Premium Content It took more than 25 years for the law to catch up with Brendan Whatt. He was busted drink drinking at Surfers Paradise, returning a reading of .071, as well as driving unlicensed in December, 1994. But he failed to appear in court the following year and the charges had never been finalised. When Whatt came to Hervey Bay to help a mother of six move, he was stopped by police who discovered the outstanding warrant. He told the court he couldn t remember why he had failed to appear. It always catches up with you, doesn t it?, Magistrate Stephen Guttridge said.
Men fined for lighting campfire on Fraser Island that burnt through half the World Heritage-listed island
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The fire has burned more than 87,000 hectares since being lit on October 14.
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Two men have been fined for illegally lighting a campfire on Fraser Island (K gari) which led to a major blaze that burnt through half of the World Heritage-listed island within two months.
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Liam Cheshire told the court he was deeply sorry and truly believed the fire had been extinguished
Magistrate Stephen Guttridge agreed the fire was not a case of arson
The bushfire burnt through 87,000 hectares of bushland on the World Heritage-listed island