Doctor fined for historic home changes The owner of an iconic heritage-listed home in Brisbane has been fined $10,000 for removing asbestos roof sheeting without council approval.
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Subscriber only The owner of an iconic heritage-listed home in Brisbane has been fined $10,000 for removing asbestos roof sheeting without council approval. Dr Laura Anne Althaus, owner of Wynnum s Tower House on Kingsley Terrace, appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning. She had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of carry out assessable development without permit. Tower House in Wynnum. Picture: Renae Droop The court heard Dr Alhaus removed the asbestos roof sheeting sometime between October 1 and December 14 in 2019.
Uber driver used fake IDs to dodge speeding fines Michael Lederman leaves Brisbane Magistrates Court after being sentenced for fraud and false declarations. Picture: Tara Croser.
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Subscriber only An Uber driver with the worst speeding history a magistrate has ever seen has been allowed to keep his licence, despite him creating fake identities to try to avoid paying speeding fines. Michael Lederman signed statutory declarations saying he was not the driver when he got speeding notices, instead claiming the car was driven by someone else, a court heard. Lederman had created four fake identities, claiming they were the drivers responsible for his nine speeding infringements and one for failing to stop at a red light.
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A man has avoided spending time behind bars after he offered to supply someone with a pump action shot gun.
Christopher David Howard, 42, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Wednesday to a number of offences including unlawful supply of a category C/E weapon and driving with a drug present in his saliva.
The court heard Howard offered to supply someone with a pump action shot gun in February 2019.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Grant Klaassen told the court Howard had been dealt with in court previously for weapon offences.
Howard’s lawyer Rian Dwyer told the court his client only offered to supply the weapon and that there was no actual supply involved.
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Subscriber only A magistrate has suggested a man not go back to a local shopping centre after he exposed himself to a woman shopping at Kmart. Joshua Steven Robinson, 43, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Wednesday to one charge of indecent act in any place with intent to insult or offend any person. The court heard the victim was shopping at Kmart at Hinkler Central last year when she saw Robinson approach and stand near her. She turned around and saw that Robinson had removed his genitalia from his pants and lifted his jumper. The court heard she turned around and moved away from him but he then exposed himself to her again a short time later.