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An Instagram influencer fighting drug charges and a private school teacher who used his foot to push a child – it was another big week in court and crime. WHAT HAPPENED
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An Instagram influencer fighting drug charges and a private school teacher who used his foot to push a child – it was another big week in court and crime.
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Insta-influencer thanks cops for the ‘publicity’
An Instagram influencer will fight drugs charges against him after a raid on his Gold Coast home.
Troy Kenneth Williams, who uses the moniker “Troy Candy” on social media, appeared briefly in Southport Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with possessing dangerous drugs and buying or possessing a hazardous poison.
Teacher laughed after pushing private school student with foot
A private school teacher who used his foot to push a child on the back while she was picking up rubbish from a garden bed, laughed as he walked away from the incident, a court has been told.
Travis Ronald Templar claims that at the time he thought he was having “friendly banter” with the student and actually said “whoop” when he pushed the child.
Surfers glassing leaves man a ‘stunned mullet’
A young Gold Coaster glassed another man at a rooftop bar after “sleazy comments” were made about his girlfriend.
Marc Kristian Layzell claimed the glass slipped when he was throwing a drink in the other man’s face at The Island Rooftop Bar, Surfers Paradise about 10pm on November 21 last year.
Brawl breaks out in Surfers nightclub toilet
A former apprentice chef who launched himself into a brawl in a nightclub toilet had no memory of what happened.
Jack Isaac Waterman saw a fight start in the toilets at the Bedroom Lounge Bar in Surfers Paradise on November 13 last year and grabbed a man by the throat and slammed him into a wall.
Vigilante revenge attack with wooden club
A fishing charter operator struck a boat builder 12 times with a wooden club in a case of “vigilante revenge” after losing hundreds of thousands, a court has been told.
Clyde Russell Brown claims he did not set out to attack boat builder James Keay but wanted to confront him after losing money on a boat he had contracted Mr Keay to build.
Cop beaten in stolen Audi investigation
A police officer investigating a stolen vehicle in an up-market Gold Coast suburb has been attacked by a teenage girl.
And a state MP, who last week warned Parliament of escalating violence from kid criminals, says the assault was another example of the failure of Labor’s weak laws on juvenile offenders.
Service station armed robbery
Gold Coast detectives investigating the armed robbery of a Southport service station have released CCTV of a man they believe could assist with their inquiries.
The incident occurred about 7.30pm Saturday at the Kumbari Ave service station.
Three men charged over alleged Surfers bashing
Police have charged three men after an alleged assault in the Gold Coast’s party precinct.
They will allege two New South Wales men, aged 28 and 30, were walking along The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise, about 2am when a fight broke out with another group of men.
Man allegedly flees police, helicopter and dog squad
A GOLD Coast man has been arrested after allegedly driving dangerously and fleeing police in the city’s north last Friday night.
Police say they spotted a car driving at high speed with false number plates on Gooding Drive at Merrimac at 9pm.
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