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Subscriber only Two men guilty of a string of break and enter across the Lower Clarence have been told to stay out of trouble ahead of their sentencing. Jack Edwards, 21, and Aaron Oscar Glaser, 23, were arraigned before Lismore District Court on Wednesday. Edwards plead guilty to three counts of break and entering a dwelling to commit larceny in circumstances of aggravation while in company. Glaser, who was facing six counts on the indictment, plead guilty to four charges of aggravated break and enter dwelling in company, robbery, enter dwelling with intent to steal and aggravated break and enter to commit serious indictable offence.
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Subscriber only The prosecution case against two men accused of attempted murder has been described by the presiding judge as shambolic less than two weeks out from the start of the trial. During a pre-trial discussion at the Lismore District Court on Friday, the two defence teams raised concerns about the case against Aydin Christopher Brown, 31, and Mark Gary Brown, 30. The pair are facing a joint trial on February 8 for the attempted murder of Benn Peterson in July 2017. It is alleged Mr Peterson was bashed and set on fire on Kyogle Rd, Kunghur, near Uki, by the two men.
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Subscriber only The prosecution case against two men accused of attempted murder has been described by the presiding judge as shambolic less than two weeks out from the start of the trial. During a pre-trial discussion at the Lismore District Court on Friday, the two defence teams raised concerns about the case against Aydin Christopher Brown, 31, and Mark Gary Brown, 30. The pair are facing a joint trial on February 8 for the attempted murder of Benn Peterson in July 2017. It is alleged Mr Peterson was bashed and set on fire on Kyogle Rd, Kunghur, near Uki, by the two men.
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Subscriber only A FAR North Coast man, who was found guilty of animal cruelty, will be given his chance to appeal his conviction. Robert Bruce Stewart of South Golden Beach was found guilty of recklessly torturing and seriously injuring an animal in December. Robert Bruce Stewart, 60, leaves Ballina Court House on Thursday, October 22, 2020 after he was found guilty of recklessly torturing and seriously injuring an animal. Picture: Liana Boss It was found during a hearing in Byron Local Court Stewart had intentionally fired arrows at a 10-month-old Irish wolfhound x malamute puppy, named Bucket, who had entered the yard of his South Golden Beach home and was outside his chicken coop in December 2019.
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A CASINO farmer found guilty of stealing calves and cruelly cutting their ears will appeal his sentence, a court has heard.
Brian John Donaldson, 36, was sentenced in November after he was been found guilty of stealing five calves from a Myrtle Creek property in May 2019.
In the same hearing, Donaldson was also found guilty of applying a brand, in this case attaching national identification tags to the cattle’s ears, without the stock owner’s consent earlier in 2020.
He had kept the five calves after finding them on his property and removed large parts of their ears to remove their identifying tags to attach his own electronic ear tags to the calves, according to court documents.