Mitchell Nolan-Judd in Yeppoon court for ‘stupid’ Snapchat post

A young man who was banned from every licensed premises on the Capricorn Coast for a year and one pub in particular for longer, taunted local police via Snapchat, but the law enforcers had the last laugh.

Mitchell Damien Nolan-Judd was given a jail warning during his matter in Yeppoon Magistrates Court on July 6, 2023.

A young man who continues to defy pubs banning orders has been told to “grow up” after his latest run in with the law, where he taunted local police via Snapchat.

In May last year, then 19-year-old Mitchell Damien Nolan-Judd was banned from every licensed premises on the Capricorn Coast for a year due to his drunken behaviour (Strand Hotel ban in place for longer), with Acting Magistrate Ron Muirhead saying: “You’re just a person who is completely out of control.”

Mr Muirhead also told Nolan-Judd to “wake up to himself.”

Mitchell Damien Nolan-Judd.

The teen did not take the advice.

Last week, a Yeppoon court heard that Nolan-Judd has been caught breaching a banning order three times in the past six months.

His latest show of defiance was on June 3 after security, recognising Nolan-Judd, denied him entry to The Strand Hotel at Yeppoon.

But Nolan-Judd persisted and sometime later he managed to gain entry to the venue “by unknown means.”

About 10.55pm, Nolan-Judd was seen inside The Strand with other people.

Then at midnight, Nolan-Judd uploaded a video of himself inside the venue to Snapchat and he “tagged” Yeppoon Police Station into it.

Nolan-Judd was subsequently ejected from the premises and later charged.

The Strand Hotel at Yeppoon.

In Yeppoon Magistrates Court on July 6, Nolan-Judd pleaded guilty to contravening a banning order.

Solicitor Stephanie Nicholas said Nolan-Judd was now 20, single, and working as a full-time operator.

Ms Nicholas said Nolan-Judd was “heavily intoxicated” on the night of this incident and he agreed he had “poor decision-making skills when intoxicated.”

Magistrate Grace Kahlert said what Nolan-Judd did was a “particularly contemptuous” breach of the banning order.

Ms Kahlert said she was not prepared to fine Nolan-Judd again because fines issued previously had not deterred him.

“He’s continuing to do it (breach the banning order) and it’s escalating,” the magistrate said.

“He was refused by security, he sneaks in and then he posts it on social media – there has to be a deterrence factor.”

Mitchell Damien Nolan-Judd at a previous Yeppoon court appearance.

Nolan-Judd said he did not want to be placed on probation and Ms Kahlert indicated that if he did not consent to probation, she would have to consider a jail sentence.

Nolan-Judd then agreed to probation.

Before handing down penalty, Ms Kahlert gave Nolan-Judd some fresh advice.

“The maximum penalty for this offence is one year imprisonment,” Ms Kahlert said.

“If you continue to breach this order and disregard the orders of the court, you’ll find yourself with a term of imprisonment.

“It was clearly stupid, drunken behaviour but you need to grow up and take responsibility for your behaviour or you are going to put yourself in jeopardy.”

Ms Kahlert said Nolan-Judd needed “extra supervision” and she placed him on six months’ probation.

The magistrate said she would also put “an extra condition” on Nolan-Judd’s probation order – that he complete courses about the responsible consumption of alcohol.

A conviction was recorded.