He also failed to attend on February 23, but phoned after hours and told officers he had been collecting “tickets” from an employment agency.
Magistrate James Morton asked prosecutor Sergeant Jay Merchant for his thoughts on punishment, to which Sergeant Merchant said the man had “matters outstanding that are a bit more pressing than these two”.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with rape and two counts of indecent treatment of a child in the Mackay region.
It is understood the charges related to one alleged victim.
Police have alleged the rape incident occurred between mid 2018 and early 2019.
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The victim is linked to the Mackay police prosecutions unit.
The case was briefly mentioned in court on Thursday before Whitsunday Magistrate James Morton.
Both Mackay Magistrates, a number of police prosecutors and local Legal Aid Queensland solicitors have expressed a conflict of interest.
Rockhampton-based Legal Aid Queensland solicitor William Prizeman, who represented Mr Coulton over the phone, said he had received the brief of evidence this week from prosecutions and initially asked for a four-week adjournment.
Prosecutor Sergeant Jay Merchant said since Mr Coulton’s previous court appearance there had been two fresh dangerous driving charges linked to February 24, 2021.
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