Legal

POLICE SEEK PUBLIC HELP IN MULTIPLE PUB CRIMES

Posted on February 3rd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
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

PUBLICAN FACES TRIAL FOR THEFT FROM INMATES

Posted on January 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
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

DRUNK MANAGER FACES TIME FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT

Posted on November 30th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
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

PASTORAL PAYS PRICE FOR PANDEMIC TRADE

Posted on November 25th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
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

MAN SMASHES EGM AT ALH’S OLD SYDNEY HOTEL

Posted on November 21st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
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

EMPLOYEE AND ACCOMPLICE ARRESTED OVER HOTEL ROBBERY

Posted on November 14th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
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.

FORMER EMPLOYEE NABBED FOR STEALING CASH BOX

Posted on October 7th, 2022 by Jane Louise
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