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A MUM has been told by Queenslandâs Chief Judge to get off drugs because her ânonsenseâ kept resulting in her getting into trouble with the law.
New drug related convictions mean the Gatton woman again breached a suspended jail sentence imposed for a trafficking offence in 2017.
Chief Judge Brian Devereaux SC warned Melissa Francis this week that her drug use would inevitably result in her going back to jail.
Melissa Leanne Francis, 36, pleaded guilty to breaching a suspended sentence at Ipswich District Court.
Office of Director of Public Prosecutions legal officer Chantel Phillips said Francis had been sentenced by an Ipswich judge in September 2018 for the drug trafficking committed in 2017.
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CAR thieves were caught in the act when the owner heard his car alarm screeching at 2am and went to investigate.
The victim’s Holden Commodore had rolled down a driveway and struck a parked car, Ipswich Magistrates Court heard.
The two offenders, a defacto couple, fled the scene but crashed and were arrested.
Michael James Rooney, 39, appeared from jail via video-link and pleaded guilty to unlawful entry of a motor vehicle at night in Redbank Plains on September 19 2020; going armed to cause fear; unlawful entry; trespass; wilful damage to a glass panel; and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.