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Each fortnight, a range of traffic matters face Gympie Magistrates Court, with many involving drink driving.
These are all the Gympie region residents who drove while over the high alcohol limit of .15, from highest reading to lowest.
1. Ian Arthur Moore
The 64-year-old Gympie retiree was more than five times the limit, blowing .261 when he crashed his car in Channon Street just before Christmas in 2019.
He pleaded guilty in Gympie Magistrates Court in 2020, was fined $1200 and disqualified from driving for 14 months.
2. Peter Charles Gayton
The 49-year-0ld, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of liquor after he blew .249 on Lawrence St in September.
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These elderly Gympie region residents were due in court on a range of matters last year due to their illegal behaviour.
From stealing from a disabled person to drug crime, here are five shocking crimes committed by over 60s.
1. 69yo diabetic pensioner stole $9k from disabled woman
A 41-year-old wheelchair-bound disabled woman who cannot speak has lost $9000 after it was stolen by the man charged with looking after her finances.
Her bank account was originally managed by her grandmother, but control was handed over to 69-year-old Dennis Mervyn Middleton, of Gympie, when the grandmother developed dementia.