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An Ipswich court has heard a man caught with an ice stash hidden in his shoe had taken steps to shake his drug addiction prior to facing sentence this week.
Ethan Ellison was said to have taken part in the Court Link program designed to help defendants tackle the issues that often underlie their offending.
After completing the program with positive results, Ethan Ernest Ellison, 27, from Bundamba, pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to eight charges including possession of the drug ice; driving when drug positive; three charges of stealing; possession of a knife; possession of property suspected of being used in a drug offence; and failing to appear at court.
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A MAN who fled police in his car and then on foot was later found hiding on the roof of a house by the dog squad.
Going before Ipswich Magistrates Court for sentence, Aiden Michael Kinnane, 28, pleaded guilty to nine charges with eight of them occurring on February 11 this year.
The charges include failing to stop for police; evading police; driving when drug positive; dangerous operation of a motor vehicle when adversely affected; obstruct police; trespass; and two counts of driving when disqualified.
Kinnane appeared from jail via video-link having spent 91 days in custody since his arrest.
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Subscriber only A CONVICTED child sex offender has been fined $800 for failing to report her use of social media. The 22-year-old woman went before Ipswich Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to three charges that she failed to comply with reporting obligations in 2020. Her lawyer David Rawnsley argued that there had been nothing of concern and she was only keeping in contact with friends, which was important to her. He said the woman had been cooperative with police and provided access to her computer. She had forgotten that she needed to report it. She says she has short-term memory loss, Mr Rawnsley said.
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Subscriber only A young woman who threatened to kill a nurse and spat in a Coast hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic has described her actions cringe-worthy, a court has heard. Shannon Lorraine Harriet Green had been taken from Caloundra Private Hospital to Nambour General Hospital when she became noisy and boisterous towards hospital staff. She was heard by the clinical nurse to say I will kill you and your family, words to that effect, police prosecutor Nick Nitschke said. (Green) continued to use these words and also say give me medication you câ¦, f⦠off you fat câ¦.