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A mining operator said he was in a negative headspace after splitting from his partner when police found him drug-driving in Moranbah.
Samuel James Slater faced Mackay Magistrates Court on May 19 after he was caught driving with methylamphetamine in his system along Mills Ave, Moranbah at 9.21pm on March 12.
Acting magistrate Leanne Scoines said the father-of-two was “rolling the dice” risking his livelihood with what was “completely unacceptable conduct”.
Ms Scoines fined the 29 year old, who pleaded guilty to driving with a relevant drug in his saliva, $500 and disqualified his licence for one month.
No conviction was recorded.
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Subscriber only A Mackay beauty salon owner facing serious drug charges has been granted bail after a magistrate found there was nothing to suggest what her role was in any alleged enterprise. Chloe Victoria Smith and Liam Michael Dunworth were allegedly found in a locked bedroom of a Rural View home with a significant amount of ice and cash, a court heard. Police raided the property on April 29 and allegedly found more than $15,345 and 10.99 grams of methylamphetamines. Both Ms Smith and Mr Dunworth have been charged with aggravated drug possession and possessing cash allegedly from drug sales. Mackay Magistrates Court heard when police executed a search warrant at the Cooper Court home where Ms Smith lived, she and Mr Dunworth were located in the main bedroom of the dwelling with the door locked .
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Bail has been rejected for a man who police allege violently assaulted a stranger almost to death with a set of nunchucks in New South Wales before fleeing to Mackay to avoid detection.
Jason Reginald Soars was arrested in the Mackay region this week and charged with grievous bodily harm with intent over an alleged incident at East Maitland between 10.20pm and 10.40pm on March 31, 2021.
Mackay Magistrates Court heard a passer-by found a man seriously injured and covered in blood in the middle of Ann Street in East Maitland.
Prosecutor Rob Beamish said he had several missing teeth and life threatening injuries that needed surgery.
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Subscriber only A former Mackay police officer has faced court after his two-year-old child was left unattended in a car while he was drinking and gambling inside a CBD hotel. Mackay Magistrates Court heard the manager of the Boomerang Hotel called police on Boxing Day 2020 after the child was found alone inside an unlocked Toyota LandCruiser with the motor running in the carpark of the hotel. When police arrived, they found a two-year-old girl asleep in a child seat in the back of the ute, with no one else around. Prosecutor Rob Beamish said the child s father appeared soon after, telling police the car had been under constant watch by his partner.