Tag: crime

Thief on Magistrate’s naughty list

AMount Gambier father of three has been convicted for a Christmas crime that created waves last year.
Joshua Douglas Beck, 49, appeared in custody via...

Convicted rapist faces years behind bars

AMount Gambier man has been convicted and imprisoned for two counts of rape, assault with intent to commit rape and indecent assault.
John Kakule, 48,...

Firearm arrest in Millicent

Police have been investigating an incident that occurred earlier this month where a car deliberately crashed into another on Fifth Avenue at Millicent. Following an...

Repeat car thief jailed

AVictorian man was found guilty of stealing a car, driving without a licence and defacing the vehicle’s number plates in the Mount Gambier Magistrates...

Truckie among drivers facing magistrates court

Anumber of defendants faced the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court presided over by Magistrate Koula Kossiavelos last week for drink driving offences.
A 70- year-old Penola...

Court puts brakes on illegal drivers

Anumber of defendants charged with driving offences appeared in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court before Magistrate Koula Kossiavelos last week.
A Limestone Coast man appeared...

Mount Gambier police chase escape short-lived

A46-year-old Mount Gambier man was convicted in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court last week for driving dangerously to escape police and driving at a...

Beachport assault

Police were called to Railway Terrace, Beachport at 8.50am on Monday after reports of an assault. A 34-year-old woman from Beachport was reported for assault...

Licence disqualified

ATarpeena man has been convicted of disorderly behaviour and two counts of drink driving in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court by Magistrate Koula Kossiavelos.
Around...

Multiple drivers face city magistrate

Anumber of locals faced the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court presided over by Magistrate Koula Kossiavelos last week for driving offences.
On June 2 police were...

Murder trial under way

The Supreme Court trial of a Victorian man accused of murdering a Mount Gambier resident and two other people over a 13-year period began...

Limestone Coast senior jailed over historic sex offence

An elderly South East man has been jailed for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl in the 1980s.
Neil Alan Watson, 70, was...

The court report – drivers edition

Anumber of defendants facing driving charges appeared in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court before Magistrate Koula Kossiavelos last week.
A South East man was convicted...

Disqualified driver charged over hit and run

Police have arrested a man following an investigation into a hit-run collision in Mount Gambier last week. Police were called to the intersection of Crouch...

Magistrate addresses driver behaviour in series of court cases

Ahost of defendants faced the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court presided over by Magistrate Koula Kossiavelos last week accused of driving offences.
A 20-year-old Mount Gambier...