December 11, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\nA South Burnett couple who refused to send their 15-year-old daughter to school after she claimed she was being bullied, were fined $250 each in Kingaroy Magistrates Court today.<\/p>\n
Police Prosecutor Sgt Wayne Bushell said the high school concerned had contacted the parents on a number of occasions, and had arranged meetings with them but they had failed to attend.<\/p>\n
The couple’s solicitor told the court the girl had complained of being bullied at school and on a school bus.<\/p>\n
The couple alleged their son, who had now left school, had also been bullied by fellow students “and one particular teacher” at the same school.<\/p>\n
“They feel they could have done more to help their son but hadn’t,” solicitor Trevor Gibson said.<\/p>\n
He said the teacher had been reprimanded twice for incidents involving their son, however, despite this their daughter had ended up in a class with the same teacher.<\/p>\n
The school had allegedly ignored requests from the couple that she be moved.<\/p>\n
Mr Gibson said his clients had told him the girl had been “in tears every day”, vomiting and emotionally “in a mess”.\u00a0 She had seen a GP who said the problems were stress-related.<\/p>\n
“The decision (to remove her from the school) was not taken lightly and was a decision of last resort,” he said.<\/p>\n
He said it had not been possible to move the girl to another high school because one of the bullies had also relocated there.<\/p>\n
The couple pleaded guilty to failing to fulfil their obligation to ensure their daughter, who was of compulsory school age, attended school.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Simon Young said the maximum penalty for the offence was a $675 fine.<\/p>\n
No convictions were recorded.<\/p>\n
* * *<\/strong><\/p>\nA Kingaroy man facing 187 charges has been ordered to re-appear in court on February 2.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe man faces 95 fraud charges and 92 counts of false entry in a record.<\/p>\n
His bail was continued.<\/p>\n
* * *<\/strong><\/p>\nA Coverty farmer has been placed on 12 months probation after she pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a Category C weapon (a semi-automatic rifle), a Category A weapon (a double-barrel shotgun), explosives (12 gauge ammunition), cannabis and drug utensils.<\/strong><\/p>\nPolice alleged they found the weapons plus two plastic bongs, a small amount of green leafy matter and 270 cannabis seeds when they visited the property on October 26.<\/p>\n
Solicitor Caroline Cavanagh said her client, Kathleen Margaret Graham, looked after two children and the family farm. She was the carer for her husband who had a back injury.<\/p>\n
She said Graham used the weapons for livestock management and vermin control.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Simon Young said the drugs and weapons charges were “a particularly troubling mix” although no link between the offences had been suggested.<\/p>\n
No convictions were recorded.<\/p>\n
* * *<\/strong><\/p>\nA teenager has been remanded on bail to December 18 on weapons charges.<\/strong><\/p>\nRobert Brett George entered no plea to charges of going armed in public to cause fear, carrying an exposed weapon in a public place, wilful damage and failing to wear a bicycle helmet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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