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A MAN has been jailed for receiving around $18,000 in Centrelink benefits he wasn’t entitled to.
The 52-year-old man applied for Newstart in 2011 when made redundant but found employment two weeks later. He continued to receive payments until April 2012.
During that time he is believed to have spent a lot of the money gambling on pokies, keno and the lotto.
Warwick Magistrates’ Court heard he earned over $57,000 while employed during that time but only declared $1300. He is also in the process of paying off a $13,000 child support debt.
He was sentenced to nine months in jail to be suspended after one month. He was also placed on a two-year good behaviour bond and ordered to pay all the money back to Centrelink.
Vicious stomping shocks court
A WARWICK man remains behind bars, and is awaiting sentencing following a vicious head stomping assault.
CCTV footage presented to the court showed the man’s brother and another man having an altercation outside the Stockyard Hotel. After the altercation was subdued, the offender appears to stomp on the man’s head while he is still lying on the ground. The man was left unconscious for 20 minutes after the attack and required extensive dental surgery.
The man has pleaded guilty to eight charges including assault occasioning bodily harm. He is expected to be sentenced in Warwick Magistrates’ Court this week.
