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The Border Watch : October 25th 2013
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NEWS TIPS newsroom@tbw.com.au Disturbance leads to drug fi nd at home A MOUNT Gambier woman has been convicted and placed on a good behaviour bond after police found 31 cannabis plants growing in her home. On November 27 last year, police attended a disturbance at the home of Kylie Bernadette Anderson. They conducted a search of the house and located marijuana plants growing in two garden pots. Police seized the young plants, which stood between 10 and 15 centimetres tall. The 41-year-old mother of four told police she was growing the plants for her own use, not expecting all of them to survive, and had no intention to sell the drugs. She pleaded guilty to cultivating a commercial quantity of a controlled plant and had no previous convictions for drugrelated offences. The court heard Anderson fought drug addiction through her 20s and 30s, but had been clean for six years. She said she faced personal issues in the lead-up to the seizure of the marijuana plants and grew them with the intention of using the cannabis to relieve stress. Prison term suspended Domestic assault offender narrowly avoids jail A MOUNT Gambier man has narrowly escaped a prison term after a domestic dispute turned violent earlier this month. Adam Redman, 35, appeared before Mount Gambier Magistrates Court last week, facing charges of aggravated assault. It was heard that the defendant was at home on October 6 with his then girlfriend, her daughter and a friend. Mr Redman and his partner began to argue, which quickly escalated and police were called. The witness, who was at the house when the dispute began, called police as she left. It was stated in court that she tried to defuse the situ- ation by getting between the accused and the victim when they argued. The victim threw a pan, only just missing Redman, and the witness then left. She thought the victim was leaving also, but saw the defendant pull his girlfriend back inside, where he then assaulted her. Police were called and arrived soon after to fi nd the victim had sustained injuries, described as “facial trauma”, and she was disorientated. The victim’s daughter was left frightened as she witnessed the attack. After being admitted to hospital, it was found the victim had a broken orbital bone in her face, was bleeding and had a black eye. The court heard that the pair had been in a relationship for two years and had just reconciled after being separated. Defence counsel told Magistrate Paul Foley that the relationship was dysfunctional from the beginning. It was alleged that the victim stole a large sum of money from the defendant’s mother early in their relationship and they then separated. When Redman’s mother passed away last year, the pair rekindled their relationship, but it soon became destructive, putting the accused into a deep state of depression. He was hospitalised for stress after a psychotic breakdown, but they again reconciled. Pleading guilty to the charge, defence counsel then brought up the evening in question. It was stated that Redman had allegedly been assaulted twice by the victim and when she came back at him a third time, he snapped. Mr Foley said he took the matter seriously, stating that the only possible outcome could be imprisonment. Due to the positive prospects of Redman being rehabilitated, he suspended the sentence. Redman was sentenced to eight months imprisonment, reduced to fi ve months with the early guilty plead. He was placed on an 18 month good behaviour bond. “If there is a breach of any nature, you’ll serve prison time,” Mr Foley said. Registration reminder MOUNT Gambier show goers can pick up their own registration reminder stickers as part of a new push by Liberal candidate for Mount Gambier Troy Bell. In the lead-up to the March state election, Mr Bell will campaign for the return of registration stickers, which were phased out by the State Government last year. The Liberal candidate said in the meantime residents could use his reminder stickers to keep tabs on when their registration expires. “I have decided to make up my own form of registration stickers to help remind people when their rego is due and I will be giving these away this weekend at this year’s Mount Gambier show,” Mr Bell said. newsroom@tbw.com.au Disturbance leads to drug fi nd at home A MOUNT Gambier woman has been convicted and placed on a good behaviour bond after police found 31 cannabis plants growing in her home. On November 27 last year, police attended a distur- bance at the home of Kylie Bernadette Anderson. They conducted a search of the house and located mari- juana plants growing in two garden pots. Police seized the young plants, which stood between 10 and 15 centimetres tall. The 41-year-old mother of four told police she was growing the plants for her own use, not expecting all of them to survive, and had no intention to sell the drugs. She pleaded guilty to cultivating a com- mercial quantity of a controlled plant and had no previous convictions for drug- related offences. The court heard Anderson fought drug addiction through her 20s and 30s, but had been clean for six years. She said she faced personal issues in the lead-up to the seizure