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PATRON PUNCH SEES PATRON DEATH AND NEW CHARGES

Posted on December 16th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A shameful incident outside a Gold Coast pub a week ago has escalated, with the victim of an assault dying in hospital on Monday. Around 2:30am on Friday, 4 December, two men “unknown to each other” are reported to have

PUB ROBBED WITH SWORD IN WELL-PLANNED HEIST

Posted on December 9th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A Berrimah pub and staff member are recovering after a cunning bandit executed a well-planned robbery, wielding a sword. Last Sunday night the manager of the Hidden Valley Tavern was confronted in the office by a masked man holding a

REALITY CHECK FOR PUB PATRON GUILTY OF ASSAULT

Posted on November 30th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A Victorian Court has issued a reality check to a patron that sparked a violent altercation requiring police involvement in a St Kilda pub. Truck driver and electrician Steven McCormick appeared before Armidale Local Court charged with common assault and

BRISBANE PUB BRAWL PROMPTS CALLS FOR MANDATORY SENTENCING

Posted on October 23rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Five men have been charged following a brawl outside Brisbane’s Boundary Hotel on Sunday night in which two police officers were assaulted and injured. Police were called to the corner of Boundary and Jane Streets shortly after midnight, after the

SENSELESS PATRON DEATHS PUT PUBS IN DARK SPOTLIGHT

Posted on October 9th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Two NSW hotels have sadly become embroiled in the tragic deaths of two patrons assaulted in the vicinity. Visitor to Coffs Harbour, 26-year-old Kyle Watkins, was struck in a seemingly unprovoked attack soon after leaving the Coffs Hotel with a

PUB AND MANAGER CONVICTED OVER DUI DEATH

Posted on September 23rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The Kangaroo Island pub and manager guilty of serving 22 drinks and takeaway to a man who then died driving his car home have finally been sentenced. [caption id="attachment_1899" align="alignright" width="309"] Anthony Read. Image: The Islander[/caption] In June 2013, a

COURT TRIES ICE-USING HOTEL THUGS

Posted on September 7th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Rockhampton District Court last week tried the case of two ice users that perpetrated a violent, “gratuitous” robbery at the Brunswick Hotel. Dylan Warcon and Travis Anderson were charged with robbery in company and with personal violence after the assaulted

MAINTENANCE DISPUTE CLOSES HERITAGE PUB

Posted on August 24th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A contractual dispute over maintenance of a heritage-listed building has forced one of Adelaide’s oldest pubs to shut its doors. Leaseholder Glen Duncan is in the throes of a court hearing over outstanding rent and unattended repairs on the beloved

DEATH OF KINGS CROSS SPARKS CLASS ACTION

Posted on August 7th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Shutting for good on Wednesday, Thursday Hugos’ owner and staff fronted a party of Kings Cross stakeholders and a Federal MP to announce intentions of a class action against the NSW Government. As the award-winning cornerstone of Kings Cross closes