Articles tagged: Court
Illegal fishing siblings convicted for crimes
Two Victorian brothers who illegally fished and falsified commercial catch records for more than 10 months at Apollo Bay have been slapped with 300-hour corrections orders and made to forfeit their $285,000 boat.
Tradies sentenced for Bay servo fight
Three Colac district concreters have been sentenced for an attack on two men at an Apollo Bay service station.
Unlicenced drivers face Colac’s court
Two Colac district woman caught driving without valid driver’s licences have faced court with two different outcomes.
Farmer faces 72 cruelty charges
A Colac district farmer will face more than 70 animal cruelty charges related to alleged mistreatment of cattle when he returns to court next month.
Farmer faces more charges
A Colac district farmer will return to court today charged with further animal cruelty offences.
Driver learns $1200 lesson
A Taiwanese learner driver caught driving in Colac without his supervising driver must pay a $1200 fine.
Conviction for fake name
A Melbourne man who aggressively resisted police arrest after lying about his identity must apologise to officers and donate $1500 to a police charity.
Burglar to serve four months’ jail
A Colac district father who broke into a school and stole a trolley worth of maintenance supplies will serve four months in prison.
Fine dismissed for clean record
A Colac magistrate has dismissed a man’s fine for driving almost 20 kilometres over the speed limit on the Princes Highway because of his “unblemished criminal record”.
Father off the roads for drink-drive crash
A Colac father who was more than twice the legal blood-alcohol limit when he crashed with an unrestrained toddler in the front seat has avoided jail.
Drug driver off the roads
A Colac district mechanic has been caught behind the wheel of a car just two days after his driver’s licence was suspended.
Teen to repay $2500 stolen from mum
A teenager who stole almost $2500 from his mother has been ordered to repay the money and stay out of trouble.
Criminal conviction for cannabis possession
A Colac district man who ditched his drugs in a bush after police spoke with him has received a criminal conviction and must donate $1000.
Woman pleads to criminal damage
A homeless Colac woman has faced court over an incident involving a car and a wheelchair.
Concreter caught carrying cannabis
A Colac district concreter caught carrying a traffickable amount of cannabis has avoided a criminal record.
Rehab or jail for Colac man
A Colac man has until the end of the month to get into a drug rehabilitation clinic, otherwise he’ll be detoxing in prison for his driving offences.
Conviction avoided for glass jar thrower
A 50-year-old woman who threw a glass jar in an unlawful assault has avoided a criminal record but must pay a $400 fine.
Three unlicenced drivers fined
Magistrate Franz Holzer heard multiple cases in the Colac Magistrates’ Court last week of people driving without a licence or driving while suspended.
Drug driving dad avoids conviction
A father who was caught driving under the influence of drugs will take the train to work for the next 12 months.
Man fined for Colac assault
A man living in the Philippines must pay a $500 fine for assaulting another man in Colac.
Bank card thief avoids criminal record for Colac shopping spree
A Colac district father who went on a spending spree throughout the city with a stolen bank card has avoided a criminal record but must make a $300 donation.
Three years’ jail for district man
A former Alvie man has been found guilty of rape and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
APOLOGISE: Court hears assault on first responders
A Colac woman who attacked and incited her dog on emergency workers while they were conducting a welfare check must write letters of apology to the victims.
Slashing offender receives conviction
A Colac woman was so alcohol-affected she didn’t remember chasing and slashing a man with a box cutter knife in the city’s main street, a court has heard.
