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A Laidley South man charged after he allegedly assaulted and obstructed police has had his case adjourned for three weeks.
Matthew Hugh McKay, 28, was charged with eight offences - assaulting a police officer, obstructing a police officer, committing public nuisance, possessing dangerous drugs, possessing drug utensils, driving uninsured, driving unregistered and driving without a licence.
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A Lockyer Valley driver who blew .01 above the legal limit has been disqualified from driving for one month but awarded a work licence.
Craig Douglass Joseph Edwards was driving home on Boxing Day after lunch with his wife’s family when he was pulled up by a police patrol vehicle in Kensington Grove.
Edward was driving on Thallon Road at 2.4pm when intercepted then taken to the Lowood Police station where be blew a reading of 0.051.
Police prosecutor sergeant Al Windsor tendered Edward’s traffic history, which was “very dated” back to 1986.
Edwards was represented by solicitor Paul Emmerson, of Emmerson Legal, who said his 53-year-old client was a concreter and self-employed.
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An arrest warrant has been issued for a man who failed to appear in court for the fourth time in a row, after he phoned saying he was getting a COVID-19 test. An arrest warrant has been issued for a man who failed to appear in Gatton Magistrates Court for the fourth time in a row, after he phoned saying he was getting a COVID-19 test.
Coincidentally, he used the same excuse on the three previous occasions in which he was to appear.
Giovanni Russo was charged with four offences - two charges of possessing dangerous drugs and two charges of possessing utensils or pipes that had been used.