Legal

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

BOAT HOUSE BUCKS BRAWL SENDS GROOM TO BIG HOUSE

Posted on September 30th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A magistrate has jailed a man that started a brawl outside Patonga Boat House earlier this year, triggered when he and his bucks party were refused entry. On 23 February Joshua Norman Bovis, along with father Michael Andrew Bovis and

POLICE BLITZ ON SUSPECTS IN GAMING ROOM ROBBERIES

Posted on September 30th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
An inter-agency taskforce involving more than 90 police officers executed coordinated raids at 58 properties, in relation to a scourge of gaming room robberies in South Australia. Police report armed robberies at 26 gaming rooms in the State since the

UNWANTED PATRON TO FACE MANY CHARGES OVER WEEKEND ANTICS

Posted on September 4th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
An incident over the weekend in Sydney’s south highlights the unpredictable nature of some people, as an unwanted patron finds himself facing nine new charges. Around 7pm on Saturday a 24-year-old local man got into an argument with bar staff

PUB BRAWL KILLER ORDERED TO PAY FAMILY COMPENSATION

Posted on August 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The coward punch killer of teenager Patrick Cronin at the Windy Mile Hotel has been ordered to pay over $170k compensation to the family by the Victorian Supreme Court. The ruling is a hard-fought win for the surviving relatives of

POLICE HUNT ARMED MAN OVER WEEKEND BURGLARY

Posted on July 22nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Central West District police are investigating an armed robbery and assault that took place early Saturday morning at an Orange hotel. A male cleaner at the Victoria Hotel in Orange was bailed up by an intruder, reportedly armed with a

VENUES BUSTED FOR INTOX AND MINOR GAMING

Posted on July 15th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Regulators have kick-started the financial year with decisions against two licensed venues, over allowing intoxication, and a minor operating a gaming machine. The NSW District Court last week heard an appeal from the licensee of Bathurst’s Elephant & Castle Hotel

TWO MEN SENTENCED OVER COWARDLY KILLING

Posted on July 10th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Two men have been jailed for causing the death of a man in a drunken act of cowardice outside a Newman pub. In August 2016, 45-year-old Nathan Haynes was with friends at big regional pub the Newman Hotel, aka The