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The plant thief later told police he had taken the Japanese maple to give to his mother for her birthday.

The Toowoomba man was on parole for a bizarre armed robbery and disqualified from driving when he was stopped by police on the Warrego Highway.

His solicitor told the Toowoomba court the 37-year-old was clean of “hard drugs” but relapsed into cannabis use from time to time.

The “lucky” offender was handed a six-month jail term but it could have been far more serious.

Could Toowoomba Regional Councillor Kerry Shine predicted the future for a fellow councillor?

The 34-year-old had sneaked into a woman’s home, took keys to her car which he then stole and crashed.

The charges arose from the alleged discovery of a number of dead and emaciated horses on a property west of Toowoomba.

Half of the group couldn’t explain the delivery of beverages and takeaway food to their respective homes.

The jury found the girl had told the teacher she was just 14 at the time and rejected his claim that she said she was 16.

His girlfriend had one of her legs amputated after the couple crashed a motorbike he had stolen while speeding on town streets.