Alec Gordon Richardson in court for speeding, dangerous driving and more
A serial menace convicted of multiple hooning, speeding and weapons offences across the Gympie region has walked out of court after spending 441 days in jail.
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A young man who drove at 200k/h in a 60km/h zone, discharged a weapon in a public place on the Southside and at Curra, and committed about 40 other offences, walked out of the Gympie court this week after spending 441 days in pre-sentence custody.
Alec Gordon Richardson, 24, pleaded guilty to all charges on June 25, 2024, and was dismissed but not further punished, except for being disqualified from driving for two years.
Richardson, 24, was convicted of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle on December 28, 2022, unlawful use of a motor vehicle on January 15, 2023, hooning on December 18, 2022, speeding at up to 200km/h in a 60km/h zone on December 13, 2022, and driving without a licence 13 times between December 6, 2022 and January 6, 2023.
He was also convicted of fraud, receiving stolen goods, break and enter, wilful damage, breaching bail, twice discharging a weapon in a public place, unlawful possession of a weapon, and multiple other counts of hooning, speeding and driving unlicensed,
Most of these offences took place between January 1, 2019 and January 30, 2023 at places near Gympie, including Bells Bridge, Glastonbury, Chatsworth, Tinana, Curra, Southside, Monkland, Glanmire and Cooran.
Magistrate Bevan Hughes described Richardson as a danger to himself and other users of the road.
“It terrifies me that you have been speeding to 100 and 200 in a 60km zone,” Mr Hughes said.
“It terrifies me that you are going to be on the roads, and terrifies me that you are going to be on the roads with this kind of reckless driving.
“The way that you drive on the roads is dangerous, your either going to end up killing yourself or killing other road users.
“Sitting behind you is a gentleman who is here backing you, he cares for you and he loves you, and what you’re doing is breaking his heart.
“It’s time for you to grow up, it’s time for you to be a better person and it’s time for you to be the son that your father deserves.
“It doesn’t impress me what you are doing with yourself, its impresses me when you do something good that makes your father proud and that’s what’s cool and that’s what life is about.”
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