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POLICE found an illegal bolt-action shotgun hidden in the ceiling of a family home in Ipswich.
The homeowner, a former security guard, was charged and when the case went before Ipswich Magistrates Court no explanation was given as to why the weapon had been secreted there.
Colin Peter Vaughan, 61, from Brassall, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm on February 13.
Prosecutor Sergeant Matt Donnelly said Vaughan refused to talk to police officers about the firearm but later acknowledged he should not have had it.
No explanation was given in court as to why Vaughan had the gun, or where he obtained it from.
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Subscriber only A MAN accused of stabbing an 80-year-old man during a robbery on a rural property near Lowood has been refused bail. Police allege 21-year-old Clinton Patrick Noy was in the company of 24-year-old co-accused Andy Coulson when the elderly man found the intruders trying to steal fuel at 3.30am last Friday, March 12 from a shed at O Reilly s Weir Road. The shed owner suffered a laceration to an arm and a puncture wound to his stomach and was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital. During his unsuccessful bail application before Ipswich Magistrates Court on Monday, it was revealed Noy knew the 80-year-old after having worked for his family.
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A MAN’S attempt to steal clothes from a David Jones department store erupted into a violent robbery when he attacked a female assistant, a court has heard this week.
Adam Wells fled the store with a female accomplice after he punched the female victim in the face, splitting her lip open.
His spree of bad behaviour included a bottle shop robbery and the use of a stolen car.
Wells was brought before Ipswich District Court for sentence on Tuesday.
Tattoos and a distinctive hat he wore helped police link him to the crimes.
Adam John Wells, 31, from Booval, pleaded guilty to committing a robbery with violence when in company at David Jones in Westfield Garden City on April 19, 2020; and robbery of the bottle shop at the Prince Alfred Hotel in Ipswich on April 13, 2020.
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Subscriber only AN IPSWICH court this week heard how a paramedic was stabbed moments after waking a woman who had passed out following an accidental overdose of medication. The court heard the patient grabbed a kitchen knife after regaining consciousness, and there was a struggle before the female paramedic was unintentionally stabbed in the hand, with the gash requiring nine stitches. Tara Maree Robinson, 34, from Brassall, pleaded guilty at Ipswich District Court on Monday to serious assault causing bodily harm when armed on a paramedic performing her professional duties on October 9, 2019. Judge Dennis Lynch QC told Crown prosecutor Jacqueline Malouf she did not have to read out the agreed facts as he had a written copy before him.
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Subscriber only COVERT cameras filmed the reckless antics of hoons doing burnouts at Swanbank as onlookers cheered them on. When another of the drivers to be caught in the sting went before an Ipswich court, police said they recorded three of the man s passengers hanging out of the car s open windows, with one dragging his left leg on the road when the grey Ford slid sideways. Cameron Danielle was brought in from jail to appear in the dock before the Ipswich Magistrates Court for sentence on 61 charges. Dressed in a bright red hoodie, Cameron Stephen Danielle, 22, from Bethania, pleaded guilty to three charges of evading police; three charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle in Swanbank on March 29, 2020; driving when disqualified by court order; six counts of driving when unlicensed - repeat offender; making unnecessary noise and smoke; stealing fuel; four counts of unlawful dealing with shop goods; registration offences; two counts of driving unlic