of the mari- juana plants and grew them with the intention of using the cannabis to relieve stress. Prison term suspended Domestic assault offender narrowly avoids jail A MOUNT Gambier man has narrowly escaped a prison term after a domestic dispute turned violent earlier this month. Adam Redman, 35, appeared before Mount Gambier Magistrates Court last week, facing charges of aggravated assault. It was heard that the defendant was at home on October 6 with his then girlfriend, her daughter and a friend. Mr Redman and his partner began to argue, which quickly escalated and police were called. The witness, who was at the house when the dispute began, called police as she left. It was stated in court that she tried to defuse the situ- ation by getting between the accused and the victim when they argued. The victim threw a pan, only just missing Redman, and the witness then left. She thought the victim was leaving also, but saw the defendant pull his girlfriend back inside, where he then assaulted her. Police were called and arrived soon after to fi nd the victim had sustained injuries, described as “facial trauma”, and she was disorientated. The victim’s daughter was left frightened as she witnessed the attack. After being admitted to hospital, it was found the victim had a broken orbital bone in her face, was bleeding and had a black eye. The court heard that the pair had been in a relation- ship for two years and had just reconciled after being separated. Defence counsel told Magistrate Paul Foley that the relationship was dysfunc- tional from the beginning. It was alleged that the victim stole a large sum of money from the defend- ant’s mother early in their relationship and they then separated. When Redman’s mother passed away last year, the pair rekindled their relationship, but it soon became destruc- tive, putting the accused into a deep state of depression. He was hospitalised for stress after a psychotic breakdown, but they again reconciled. Pleading guilty to the charge, defence counsel then brought up the evening in question. It was stated that Redman had allegedly been assaulted twice by the victim and when she came back at him a third time, he snapped. Mr Foley said he took the matter seriously, stating that the only possible outcome could be imprisonment. Due to the positive prospects of Redman being rehabilitated, he suspended the sentence. Redman was sentenced to eight months imprisonment, reduced to fi ve months with the early guilty plead. He was placed on an 18 month good behaviour bond. “If there is a breach of any nature, you’ll serve prison time,” Mr Foley said. Registration reminder MOUNT Gambier show goers can pick up their own registration reminder stickers as part of a new push by Liberal candidate for Mount Gambier Troy Bell. In the lead-up to the March state elec- tion, Mr Bell will campaign for the return of registration stickers, which were phased out by the State Government last year. The Liberal candidate said in the mean- time residents could use his reminder stickers to keep tabs on when their regis- tration expires. “I have decided to make up my own form of registration stickers to help remind people when their rego is due and I will be giving these away this weekend at this year’s Mount Gambier show,” Mr Bell said. REMINDER: REMINDER: Liberal candidate for Mount Gambier Troy Bell will give away registration reminder stickers at the Mount Gambier show. Picture: GEORGIA KELLY NEWS TIPS WS TIPS newsroom@tbw.com.au D TIPS newsroom@tbw.com.au Disturbance leads to drug fi nd at home A MOUNT Gambier woman has been convicted and placed on a good behaviour bond after police found 31 cannabis plants growing in her home. On November 27 last year, police attended a distur- bance at the home of Kylie Bernadette Anderson. They conducted a search of the house and located mari- juana plants growing in two garden pots. Police seized the young plants, which stood between 10 and 15 centimetres tall. The 41-year-old mother of four told police she was growing the plants for her own use, not expecting all of them to survive, and had no intention to sell the drugs. She pleaded guilty to cultivating a com- mercial quantity of a controlled plant and had no previous convictions for drug- related offences. The court heard Anderson fought drug addiction through her 20s and 30s, but had been clean for six years. She said she faced personal issues in the lead-up to the seizure of the mari- juana plants and grew them with the intention of using the cannabis to relieve stress. Prison term suspended Domestic assault offender narrowly avoids jail A MOUNT Gambier man has narrowly escaped a prison term after a domestic dispute turned violent earlier this month. Adam Redman, 35, appeared before Mount Gambier Magistrates Court last week, facing charges of aggravated assault. It was heard that the defendant was at home on October 6 with his then girlfriend, her daughter and a friend. Mr Redman and his partner began to argue, which quickly escalated and police were called. The witness, who was at the house when the dispute began, called police as she left. It was stated in court that she tried to defuse the situ- ation by getting between the accused and the victim when they argued. The victim threw a pan, only just missing Redman, and