After a short interrogation, police searched the vehicle and found a container which had less than one gram of cannabis in it. Hill was issued his rights and cautions but he was heavily intoxicated and unable to be questioned regarding the items. Police attended Hill s address at a later date for questioning and he made full admissions of being in possession of the drugs. Solicitor Rio Ramos said her client had been smoking cannabis for nine years and she asked that Acting Magistrate John Milburn acknowledge the small amount of drugs involved. Mr Milburn fined Hill $400 and no conviction was recorded.
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Subscriber only A Clinton man whose neighbours told police they could hear a loud domestic dispute at his residence, appeared in court on Tuesday. The man, 37, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court to contravening a domestic violence order. The facts of the man s case was read by police prosecutor Carl Spargo to the court and Acting Magistrate John Milburn. At 3pm on January 13, Gladstone police attended a residence at Clinton in response to a reported domestic violence incident. When police arrived and questioned the defendant, he said nothing occurred and the aggrieved said the same in a separate interview.
Damien John Geljon, 44, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Monday to the offence.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Geljon’s case to the court and Acting Magistrate John Milburn.
At 9.30am on January 1 this year, police intercepted Geljon driving on the Bruce Highway at Benaraby in relation to another matter.
Geljon told police he was going to pick up his dog from his parent’s house before submitting to a roadside breath test.
He admitted to police he was drinking the night before, but was unsure how much he had to drink.
Geljon returned a blood-alcohol reading of 0.077.
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Subscriber only A man who chose to drive home from a rural pub in the Gladstone region faced court on Monday on a drink-driving charge. William John Chappell, 51, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court to the offence. Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Chappell s case to the court and Acting Magistrate John Milburn. On January 25 this year, at 7.05pm, police from Tannum Sands were tasked with intercepting a vehicle driving erratically on the Bruce Highway at Bororen. When Tannum police arrived, Miram Vale police had already intercepted Chappell for a breath and saliva test. Prior to testing Chappell, police noted the smell of liquor on his breath, slurred speech and bloodshot eyes.