAINE SUPPLY
A manager and bartender from the Newcastle region have pleaded guilty to supplying drugs to patrons in the hotel. On the evening of 29 April, police with the Port Stephens Hunter Drug Unit allegedly observed Gareth Ian Wilkinson offering to
