{"id":272910,"date":"2020-08-19T12:17:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T02:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=272910"},"modified":"2020-08-20T09:25:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T23:25:51","slug":"house-sitters-face-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/08\/19\/house-sitters-face-court\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;House Sitters&#8217; Face Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>August 19, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The couple arrested in Nanango on August 4 after allegedly lying on their Queensland border declarations were in town to &#8220;house sit&#8221;, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence Gordon Petersen, 63, and Edith van Dommelen, 68, are from Perth but spend time travelling to &#8220;pet sit&#8221; and &#8220;house sit&#8221; interstate.<\/p>\n<p>They were due to appear in Richlands Magistrates Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Police will allege they crossed the border at Goondiwindi after travelling from Victoria and through NSW.<\/p>\n<p>They then allegedly stayed for a short time in Toowoomba before heading to Nanango, Brisbane and back to Nanango.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: The couple, who are on bail, will reappear in court on September 15.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/08\/05\/nanango-duo-faces-border-charges\/\">Nanango Duo Faces Border Charges<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The couple arrested in Nanango on August 4 after allegedly lying on their Queensland border declarations were in town to &#8220;house sit&#8221;, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":254316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1455,3,24],"tags":[1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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