DRUNK BEHIND THE WHEEL: Drink drivers convicted in 2021
From crashing into power poles, driving without headlights and trying to fool cops by pretending to be asleep, here are some of the shocking drink drivers convicted this year.
Crime
Keep up to date with crime across Grafton and the Clarence Valley and help police catch the baddies.
Man avoids jail for bashing ex-partner in her sleep
A Woombah man arrived at his former partner’s home drunk and bashed her while she slept, then headbutted her and stole her phone, a court has been told
Drink driver busted trying to flee roadside breath test
A Grafton woman led police on a pursuit through the streets of Coffs Harbour after she tried to avoid a random roadside breath test, a court has been told
Woman faces court for unprovoked attack on stranger
A 48-year-old woman has been convicted for a vicious assault on a total stranger while she was heavily intoxicated
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IN COURT: 7 people facing Clarence Valley courts
Here’s a list of people appearing in Grafton and Maclean courts today
Man faces court over noise complaint stabbing
A 66-year-old has faced court after pleading guilty to the 2017 stabbing of a neighbour after a noise complaint escalated into violence
Rape trial begins in Grafton District Court
MAN accused of sexually assaulting stepdaughters pleads not guilty in court, as court hears allegations of abuse since she was 14-years-old
Police warn against importing prohibited firearm parts
Coffs/Clarence Police District has seen an increase in the import of prohibited firearm parts, bought on social media
Stabbing victim convicted over fight with attacker
A man has faced court after he was involved in a brawl with another man who allegedly stabbed him in the neck during an earlier altercation.
Drunk driver blows 0.173 after refusing roadside test
A Grafton man repeatedly refused to submit to a roadside breath test after he was pulled over by police, before threatening an officer when he was arrested
Pensioner convicted of indecently assaulting cleaner
The 76-year-old man forced himself on a woman he had hired to clean his house during a terrifying ordeal, a court has heard
$7.36M of marijuana seized in Coffs/Clarence operation
Almost 4000 marijuana plants were seized from multiple properties during a NSW Police operation across the Coffs/Clarence region last week, with several people now facing court.
Two injured in wild brawl at Clarence Correctional Centre
Police inquiries are continuing into the assault that involved multiple inmates and crude weapons that left two men injured
Woman jailed for assaulting inmate, bashing sister-in-law
A Byron Bay woman demanded tobacco from her cellmate in Grafton jail, then punched her so hard in the face the victim required four stitches, a court has heard
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