A NSW publican has narrowly escaped jail after being caught defrauding Tabcorp of nearly $45,000 in late 2015. Keith Douglas Cummings is the owner and licensee of the Candelo Hotel, in Candelo, near Bega. Bega Magistrate’s Court heard on Tuesday (10 May) that Cummings had issued to himself a total of $44,879 worth of Tabcorp […]
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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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Managers from a Brunswick pub have appeared in Court over charges relating to “huge amounts” of drugs sold on the premises. The sale of drugs was reportedly so prolific customers had to queue outside the hotel’s office to purchase their ice and cocaine. Police were tipped off to the hotel’s activity last July, but took
Three men from two late-trading Melbourne music venues have been charged with drug trafficking offences, drawing attention to operator regulation in Victoria. Manager Paul Polito and Chris Lytras – believed to be the owner – of Brunswick’s Railway Hotel appeared before Melbourne Magistrate’s Court yesterday following a raid on the hotel last Friday (15 April).
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Tragically, following Monday’s report of a teenager that was cowardly punched in the head during a brawl on Saturday, the Cronin family had to make the harrowing decision to turn off life support. 19-year-old Patrick Cronin was reportedly helping a mate who had been knocked over and was being trampled as the brawl, which involved
Hotels around the country continue to be the scene of “childish” behaviour at the hands of motorcycle gangs, as they flaunt laws against their existence. Members of the Rebels ‘outlaw motorcycle gang’ (OMCG) recently faced Penrith Local Court over the shocking bashing of two rivals at the Clarendon Tavern in north-west Sydney. The attack was
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Police have confirmed a man has been charged with reckless wounding after he hit another man in the neck with a glass in a Lake Macquarie pub on Friday night. Lake Macquarie Local Area Command told PubTIC a 19-year-old man has been released on bail, to appear before Belmont Local Court in early May. Officers
Two years after a violent invasion that saw the owners of a Victorian pub nearly killed, police have issued a $350,000 reward for information. Closing up their pub, the Mt Dandenong Hotel, around 2am on Saturday, 22 March 2014, Mark and Jenny were surprised by two masked men, who overpowered them and pushed their way
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A WA man has been jailed for a single punch that caused the death of another man, as the debate on violence involving alcohol continues to broil around the country. At the ripe age of just 24, Matthew Edward Norman Windlass already boasted a criminal record of convictions for assault, possessing a weapon, unlawful wounding,
Industry and the community are rallying behind a revised sentence for the man who bashed the manager of the Oatley Hotel last Christmas and got a 12-month good behaviour bond. In the afternoon of 18 December last year security escorted a man and his brother from the Oatley after one of them was “nearing intoxication”.
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