Published January 7, 2021
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Nobody likes it when people flout lockdown restrictions. So when anonymous Instagram account
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The Insta account started out in July last year (yes, that was still 2020) but it really blew up around the Christmas and New Year’s period, when it publicly revealed a bunch of enormous parties that these people were risking their health over.
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His home brewed alcohol was to blame.
When intercepted behind the wheel of his mobile home, the driver Thomas McCallion tested to an alcohol reading of 0.150, Ipswich Magistrates Court heard.
His licence was also court disqualified.
Thomas Damien McCallion, 44, from Redbank Plains, (pictured) pleaded guilty to driving UIL (0.150) in Goodna on November 6; driving when disqualified by court order; and driving an unregistered and uninsured motor vehicle.
Police prosecutor Bronson Ballard said McCallion was driving a Ford motorhome when police saw it do a U-turn and mount the concrete gutter just after 1pm.
Officers spoke to him and could smell alcohol on his breath.