Police have appealed for information from the public on several incidents of violence and robbery in pubs in New South Wales and South Australia. Around 1am Wednesday (1 February), a man armed with a machete entered the gaming room of the hotel on Gowrie Drive at Whyalla, around four hours north-east of Adelaide. He reportedly […]
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 holding money for inmates of Adelaide Remand Centre, and from petty cash. The court heard
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 to charges of common assault and sexual assault. Evidence presented to the Court centred around
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 again. Owner Trevor Bernard Andrews insisted he had a “constitutional right” to trade. Disagreeing with
Queensland Police have released CCTV footage in the hunt for the man who smashed a poker machine at ALH’s Old Sydney Hotel last month. Footage captured the incident around 4pm on 20 October at the pub, depicting a man verbally accosting staff behind a desk before using a gaming machine stool to smash the screen
Two people have been charged following the alleged robbery of a Windsor hotel, with one of the alleged perpetrators an employee of the pub. Police were called to the Fitzroy Hotel in Sydney’s north-west about 9.30pm on Sunday, 18 September. They were told a man wearing dark clothing and a face covering had gained entry
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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 investment banker, Kelly began building the collection in 2015, Pub Invest growing to own Surry
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Police have arrested a man after a brazen mid-morning robbery from a hotel in Cambridge Park. At around 10:45am on 24 September, a man entered the gaming room of the Overlander Hotel Motel Cambridge Park, a Top-150 gaming pub, and stood near a Cash Redemption Terminal (CRT). The man waited for the attendant to leave
Former Western Bulldog Brennan Stack and his brother have been sent to prison and banned from every licensed venue in the state over the brutal assault of three women after leaving a nightclub. On 20 march the 34-year-old former AFL player and his 26-year-old brother Shai Martin were filmed punching, kicking, dragging and stomping cousins
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The self-proclaimed ‘Freedom Hotel’ of Singleton is back in the news, protesting Council’s notice of tough action if its owners do not remove an unauthorised and potentially offensive flag from the roof. A letter from Council dated 29 August spoke of Notice of Intention to issue a “Development Control Demolition Order” after continued inaction by
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