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Subscriber only FROM the region s drug kingpins being sentenced to jail time to a man fined $40,000 for illegal land clearing, there have been some big cases before court on the Fraser Coast this year. Here are just a few of the court cases covered by the Chronicle.
Doctor found guilty of raping patient during pap smear A QUEENSLAND doctor digitally raped a 23-year-old patient during a pap smear and tried to kiss her while she lay on the examination table, a jury has found. Olajide Olusesan Ogunseye, 53, of Urraween, has been on trial for the past six days in the Brisbane District Court after he pleaded not guilty to a single charge of rape.
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Subscriber only THE money raised to support the family of a Fraser Coast crash victim while they kept a vigil by her hospital bed in Brisbane will be used to give her the send-off she deserves. Burrum River s Sharlene Urosevic died three weeks after a crash at Iveragh on November 21 left her in a critical condition. She was seriously injured in the crash a day after celebrating her graduation from Riverside Christian College at the school s formal. A Go Fund Me page was started to help support her family, who travelled to be with her at the Brisbane hospital where she received treatment in the aftermath of the crash.
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THE Fraser Coast Regional Council has given preliminary approval for a major residential development in Hervey Bay after recommendations of a park and larger land allotments were included in a new plan.
The recommendations for the changes were made at council meeting in August.
The site, at Beach Rd in Urraween, is being developed by the Hervey Bay RSL and will include 50 residential lots, reduced from 57 which was part of the original plan, and a park.
The changes came after council officers met with the developers to discuss the application for the site.
The council considered the original proposal earlier this year that allowed for 57 lots and asked that changes be made to allow for additional green space and improved amenity by way a lot size.
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UPDATE: A man will face Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Saturday morning, facing charges after allegedly stealing a Woolworths delivery truck. The truck was allegedly involved in a collision with a police vehicle. The 29-year-old man is charged with two counts of attempted robbery, two counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle, one count of unlawful use of a vehicle, one count of attempted unlawful use of a vehicle, driving unlicensed, evasion and possessing dangerous drugs.
EARLIER: A Woolworths truck, allegedly stolen from a Hervey Bay driveway has collided with a police car. A spokeswoman from the Queensland Police Service said the truck was stolen from an address in Urraween when a delivery driver, who was about to start work turned it on to warm up the motor.
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UPDATE: A man will face Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Saturday morning, facing charges after allegedly stealing a Woolworths delivery truck. The truck was allegedly involved in a collision with a police vehicle. The 29-year-old man is charged with two counts of attempted robbery, two counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle, one count of unlawful use of a vehicle, one count of attempted unlawful use of a vehicle, driving unlicensed, evasion and possessing dangerous drugs.
EARLIER: A Woolworths truck, allegedly stolen from a Hervey Bay driveway has collided with a police car. A spokeswoman from the Queensland Police Service said the truck was stolen from an address in Urraween when a delivery driver, who was about to start work turned it on to warm up the motor.