the witness then left. She thought the victim was leaving also, but saw the defendant pull his girlfriend back inside, where he then assaulted her. Police were called and arrived soon after to fi nd the victim had sustained injuries, described as “facial trauma”, and she was disorientated. The victim’s daughter was left frightened as she witnessed the attack. After being admitted to hospital, it was found the victim had a broken orbital bone in her face, was bleeding and had a black eye. The court heard that the pair had been in a relation- ship for two years and had just reconciled after being separated. Defence counsel told Magistrate Paul Foley that the relationship was dysfunc- tional from the beginning. It was alleged that the victim stole a large sum of money from the defend- ant’s mother early in their relationship and they then separated. When Redman’s mother passed away last year, the pair rekindled their relationship, but it soon became destruc- tive, putting the accused into a deep state of depression. He was hospitalised for stress after a psychotic breakdown, but they again reconciled. Pleading guilty to the charge, defence counsel then brought up the evening in question. It was stated that Redman had allegedly been assaulted twice by the victim and when she came back at him a third time, he snapped. Mr Foley said he took the matter seriously, stating that the only possible outcome could be imprisonment. Due to the positive prospects of Redman being rehabilitated, he suspended the sentence. Redman was sentenced to eight months imprisonment, reduced to fi ve months with the early guilty plead. He was placed on an 18 month good behaviour bond. “If there is a breach of any nature, you’ll serve prison time,” Mr Foley said. Registration reminder MOUNT Gambier show goers can pick up their own registration reminder stickers as part of a new push by Liberal candidate for Mount Gambier Troy Bell. In the lead-up to the March state elec- tion, Mr Bell will campaign for the return of registration stickers, which were phased out by the State Government last year. The Liberal candidate said in the mean- time residents could use his reminder stickers to keep tabs on when their regis- tration expires. “I have decided to make up my own form of registration stickers to help remind people when their rego is due and I will be giving these away this weekend at this year’s Mount Gambier show,” Mr Bell said. REMINDER: Liberal candidate for Mount Gambier Troy Bell will give away registration reminder stickers at the Mount Gambier show. Picture: GEORGIA KELLY NEWS NEWS 5 Costly snap decision to get behind wheel AN IMPULSIVE decision to drive after drinking alcohol has cost a Mount Gambier woman her driver’s licence until January and fines of over $2000. Nicole Faye Lovelock, 39, was driving home from a party at 1.40am on May 5 when she was pulled over by police for a screening test. Police prosecution told court this month there was a drink cooler in the passenger seat and the defendant’s young daughter was also in the car. A positive blood alcohol reading of 0.149 was returned, almost three times the legal limit. Admitting to drinking that day, she told police at the time she did not think she would be over the limit. They noted that her attitude was belligerent towards them. Lovelock was issued with a six month instant loss of licence and the vehicle was impounded. A fine of $900 was imposed, adding to the $903.60 impounding fee and other court costs. The defendant can drive again from January 8 and she was remorseful for her actions when speaking in court. “I’d just like to apologise to the court and the road users,” she said. “What I did was stupid and I’ve learnt my lesson.” Mount Gambier man fi ned over backyard cannabis crop A MOUNT Gambier man has avoided imprisonment after police found a marijuana crop in his backyard earlier this year. Mark John Hunter, 41, pleaded guilty in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court this month to cultivating a controlled plant. The court heard that on February 13 at around 1.30pm, police attended Hunter’s home with a search warrant. Searching the rear of the property, police found 14 cannabis plants in a vegetable garden. The defendant told police the marijuana was being grown for his own consumption and that he intended to cut and freeze it. He hoped it would amount to fi ve years of personal supply. The plants were seized by police. Police prosecution stated Hunter had a history of drug offences, but they dated back to 2000 and beforehand. Magistrate Paul Foley gave the defendant a chance to speak on his own behalf. “I have no answer to the defence,” he said. “I just want to get it over and done with, your honour, and move on with my life.” Mr Foley gave the defendant credit for his early guilty plea, but handed down a four month suspended prison sentence with a 12 month good behaviour bond. He was fined $200 and ordered to pay court costs, along with the victims of crime levy. EXCLUSIVE RELEASE IN MOUNT GAMBIER Daphne Spring Pink Hybrid Clematis looking stunning! In flower now lots to choose from! Last chance to buy for this season! 1/2 Price Mop Trees Daphne Eternal Fragrance. ongly perfumed, sun hardy, epeat fl owering Daphne. 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