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Premium Content Subscriber only A TEEN driver who did not hold a licence has been told to stay off the road and stick to the back seat of any car he travels in. The driver had just picked up an old hot water system when he came under police scrutiny. Joel Carr, 18, from Brassall pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to driving even though he has never held a licence at Sumner on March 14. Prosecutor Senior Constable Bridie O Shea said a police patrol intercepted Carr driving along Sumner Road. There had been issues with his tyres and Carr was unable to produce a driver s licence. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only WHEN an unlicensed driver pulled up at a petrol bowser next to a police car the officers took more than a glancing look. A quick check while Thornton Watterson was pumping fuel revealed he was unlicensed due to unpaid traffic fines. He was spoken to at the Caltex service station in Booval and charged. Going before Ipswich Magistrates Court on Wednesday, Thornton Lance Watterson, 31, from Riverview, pleaded guilty to driving when unlicensed due to SPER suspension at Booval on March 18. Prosecutor Sergeant Paul Caldwell said Watterson was driving a blue Holden Commodore when he parked at the bowser near the police car. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only A PENSIONER who had just been caught driving while under the influence of liquor brazenly returned to his vehicle a short time later and drove off; still well over the alcohol limit. Ivan Fergus Walker, 57, an invalid pensioner from Acacia Ridge, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to two charges of driving when under the influence of liquor in Ipswich on Sunday, December 13, 2020; and two charges of unlicensed driving while SPER suspended. Prosecutor Sergeant Paul Caldwell said police intercepted Walker in a ute at 5.40pm near Ipswich Hospital. Police noted Walker was unsteady on his feet with bloodshot eyes, and the smell of liquor on his breath. ....
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Premium Content Subscriber only A mobility scooter rider tried to blame a dodgy footpath for his crash into a car, but a subsequent breath test showed there may have been other factors at play. Ipswich Magistrates Court on Wednesday heard disability pensioner Llewellyn Jessell was almost three times the legal alcohol limit when he hit trouble at North Booval on March 24. Jessell was driving to a hotel to play the pokies after drinking wine at home. Llewellyn James Jessell, 43, from North Booval, pleaded guilty to drink driving. Prosecutor Sergeant Paul Caldwell said police were called to Wattle St at 9.30pm. ....