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Guns On The Gold Coast

Bill Potts appears on Channel 9’s A Current Affair and comments to the Gold Coast Bulletin regarding guns on the Gold Coast and the inadequacies of current gun laws.

Ex-cop cleared after ‘CMC witch-hunt’

A FORMER Gold Coast police officer cleared of faking evidence to win a traffic case has claimed he was a victim of a Crime and Misconduct Commission witch-hunt.

David Allan Spedding, 42, lost his job as a Surfers Paradise traffic officer in 2008 after he was accused of making a false statement to the court.

Facebook used for evidence in court

Bill Potts talks to the Gold Coast Bulletin about the increasing use of sites like Facebook as evidence for both the prosecution and defence. “…don’t put anything online that you don’t want thrown back at you in court…”

Bill Potts appears for man causing GBH whilst adversely affected by alcohol

Bill Potts appears on a sentence in the Southport District Court for dangerous driving causing GBH whilst adversely affected by alcohol – sentence of 2.5yrs imprisonment, to serve 3 month

Centrelink Fraud – No offence for failing to disclose a change in circumstances?

We live in a country with a legal system that is largely based on legislation; but in some cases that legislation is derived from decisions in superior courts.  A court will make a ruling on a particular case and the hierarchy of courts in Australia generally sees the lower courts being bound to follow the decision of the higher courts.

Real Estate Row Results In Restraining Order Against Leading Agent

A Gold Coast real estate agent slapped with a restraining order for making a throat-slitting gesture to a rival agent has vowed to appeal.

Ray White principal Gary William Gannon was officially ordered to have no direct or indirect contact with fellow agent and developer Rod Lambert for 12 months.

Judge Blasts Absent Jurors

Bill Potts provides comments to the Gold Coast Bulletin surrounding juror obligations to the court and community;

A Southport judge has demanded to know why potential jurors who failed to front jury duty should not be prosecuted.

Firepower Extortion Charges Dropped

Perth real estate agent and pigeon enthusiast, Maxwell Raymond Healy (right), 62, and his solicitor Mark Williams (left) leave Southport Magistrates Court on the Gold Coast on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010.

Property Deal Led To ‘Death Threats’

Allegations of underworld death threats and real estate scams on the Gold Coast’s “Millionaires Row” have been aired in court.

Resident Rod Lambert yesterday told the court that he feared for his life after alleged threats from a high-profile real estate agent and Ken Lacey.

Kiwi & Australian Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder

A KIWI and an Australian have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Gold Coast cannabis dealer who was strangled in a robbery gone wrong.

Two New Zealand men, David Galloway and Malakai Lui, both 20, and Australian Dustin Johnston, 37, faced a murder trial in the Queensland Supreme Court over the death of Daniel Dwyer, 46.