In the Courts

MANAGER GLASSED OVER COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS

Posted on June 12th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A man was arrested this week for allegedly glassing a manager at ALH’s Boomerang Hotel after he was asked to leave an area of the pub due to COVID-19 restrictions. Police were called to a Hotel on Wagga Road at

PUB GROUP FINED FOR CONCEALING REBATES

Posted on May 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Supreme Court in South Australia has ordered directors of Bloody Mary Group to pay partners over $380,000 after they pocketed lucrative rebate deals with major brewers. In 2016 business partners Brett Viney and Matthew Mitchell bought the Windmill Hotel

ROYAL OAK CLOSED AS HARVEY BATTLES ATO

Posted on February 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Doctor-publican John Harvey has unleashed a David and Goliath battle against the ATO, which has already seen the closure of his Royal Oak Hotel at Cessnock. John Harvey operates the Hunter Valley Dental Practice, and in 2011 bought the nearby

WOMAN CHARGED OVER LEAVING CHILD IN HOT CAR

Posted on January 17th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A 32-year-old woman has been charged after her child was discovered in a hot car in Melbourne and rushed to hospital in critical condition. On Wednesday onlookers spotted a child in a Suzuki SUV in the carpark of Brook Point

GAMING ATTENDANT WALKS FOR STEALING AS A SERVANT

Posted on December 18th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A Toowoomba gaming attendant has walked away without a conviction or his job, after chasing his own lost $20 on Keno with over $66,000 of the hotel’s money. On Sunday 6 January 27-year-old Benjamin Naythan Shipp was working a quiet

PUB EMPLOYEE CONVICTED TWICE OVER ROBBERY

Posted on December 11th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
An employee of a Townsville pub has been convicted, again, for crimes relating to a robbery at the hotel she helped arrange. In December 2015 the Boomerang Hotel in Mackay was held up, with bandits getting away with $41,000. 25-year-old

CHARGES OVER DEATH OUTSIDE CRESWICK PUB

Posted on December 2nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A man has been charged over the death of a regular patron outside a Victorian pub last week. It was reported that an “altercation” took place out front of the Farmers Arms Hotel, in Creswick, 15 kilometres north of Ballarat,

MAN CHARGED OVER DRINK SPIKED WITH GHB

Posted on November 29th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A man that allegedly spiked a woman’s drink at a Newtown pub last Friday has faced court this week on a charge of administer poison, and been released on strict conditional bail. A 27-year-old woman with friends at the Town

HIT-AND-RUN DRUNK DRIVER GETS OFF MURDER

Posted on November 11th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A man that killed another with his van minutes after an altercation in the carpark of a pub, has had his murder conviction downgraded and will soon be eligible for parole. On 21 February 2014 Michael Meakin, 50, arrived at

PATRON SUING THE CORNER OVER STAGE-DIVE

Posted on October 9th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A patron that was injured during a live music performance in 2017 is suing the Corner Hotel and its security for potential negligence. A gig by American punk rock band The Bronx at live music mecca The Corner in October