October 3, 2013
A Booie man has had his bail conditions amended to allow him to return to the South Burnett area.
Curtis Dale Hayden has entered no plea to six charges which include threatening violence, dangerous conduct with a weapon and assault over an alleged incident near Kingaroy in January.
In February, Hayden was released on bail, which police opposed at the time.
He was ordered to report weekly to Maryborough Police and not enter the South Burnett Regional Council area, except for the purpose of attending court.
Counsel for Hayden today applied in Kingaroy Magistrates Court to have the South Burnett restriction removed and to amend the reporting conditions to Kingaroy Police so that Hayden could visit his mother.
The application was not opposed by Police Prosecutor Senior-Constable Kay Matheson and was granted by Magistrate Mark Bucknall.
A condition that Hayden not approach the complainant in the matter was continued.
The six charges have been set down for hearing in Kingaroy Magistrates Court at 9:00am on February 11, 2014.
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In Kingaroy Magistrates Court today:
A man caught up in a fight involving about five people near Memorial Park in the early hours of September 8 has been fined $400 for obstructing police.
Police said they had to threaten Dylan James Flood with a taser before he would calm down.
Solicitor Mr Babu Singh, for Flood, said his client had entered the fight to try to save a friend who was being hit, but instead had been tackled to the ground and hit himself.
Magistrate Mark Bucknall told Flood he needed to pay respect to police who were simply doing their job.
A conviction was recorded.
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A man facing multiple charges – including assault, various drugs charges, stealing, receiving and possessing tainted property – appeared in court by videolink .
Solicitor Ms Caroline Cavanagh sought an adjournment of the 27 charges against Glen Robert Hunter to October 28, when she indicated a guilty plea would be entered to some of the charges.
She would seek further case conferencing with police on the other matters.
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A ride to his aunty’s home at Goodna in a stolen black Porsche Boxer convertible has cost a young man his freedom until December 3.
Cody Jack Russell Davidson pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a motor vehicle and contravention of an intensive correction order (ICO).
Davidson was subject to the ICO – which is basically a jail sentence served in the community – when he hitched a ride at Newmarket with his cousin in a stolen Porsche on July 21.
The original court order resulted from an incident in which Davidson, while extremely intoxicated, had driven off in a stolen vehicle and crashed it in Murgon.
Kingaroy Probation and Parole Reporting Officer Lauren Mangan said Davidson’s compliance with the order had been non-existant. He had completed no community service hours and had “barely reported”.
Magistrate Mark Bucknall re-sentenced Davidson on the original charges.
He ordered he serve six months jail for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and three months for unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
On the fresh charge, Davidson was ordered to serve three months. All terms will be served concurrently.
A parole release date was set at the half-way mark of the sentence.
“Your fascination with vehicles will lead to large periods of incarceration,” Mr Bucknall warned. “Not just to punish you but to remove you from the roads.”
