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Subscriber only From a gutsy grandma who tried to outrun police to a grandpa who was too slack to delete child exploitation material from his phone, here are eight Sunshine Coast grandparents who were busted setting a bad example. Â
Drug-dealing grandad s desperate act to save dying wife Thomas Ivor Jones claimed he committed drug offences to support his terminally-ill wife and himself after her death. Propped up by his walking stick, a grandfather pleaded guilty to staggering drug crimes he committed to support his cancer-riddled wife and himself after her death. Alexandra Headland man Thomas Ivor Jones bought a large amount of marijuana in a failed attempt to produce cannabis oil to ease his wife s pain during her terminal battle, Maroochydore District Court heard in 2019.
âIt was fortunate the police arrived when they did,â magistrate Haydn Stjernqvist said.
Mr Stjernqvist said Gunn had âterrorisedâ the young girl.
âWeâve had a few conversations, havenât we,â he said, referring to Gunnâs criminal history.
âIf anyone who knew anything about law looked at the last four pages of your criminal history, theyâd see the court is trying to keep you out (of jail), and youâre trying to get yourself in there.â
Mr Stjernqvist said Gunn had previously been given suspended sentences and terms of parole, rather than being ordered to serve time.
He said it was either drugs or alcohol that led to Gunn ending up in court.
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Subscriber only A motorbike rider says he didn t see police behind him when he pulled a wheelie while overtaking on a Coast road known for blind spots. Brandt Colman Rumble, 27, was on Tuesday fined $1000 for riding his motorbike dangerously at Doonan on November 11. Noosa Magistrates Court heard police spotted Rumble tailgating a car in front of him while riding his KTM motorbike on Eumundi-Noosa Rd. Police prosecutor Phillip Stephens said officers travelling behind Rumble grew concerned when the rider pulled to the right of the car in front of him. The rider was then seen to execute a wheel stand and commence overtaking the vehicle in front at high speed on the rear wheel only, Sergeant Stephens said.
Lawyer Chelsea Emery, appearing as town agent for Jacobson Mahony Lawyers, said Mr Goode was not in attendance at court but was in regular contact with his lawyers. She said the firm might not have been familiar with protocol on the Sunshine Coast where defendants are expected to appear in court at their first mention. Magistrate Haydn Stjernqvist said it was an example of solicitors telling their clients they don t have to appear in court when they should. So you re saying, in other places where there s different practises, potentially he could go all the way through to June and first appear on the matter at a hearing? Mr Stjernqvist said.
He received eight stitches in his forehead and had two black eyes, she said. At the football he was complaining about pain and that s when he was given the powder by an unknown friend-of-a-friend and told it would help with his head. Ms Breese said her client had no criminal history. No comment, Glasgow told media as he left court on Tuesday. All I will say is that I applaud the great work that the men and women, of this great state, in the police do to keep our great state and nation safe. A conviction was not recorded.
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