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Subscriber only AN IPSWICH tradesman who refused to give police a breath test has netted himself a jail term and been booted off the road. Adding insult to injury Geoffrey Phillips was told by an Ipswich Magistrate that his behaviour in front of police had lowered the bar of stupidity when he appeared in court on Tuesday. Geoffrey Ronald Phillips, 44, a dad of four from Brassall, was sentenced on six charges that relate to two lots of traffic incidents in Dalby in the early hours of Saturday, November 28 last year. Phillips pleaded guilty to four charges of failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis (roadside and at the Dalby police station); driving when unlicensed; and obstructing police when adversely affected by an intoxicating substance.
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A BAKER who couldnât blow hard enough for a roadside breath test has been fined and booted off the road six months.
An Ipswich court heard Rowan Zimpel blew âtoo softlyâ despite repeated police warnings after being intercepted at a rural service station.
Rowan Wilson Zimpel, 39, from Ironbark, pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to two charges that he failed to provide a breath specimen to police for analysis on October 30, 2020.
Prosecutor Sergeant Paul Caldwell said police went to the BP Blacksoil about 4.40pm after receiving a report that a driver appeared to be adversely affected.