Mitkumar Maheshbhai Patel arrives at Supreme Court. (News Corp/Attila Csaszar)
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Subscriber only A 22-year-old woman who advertised a mobile phone for sale on Facebook Marketplace was allegedly raped by the buyer when she delivered it to his Chermside home, a court has heard. Mitkumar Maheshbhai Patel has today pleaded not guilty to raping the young woman in 2019 on the first day of his trial in the Brisbane Supreme Court. Crown Prosecutor Sarah Farnden said during the trial, the jury would hear the woman became uncomfortable with Patel before the alleged attack and wrote a text message to her partner which said SOS but she never hit send.
Former Ipswich mayor Andrew Antoniolli wins appeal against fraud conviction
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DecDecember 2020 at 7:07am
Judge Dennis Lynch handed down his decision on Friday morning, after upholding the appeal by Mr Antoniolli.
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Former Ipswich mayor Andrew Antoniolli has won an appeal against his fraud convictions.
Mr Antoniolli, 49, was last year found guilty of 13 fraud-related offences and sentenced to six months jail wholly suspended.
He was convicted of misusing more than $10,000 of council funds to buy auction items at charity events while working as a councillor using the Ipswich Council Community Donation Fund.
Antoniolli acted on CEO advice, court hears