Court Reports

Samuel Robert Anderson, 26, of Newport, NSW was charged with driving a motor vehicle with illicit drugs present in his body. Mr Anderson was stopped on Wee Jasper Road by Hume Highway Patrol on October 26, 2015 and traces of cannabis were detected in his oral fluid. It was his first offence and he was given a six-month good behaviour bond.

Myles Alfonso Arries, 32, of Carrara, Qld and Shannon James Murray, 26, of Ballina, NSW were both charged with crimes relating to an incident at the Yass Caltex Service Station in March 2016, where the two men filled a car fitted with stolen number plates, with unleaded petrol to the value of $79.21 and drove off without paying. Mr Arries was charged with dishonestly obtaining property by deception, larceny, and displaying a misleading number plate on a vehicle and fined a total of $1,600. Mr Murray was charged with dishonestly obtaining property by deception and larceny and fined a total of $1,300.

Larry Clarence Attard, 57, of Carina Heights, Qld was charged with being an unlicensed driver. Mr Attard had been driving a 12-seat transit bus containing musicians from an AC/DC tribute show that was performing around eastern Australia when he was speed checked by police radar on the Hume Highway at Browning in March 2016 and found to be travelling at 129 km/h. When asked to produce his licence he said “I don’t have one” and was found to have failed to renew his licence since 1996. Mr Attard explained that his bus drivers had been unavailable and that the band members, whom he manages, had been too tired to drive, so he took over. It was his first offence and he was fined $300.

Kurt William Bee, 23, of Good Hope, NSW was charged with driving while suspended (first offence), and driving an unregistered and uninsured motor vehicle on the road. He had been stopped by police on Good Hope Road on February 10, 2016, driving his unregistered and uninsured motor vehicle while his NSW issued learner licence was suspended. He had apparently told police that he needed to make a mobile phone call and was driving to Yass to get better reception. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined $1,000.

Phillipa Kimberley Caldwell, 24, of Shellharbour, NSW was stopped on the Hume Highway, Browning, travelling at 128 km/h in 110 km/h zone on March 4. When police examined her vehicle they saw small plastic bag of white powder on floor, which she admitted contained “ice”. She was conveyed to Yass police station, where the package weighed in at 0.037 grams, and in court she faced a charge of possess prohibited drug and was fined $500.

Philip Andrew Callow, 36, of Campbell, ACT was stopped by Hume Highway Patrol for a random breath and drug test in Murrumbateman on November 28, 2015. The breath test was negative but the initial drug test detected cannabis, which was confirmed by the secondary test conducted in the drug testing truck. Mr Callow was asked not to drive but, while police were busy, he jumped into his car and drove off. It was also found that his licence had been suspended since March 26, 2015, due to non-payment of fines. He was charged with driving a vehicle with licence suspended (first offence) and driving a vehicle with illicit drugs present in blood (first offence). The court fined him $1,000 and he was disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Chloe Maree Pearce, 19, of Young, NSW was charged with “responsible person/custodian did not disclose driver’s details” and “did not lodge completed/signed application for transfer”. This related to an incident where the Hume Highway Patrol chased a speeding vehicle, driven by an unidentified young woman, on December 28, 2015 at Boorowa Creek. The chase was abandoned when it escalated to high speeds and dangerous, leaving the driver unidentified. However, the ownership of the vehicle was traced back to the accused, but she had not transferred the registration to her name. The accused said she could not identify the driver of the vehicle because she was in Young at the time. She was found guilty of both charges and fined a total of $1,000 for the two charges.