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A WOMAN who jumped into her friendâs car and drove off later crashed, causing $11,000 in damage.
When Kelly Waymouth-Rigby appeared from jail via video-link for sentence at Ipswich Magistrates Court, the result was more jail time added to her existing sentence.
Kelly Ann Waymouth-Rigby, 26, from Nerang, pleaded guilty to more than a dozen charges including car stealing; driving when disqualified; driving when under the influence; two counts of dangerous driving; four counts of stealing; two counts of unlawful possession of controlled drugs; two counts of being in possession of dangerous drugs; and possession of drug utensil.
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OFF-duty police officers witnessed a speeding Kenworth truck collide with the rear of another big rig, then attempt to overtake, causing the driver of an oncoming truck to veer off the Cunningham Highway to avoid a head-on.
A decade later, that incident and other more recent offences were finalised by Ipswich Magistrateâs Court, when Dean Willett was sentenced and fined this week.
The long haul truck driver revealed he had been jailed in NSW for separate driving offences.
Dean George Willett, 48, from Corowa in NSW, pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to driving a prime-mover without due care and attention on the Cunningham Highway on July 18, 2008.
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Subscriber only IN a mean-spirited act, a thief went onto an elderly lady s patio and walked off carrying seven of her colourful orchids. It was one of more than a dozen stealing offences that the thief, Yasmin Plater, carried out in a series of crimes that went before Ipswich Magistrates Court for sentence. Yasmin Alleria Plater, 40, a mother of four from Corinda, pleaded guilty to 27 charges that included 15 of stealing; two counts of stealing after a previous conviction; creating a disturbance or nuisance; obstructing police; failing to appear at court; possession of dangerous drugs; failing to dispose of used needle/syringe; and numerous breaches of her bail conditions.