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Subscriber only A magistrate has told a Coast man to grow up and stop acting like a yobbo after he was arrested on New Year s Eve for arguing with a security guard over a $50 entry fee. Magistrate Matthew McLaughlin said Robert Kerry Harman-Schufft was being a drunk idiot when he tried to argue with bouncers at the Post Office Bar on Ocean St just after midnight. The intoxicated 21-year-old struggled with a security guard after being asked to leave the club, the Maroochydore Magistrates Court heard. Police prosecutor Nick Nitschke said Harman-Schufft had paid a $50 entry fee and was demanding a refund for being kicked out soon after he was let in.
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Subscriber only Our emergency service personnel and security guards are here to keep us safe, but in doing so are subjected to some serious attacks. Last year s wild Australia Day brawl at Eleanor Shipley Park in Moffat Beach displayed some of the worst behaviour towards police. Acting Inspector John Mahony recently told the
Daily police officers involved were used as human punching bags when they tried to break up the brawl. The teenagers abused, attacked and threw rubbish including bottles at the officers as they tried to restrain them. Three police officers were injured in the brawl, with one taken to hospital.
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Subscriber only Our emergency service personnel and security guards are here to keep us safe, but in doing so are subjected to some serious attacks. Last year s wild Australia Day brawl at Eleanor Shipley Park in Moffat Beach displayed some of the worst behaviour towards police. Acting Inspector John Mahony recently told the
Daily police officers involved were used as human punching bags when they tried to break up the brawl. The teenagers abused, attacked and threw rubbish including bottles at the officers as they tried to restrain them. Three police officers were injured in the brawl, with one taken to hospital.
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From drunken assaults to being found with drugs on the dancefloor, Gympie has had its fair share of night outs that have ended in disaster.
Here’s the most significant nine incidents that involved Gympie region locals and took place at pubs and clubs.
1. Gympie dad busted with cocaine, ecstasy in nightclub
A young Gympie dad busted with $300 of cocaine and ecstasy at a popular nightclub in Maroochydore was on parole for assault at the time, a Gympie court heard.
At 1am on March 21, security guards from The Post Office Bar on Ocean Street detained Aiden Kalem Dyett Dolling, 24, and approached police who were patrolling the safe night precinct.
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From nightclub knockouts to plaza pests and a supermarket stoush, several people were sentenced in 2020 for throwing fists.
Here are seven offenders who were reminded of the potentially fatal consequences of unprovoked attacks when they faced a Sunshine Coast court.
Boxer dodges jail time after nightclub knockout
A boxer who knocked a stranger unconscious at an Ocean St nightclub avoided jail time in March.
Maroochydore District Court heard that Scott Peter Kelly, 29, was intoxicated inside Maroochydore’s The Post Office Bar on June 3, 2018, when he punched a 24 year old in the face with a closed fist.