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A man who claims he grew up around horses, used his whole arm to aggressively slap the hind quarter of a horse towing a carriage and then mooned patrons of a pub who chastised him for his actions.
He was then illuminated by police torches as he urinated in public before fleeing to the riverbank where he was arrested.
Ryan Martin Hayes, 38, pleaded guilty on June 3 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of animal cruelty, public nuisance near a licensed premises and urinating in public. Ryan Martin Hayes, 38, claims he grew up around horses, used his whole arm to aggressively slap the hind quarter of a clydesdale horse towing a carriage and then mooned patrons of the Oxford Hotel who chastised him for his actions. He was then illuminated by police torches as he urinated in public before fleeing to the riverbank where he was then arrested.
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A vile sex offender impersonating security, a child abducted and left at a McDonald’s, two teens’ crime spree and a siege which stopped the town for 36 hours - 2020 was a most shocking year for crime in the Gladstone region.
To mark the end of the year
The Observer has compiled a list of crimes exposed in our courtrooms which shook the region.
Sex offender wears ‘security’ shirt, waits in school toilets Shannon Norgate faced Gladstone District Court for vile child sex offences this year.
A man, 21, who preyed on children at and around a Gladstone school while wearing a “security” shirt has been released from prison after serving 406 days.