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Subscriber only Only weeks after he was given a chance to get help for his underlying issues by the courts, a young man turned back to offending by helping destroy a car belonging to a vulnerable man. Thomas John Coonan, 22, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg District Court on Monday to one count of arson and another charge of unlawful use of a vehicle. The court heard a vehicle belonging to a paraplegic man was stolen on October 16 last year, Coonan was not alleged to have stolen the car. The following morning on October 17, Coonan and a co-offender got into the car and pulled into a service station.
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A court has heard how a young manâs parents kept the wrecked car he crashed in their yard to remind him of the consequences of his drink driving.
Jack David Manzini, 23, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Thursday to one count of driving under the influence of liquor.
The court heard police were called to Qunaba on October 10 last year after a car had rolled into a field, with reports of people trapped in the vehicle.
When they arrived they saw a white car had rolled onto its roof and saw two men walking around the car in a confused state and another man collapsed near the car in a semiconscious state.
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Subscriber only A woman has received a large fine after she crashed her car with a mid-range alcohol reading and left the scene before emergency crews even arrived to help. Chu-Yin Chen pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Thursday to one charge of driving over the middle alcohol limit. The court heard emergency crews were called to a single-vehicle crash at the intersection Moore Park Rd and Blackbutt St on October 10 last year. However, when crews arrived Chen, who was the driver, was nowhere to be found. The court heard she had left the scene in a friend s car before crews got to the scene.