From taking prescription medication to driving well above the legal limit while on a provisional licence - these are the stories heard by the court
Sampling prescription CBD oil and driving drunk or drugged on provisional licences are just some of the offences heard by the court this week.
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Multiple drivers who flaunt the rules, taking drugs and drinking when driving, have had their cases heard in the Gatton Magistrates Court on May 10.
Police prosecutor sergeant Al Windsor outlined the cases to Magistrate Roger Stark during the proceedings.
From multiple provisional licence holders talking drugs and alcohol, to a driver sampling his partners prescription cannabis oil, here’s the list of everyone who was sentenced for their offences.
TERRY WAYNE LAWS
A Lockyer man busted drug driving in Laidley said barely spoke during his case at the Gatton Magistrates Court on May 10.
Terry Wayne Laws was intercepted by police in Laidley South on March 13.
He submitted to a drug test, and was taken to the Laidley station where test confirmed the presence of cannabis in his system.
The unemployed man pleaded guilty to one charge of drug driving.
He was fined $350 and disqualified from driving for one month.
A conviction was not recorded.
MICHAEL NUMDI
As new resident to Australia, Michael Nundi wouldn’t have been fined for drink driving if he had the correct drivers licence.
Michael Numdi was pulled over by police on April 8 in Gatton.
The provisional license driver produced his PNG licence, which had expired and was subject to a zero alcohol limit, the court heard.
Numdi recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.38.
He pleaded guilty to one charge of drink driving on a provisional licence and one charge of driving without a licence.
He was fined $650 and disqualified for driving for three months.
A conviction was not recorded.
JASPER PAUL SMITH
A 19-year-old provisional driver apologised to the Gatton court for driving drunk on the Warrego highway.
Jasper Paull Smith was intercepted on March 27 at 2.30pm.
He produced a provisional drivers licence and consented to a random breath test where he blew 0.072.
“I made a mistake and I’m sorry for it,” Smith said.
He pleaded guilty to one charge of driving over the general alcohol limit on a provisional licence.
He was fined $400, disqualified from driving for three months and a conviction was not recorded.
JAMES ANTONY BRENNAN
A 24-year-old carpenter from Rosewood made the mistake of taking his partners prescribed CBD oil, only to be busted drug driving the next day.
James Antony Brennan participated in a roadside drug test on January 23 in Laidley and was later taken to the station where tests revealed THC.
Brennan was represented by duty lawyer Rebecca Martin, who said her client had been working consistently for the last for years for Just Maintenance.
Ms Martin said Brennan “tested” his partners prescribed CBD oil 24 hours prior to his interaction with police.
Brennan pleaded guilty to one charge of drug driving.
He was fined $550, disqualified from driving for three months and a conviction was recorded.
JUSTINE SHERIE BRADLEY
A Gatton woman says she has “learned from her mistake” after caught drunk driving in Gatton.
Justine Sherie Bradley blew 0.119 during a roadside RBT in Gatton 1t 12.4-pm on April 9.
Police also found she did not have a drivers licence as it had been suspended.
Bradley pleaded guilty to one charge of driving over the middle alcohol limit, and one charge of driving without a licence that had been disqualified.
She was fined $900 and disqualified for three months for drink driving, and also disqualified for two years for driving without a licence.
A conviction was recorded.
ALEXANDRE MARC LEON CHARBONNIER
French seasonal worker Alexandre Marc Leon Charbonnier, wearing a fanny pack and Adidas sneakers, pleaded guilty to drug driving at the Gatton Magistrates Court.
The 22-year-old, who is on a working holiday visa, was intercepted by police on Spencer Street, Gatton, where his roadside drug test produced a positive result on March 11.
He was taken to the station where results confirmed the presence of marijuana.
Charbonnier pleaded guilty to drug driving.
He was fined $350 and disqualified from driving for one month.
No conviction was recorded.
VIMAL JASHAVNTBHAI PATEL
Vimal Jashavntbhai Patel participated in a roadside breath test in Gatton on April 17 at 6.31pm, where he recorded a reading of 0.54
The farmworker pleaded guilty to one charge of drink driving over the general limit.
He was fined $550 and disqualified from driving for three months and a conviction was recorded.
BRETT STEPHEN FLETCHER
Having a smoke of cannabis the day before driving has not ended well for one Lockyer Valley man.
Brett Stephen Fletcher was pulled over by police on North Street in Gatton on January 8, where he produced a probationary licence.
At 9.20am, his roadside drug test produced a positive result, and later testing completed at the Gatton station revealed cannabis in his system.
In court, Fletcher said he was sorry.
“I did smoke cannabis the day before, I did break the law driving the next day,” he said.
He pleaded guilty to driving with a drug in his system on a probationary licence.
He was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for three months.
A conviction was recorded.
KELLEY LEWIS BURTON
Kelley Lewis Burton said nothing when he represented himself in court when he pleaded guilty to one charge of driving under the influence of drugs.
Burton participated in a roadside drug test on March 18 at 7.15pm when driving along William Street, Gatton.
Tests returned positive and later testing confirmed cannabis in his system.
He was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for four months.
A conviction was recorded.
ANDREW SCOTT CAMERON
A magistrate has warned a driver busted for drunk driving not to call him “mate”.
Andrew Scott Cameron was driving on Spencer Street in Gatton when he was pulled up by police for a random breath test.
Cameron produced a provisional drivers licence and the RBT indicated he had a blood alcohol reading of 0.081.
Cameron, who represented himself, said “yes please mate”, when Magistrate Roger Stark asked if he wanted the charges referred to sper.
“Did you just call me mate? Well don’t,” Mr Stark said.
Cameron pleaded guilty to one charge of driving over the general limit on a provisional licence.
He was fined $1000 and disqualified from driving for nine months.
A conviction was recorded.
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