‘Lucky to be alive’
A single vehicle crash on Maryland St Stanthorpe on 26 August resulted in a woman being charged with drink driving after she showed a blood alcohol reading of .26.
The woman sustained lacerations to her face and emergency services attending the scene, she was taken to Stanthorpe hospital and later airlifted to Warwick Hospital.
A plea of guilty was heard and the woman admitted to drinking vodka on the evening of the crash.
Her lawyer said the 50-year-old was suffering depression and stress and had no criminal history.
“She is a mother of three children,” he said. “She has shown remorse and has participated in Lives Lived Well program for alcohol use.”
Magistrate Burgess said mixing emotional stress with alcohol is never a good idea.
“You’re lucky to be alive, the car was written off. You could have killed someone,” she said.
The woman was fined and convicted $1200 and slammed with a 12-month disqualification subject to alcohol provisions.
Light at end of tunnel
A 31-year-old man pleaded guilty to 11 charges ranging from drug driving, stealing and to possession of dangerous drugs and a knife in public, earlier this year.
However, the young man, is now on the road to recovery with the support of his parents and rehabilitation organisations, even finding employment locally.
The court heard that the perpetrator was found with seven grams of cannabis, 14 grams of meth and 14 morphine tablets.
Magistrate Burgess took into account the programs of recovery and rehabilitation before handing down her sentence of a two-year probation order, nine month prison sentence suspended for 12 months and disqualified from driving for 12 months, convicted and fined $100.
Haunted house trespass
Trespassing on private property in the hopes to find out if an old nursing home was haunted lead to a 19-year-old woman being charged.
The young woman’s lawyer said she got ‘caught up in the spirit of spooky season’ and has no criminal history.
The court heard that the woman and friends unlawfully entered the Carramar nursing home at 1.50pm on 25 September
The magistrate sentenced the woman to three months of good behaviour.
