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Subscriber only FROM the region s drug kingpins being sentenced to jail time to a man fined $40,000 for illegal land clearing, there have been some big cases before court on the Fraser Coast this year. Here are just a few of the court cases covered by the Chronicle.
Doctor found guilty of raping patient during pap smear A QUEENSLAND doctor digitally raped a 23-year-old patient during a pap smear and tried to kiss her while she lay on the examination table, a jury has found. Olajide Olusesan Ogunseye, 53, of Urraween, has been on trial for the past six days in the Brisbane District Court after he pleaded not guilty to a single charge of rape.
Noosa Heads officer in charge senior sergeant Ben Carroll said police located the first stolen car on December 20 before receiving a call from a concerned Tinbeerwah resident. Police received information from resident at Tinbeerwah that they had found a male in their yard who then stole his vehicle that was parked in the yard, he said. It wasn t until police located the man 42km west in Amamoor at 5:40pm on December 20 that he was arrested. When police located the man, he had to be tasered and was taken into custody, he said. The man was investigated for a series of other offences.
Four charged over illegal campfire that left Fraser Island ablaze for two months
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The fire was burning extensively across the island by early December.
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Four people have been charged with illegally lighting campfires that started the bushfires on Fraser Island (K Gari) off south-east Queensland.
The charges followed a joint investigation involving Queensland police and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS).
Police said a 17-year-old boy was also allegedly involved and would be dealt with under the Youth Justice Act.
They said QPWS rangers were alerted to an illegal campfire on October 14 within the Duling camp zone of Eastern Beach, north of Orange Creek.