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A MAN launched a barrage of abuse at police when a family friend was injured in an alleged coward’s punch.
Amaru Ngatuakana was arrested and later charged with two offences following the incident in a hotel car park on March 6.
He was told by the magistrate it was “a great shame” his behaviour that night had brought him before the court for the first time.
Amaru Ngatuakana, 45, from South Ripley, pleaded guilty to committing public nuisance in the vicinity of licensed premises in Yamanto
; and obstructing a police officer in a public place when adversely affected by alcohol.
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AN intoxicated driver found seated inside his car with blown tyres and vomit both in and outside the car, was waiting for a tow truck when police arrived.
Heâd been too drunk for police to interview but later admitted to being on a six-day bender.
A friend who was seated in the car had already brought him water from a nearby house before the officers arrived, Ipswich Magistrates Court heard.
Jessie Jack, 21, from Redbank Plains, pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence at Brassall on January 11; driving when court disqualified; and being in possession of a dangerous drug.
Crime by Lea Emery
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Subscriber only A MAN who repeatedly took upskirting videos of women in shopping centres has been lectured by a magistrate to behave like an adult. Hayden Jappe, 26, pleaded guilty in the Southport Magistrates Court on Tuesday to 18 counts of indecent acts in a public place. Magistrate Kathleen Payne said: The conduct is simply appalling conduct by a young man in this community. Women in the community simply deserve more from men such as yourself. It is not acceptable and you need to uphold your end of the bargain in this society and stop inflicting this carnage on the community.