Premium Content
Subscriber only A COURT has heard an elderly Ipswich man was lucky to escape unharmed after a truck slammed into his vehicle as he attempted a U-turn on the Cunningham Highway. The 86-year-old driver had become confused after heading the wrong way down the highway near the Redbank Plains Rd on ramp on January 4. A 45-tonne truck bore down on the man s vehicle, colliding with the rear. While it destroyed the vehicle, the driver was not injured. Paul Gilbert Rollo Jones, a retiree from Flinders View, went before Ipswich Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle on the Cunningham Highway at Blackstone.
Premium Content
Subscriber only
An Ipswich man is accused of committing further offences while on parole, despite having to wear a GPS tracker.
During the man’s bail application on Monday, Magistrate Virginia Sturgess said there was strong evidence he had been found in a stolen vehicle and allegedly had methamphetamine and a knife.
Joshua Peter Robert Haufe, 28, from Regents Park, faced court charged with new offences of unlawful use of a motor vehicle at Redbank Plains on April 15; possession of a dangerous drug; and possession of a knife in public.
Lawyer Matt Gemmell argued that Haufe was suited to bail as he was subject to 24-hour monitoring with a GPS tracker, and to the reporting conditions of a parole order.
Alleged Harvey Norman thief refused bail qt.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from qt.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Premium Content
Subscriber only
AN ELDERLY woman was left terrified when her angry son allegedly threatened to cut off her head while wielding a knife, a court heard.
Police were called to the family home in Ipswich on Tuesday and found the distressed woman.
When her accused son went before a court on Friday, police strongly opposed his bail.
Appearing via-video link from the police watch house, the man appeared on one charge of contravening a domestic violence protection order on April 13 in Goodna.
When opposing bail, prosecutor Sergeant Trent Voigt said the incident involved the man allegedly standing over his 74-year-old mother and grabbing her by her hair.
Premium Content
Subscriber only
A FIGHT that broke out among passengers on a public bus was part of an ongoing family dispute, a court heard this week.
When the bus driver hailed police for help, officers boarded to find the disturbance had erupted at the rear of the bus.
One man was seen standing on a seat kicking Jay Masso.
Several passengers were charged, including Masso, who went before court on Friday for his role in the incident.
Jay Frances Masso, 38, from Bellbird Park, pleaded guilty to causing public nuisance on a bus at Riverview on Monday, March 15. Prosecutor Sergeant Trent Voigt said police were waved down by the bus driver at Gibb Street just after 2pm.