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Subscriber only WHEN police climbed into a roof cavity of an Ipswich house they found a sawn-off shotgun secreted in a duffel bag. Why Reece Gregory Clark had the illegal weapon he did not say. Clark appeared from jail via video-link before Ipswich Magistrates Court on Thursday to be sentenced on 11 charges. Reece Gregory Clark, 28, from Brassall, pleaded guilty to charges that include being in possession of a weapon (category H) on September 24 last year; possession of drug utensils (syringe, grinders and scales); four counts of being in possession of dangerous drugs; not having authority to be in possession of explosives (ammunition); and obstructing police on August 6.
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Subscriber only STRADDLING a small moped illegally, Ty Glover did not stop when police tried to intercept him but he had no choice when a police car boxed him in. Glover was already wanted for stealing an Audi TT roadster which he wrote off and for another offence in which he crashed a car into the wall of a hospital. His prints and DNA were identified inside the Audi roadster when found abandoned in Brassall. Ty John Glover, 21, a meat worker from Lowood, appeared before Ipswich Magistrates Court from jail via video-link for sentence on a range of offences committed between February and July last year.
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WIELDING an axe, an enraged driver jumped out of his Hyundai Getz and threatened to burn down another driver’s house after chasing their car through backstreets.
The trigger for the ugly behaviour was a mere a toot of the car horn by the other driver.
The act of road rage committed by Leo Tavita led police to serious weapons offences, Ipswich Magistrates Court heard this week.
Investigating officers tracked down Tavita before finding a sawn-off shotgun in his car, and shot gun shells in his pocket.
Appearing from jail via video-link, Leo Tavita, 25, from Churchill, pleaded guilty to eight charges, including going armed to cause fear on August 31; driving while unlicensed; possession of a shotgun in Churchill on September 2; possession of shortened firearms; possession of a weapon with its serial number defaced; possession of shot gun shells without authority; possession of a drug utensil; and possession of scales used in a drug offence.