Woman charged with perjury after giving evidence at trial of man she claimed sexually assaulted her
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What Constitutes the serious criminal offence of drug trafficking at Southport and on the Gold Coast?
The serious criminal law charge of drug trafficking is these days far too quickly proffered against offenders in places like Southport and indeed elsewhere, when in previous years the criminal law offence of supplying drugs would have been preferred. The spirit of the legislature would not have been in my view to brand low level […]
Brisbane District Court Criminal Law Jurisdiction Sentencing for Sexual Assault
The authorities that guide a District Court Judge in Brisbane to deal with the criminal law offence under s 352(1) of the Criminal Code of Indecent Assault when committed by a masseuse should be used to guide the range of sentencing. Recently the District Court in its criminal law jurisdiction in Brisbane dealt with the […]
Burglary and Home Invasion Brisbane Criminal Defence Lawyer and Appealing Sentences
In the Magistrates Court at Brisbane, like any other Magistrates Court, serious offences like Burglary and commit indictable offence under section 419(4) of the Criminal Code Queensland and Possessing dangerous Drugs under s 9 of the Drugs Misuse Act Queensland can easily result in jail time. The fact that the matter is at the Brisbane […]
Brisbane Crime Lawyer defends criminal charge in Brisbane where one punch was thrown in self defence
Justin Sibley Brisbane Crime Lawyer and Williamson and Associates Lawyers Brisbane successfully defended an innocent man put on trial for assault occasioning bodily harm in Brisbane in circumstances where the police prosecutor should never have proceeded. Police were called to a supposed ‘one punch scenario’ where a male had been rendered unconscious in Brisbane City […]
Criminal Defence Lawyer helps Southport Defendant Resolve Criminal Assault Charges
Many cases of assault involve a he said she said version of events, and defending criminal assault charges at Southport Court is no different. In criminal assault cases, there are usually three sides to the story, the victim’s, the defendant’s and the truth being the third. It is often the case that what starts as […]
Criminal Lawyer helps Cleveland Defendant Resolve criminal charges of Home Invasion assault and motor vehicle offences
Justin Sibley crime lawyer recently reviewed a case of home invasion, assault and theft in company at Cleveland. The circumstances were not unfamiliar. A defendant who had been tricked into being a part of something that he ordinarily would not have, and aggressive actions on the part of the others that he didn’t anticipate. Worse […]
Brisbane Drug Trafficking and Drug Importation Offences and Evidence
When the Australian Federal Police and Queensland Police Service liaise with Border Force on a drug trafficking or importation offence in Brisbane, highly effective surveillance and interception capabilities are deployed. Border force take advantage of a lack of understanding of legislation controlling the arrivals lounge, to intimidate inbound passengers into believing they don’t have any […]
Redcliffe Traffic Offences Demonstrates Flaws in Radar Detection
As a criminal defence lawyer it is essential that we maintain justice at the Magistrates Courts level when it comes to traffic offences and the resultant infringements. Recently a hearing conducted in the Richlands Magistrates Court indicated the danger of human error in the operation of LIDAR devices. These devices are inherently reliable when properly […]
Brisbane Criminal Defence and Immigration Detention
In May 2014 the Abbott government announced, with typical bombast, the arrival of a new super-agency into an already cluttered law enforcement environment. Backed by fresh legislation and armed troops fitted out in coal-black uniforms, the Australian Border Force (ABF) was to epitomise an increasingly belligerent approach to policing a frontier that the then-Immigration Minister […]
Australian Border Force Intervention in Criminal Matters
Over the last 15 years or more, I have observed Australian immigration policy bring Australia into disrepute internationally, and help to fuel an ever growing problem of hatred towards the West and Australia in particular in the Middle East. Recently I worked on a case to free a young Middle Eastern student accused of offences […]
Active Shooter Marauding Terrorist Firearms Attacks
Following on from our observations of the recent events in Paris and Jakarta, we were pleased to deliver a training session to a range of Country Risk Managers on ASMTFA at the Strategic Risk Forum in Singapore on behalf of NYA International at the request of AIG. The session was well received and covered issues […]
