Drug driver ordered off the roads for more than four years
As well as being ordered by the court not to drive for more than four years, he was handed a sizeable fine.
As well as being ordered by the court not to drive for more than four years, he was handed a sizeable fine.
The 34-year-old blamed lack of access to his children for his behaviour for which he was fined.
A sizeable fine was probably not the best way this Toowoomba man could have welcomed in the new year.
The 58-year-old will now spend at least one month behind bars before his status is reassessed by the Parole Board.
The disqualified driving offence was deemed the most serious of the 15 charges to which he pleaded guilty.
He had copped a $1000 fine the last time he was in court but the magistrate deemed a term of probation would be a better penalty this time around.
He claimed he had been cleaning house and found the knives but forgot he had put them in his pockets before meeting with his parole officer.
A sizeable fine and 12 months probation was not quite the welcome to 2021 this Toowoomba man had been looking forward to.
His solicitor asked the court for an adjournment while he continued to try and find a suitable bail address for his client.
The 23-year-old man still had nine months of his original jail sentence to serve when he was caught carrying a knife in public.
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