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Subscriber only A MAN busted during a midnight meeting of car hoons has appeared in court over a sneaky punch into the face of a police officer. Magistrate Dennis Kinsella on Tuesday said he wanted time to think about the penalty to impose on Thomas Derek John Higgs, 23, who pleaded guilty to serious assault of a police officer at Ipswich Magistrates Court.. He ordered that Higgs be taken into the custody of the watchhouse until the afternoon. The court heard the assault occurred at Swanbank at 1am on February 23 last year. Prosecutor Senior Constable Bridie O Shea said police were called to Rob Roy Way at 1am where 80 to 100 vehicles were gathered.