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AN IPSWICH father narrowly dodged jail but has copped a whopping $14,000 fine after speeding through red lights to avoid police.
Barry Ernest Adams, 34, appeared for sentencing in Ipswich District Court, after pleading guilty to 11 charges, including two of evading police and five of stealing.
Ipswich District Court heard the father-of-two drove off with more than $600 worth of petrol across multiple instances, filling up but leaving petrol stations without paying.
Adams stole the petrol on five dates between December 26, 2019 and March 3, 2020.
The court heard police spotted Barry driving on May 21, 2020 and tried to pull him over.
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A MUM’S worry over a teenage daughter dating a man 20 years her senior was the catalyst for a violent driveway confrontation that led to her daughter’s boyfriend being injured when struck with a spanner.
There was no dispute in court evidence that the mother’s then-boyfriend Matthew Peter Manson, aged 38, struck Toby Daniel Williams, 40, with the spanner and caused an arm injury requiring six stitches at Rosewood on Friday, December 13 2019.
At his trial in Ipswich District Court this week, Manson successfully defended the charge of assault causing bodily harm.
After two days of evidence the jury found him not guilty and Manson was discharged.