Teen who ran down cop âin stolen carâ weeks after release The teenager who used a stolen car to run down a cop has faced court for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle just weeks after his release.
Crime by Elise Williams
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Subscriber only The teenager found guilty of using a stolen car to mow down junior Queensland Police officer Peter McAulay, leaving him seriously injured on the roadside, has faced court for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle just weeks after he was released from jail. The teen, now aged 18, cannot be identified due to his young age at the time he ran Constable McAulay down just west of Brisbane in September 2018.
A teenager convicted of using a stolen car to run down and seriously injure a Queensland police officer is released on bail after being charged with stealing, driving and weapons offences.
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A FAKE ID with someone else’s name and photo did not fool police and landed an unlicensed driver in further trouble.
Ipswich Magistrates Court heard the 19-year-old architecture student stuck to his guns, telling police the licence was his even after he had been taken to the police station.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Caldwell said police had been patrolling on Stewart Road in Goodna on April 2 when they pulled over a white Honda Accord for a licence check about 2.40am.
The court heard Majok Chol Majok was behind the wheel but, when asked to show his licence, pulled out one belonging to someone else.
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Subscriber only IPSWICH police are preparing to launch a long-term operation in a bid to end anti-social behaviour at a local shopping complex. Shopkeepers and other business owners trading from the Rededge Shopping Centre in Goodna claim they are regularly subjected to verbal abuse from juveniles in their early teens loitering in the complex. An employee at one of the shops told the Queensland Times she had seen teenagers hanging around and pestering people for money. A Queensland Police Services spokeswoman confirmed police had received a number of complaints in recent months relating to the anti-social behaviour at the shopping centre.
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