That was the last time I saw Tony too.
A SHOT fired through a one-way mirrored door during a hotel robbery narrowly missed employees who
were hiding in the office, the Holden Hill Magistrates Court heard yesterday.
Anthony John Smith, 19, of Devon Park, has been charged with the armed robbery of the Buckingham
Arms Hotel, Gilberton, at about 1.30am on Sunday.
Senior Constable Andrew McCracken, prosecuting, said two men armed with a hammer and a .22 calibre rifle had smashed through glass doors to enter the hotel.
The robbers forced staff to lie on the floor, stole $22,300 from the office safe and escaped through a
smashed window.
During a bail application, the court heard Smith, and a 17-year-old youth who has also been charged,
were located hiding in the ceiling of a house on nearby Walkerville Terrace. But Smith's lawyer, Mr Nick Vadasz, said there was an "innocent explanation" for this behavior. Smith had been on his way to his parents' house when he saw the police and panicked, hiding in the ceiling because he feared being implicated in whatever crime they were investigating.
Mr Vadasz said there was no evidence linking his client with the crime and he noted that neither the
money nor the weapons had been recovered despite an intensive search.
But Senior Constable McCracken said the robbery was "a disaster waiting to happen", and police were
trying to link the suspects with the robbery through forensic tests.
Smith and his co-accused have been charged with armed robbery, illegal use, four counts of
endangering life, and being unlawfully on premises.
Magistrate Mr Kevin Edgecomb ordered a home detention report and remanded Smith in custody until
later this week.
Story by Michael Owen
9 February 1999
The Advertiser
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An explanation of The Joy Division Litmus Test
Although it may now be lost in the mysts of thyme, the poll below is still relevant to this blog. In the winter of 2008, Mele and I went to live in Queensland. In order to survive, I bluffed my way into a job at a Coffee Club.
It was quite a reasonable place to work: the hours were regular, the staff were quite nice, it wasn't particularly taxing on my brain.
There were a few downsides: In the six weeks or so that I worked there, there was about a 90% staff turnover (contributed to by my leaving). This wasn't seen as a result of the low pay, the laughability of staff prices or the practice of not distributing tips to staff, rather it was blamed on the lack of work ethic among Bribie Island's youth.
However, one of the stranger aspects of the cultural isolation that touched our lives during our time "up there" was the fact that nobody at my work had heard of the band Joy Division.
The full explanation is available here.
But please, interact a little further and vote in my ongoing poll. The results are slowly mounting up, proving one thing: people read this blog are more well-informed about Joy Division than anyone who works at the Coffee Club on Bribie Island.
It was quite a reasonable place to work: the hours were regular, the staff were quite nice, it wasn't particularly taxing on my brain.
There were a few downsides: In the six weeks or so that I worked there, there was about a 90% staff turnover (contributed to by my leaving). This wasn't seen as a result of the low pay, the laughability of staff prices or the practice of not distributing tips to staff, rather it was blamed on the lack of work ethic among Bribie Island's youth.
However, one of the stranger aspects of the cultural isolation that touched our lives during our time "up there" was the fact that nobody at my work had heard of the band Joy Division.
The full explanation is available here.
But please, interact a little further and vote in my ongoing poll. The results are slowly mounting up, proving one thing: people read this blog are more well-informed about Joy Division than anyone who works at the Coffee Club on Bribie Island.
Reminds me of a school friend who has recently been charged for murdering, or conspiring to kill his mother.
ReplyDeleteI was friends with him until he left primary school - then I always wondered what happened to him. Until his mother's disappearance was plastered all over the papers and television. Then to have the truth come out. Wow, strange feeling.
I suspected that - either he's in prison or a CEO....
ReplyDelete....and probably the father of eleven children...?
Well, well. Not a happy ending.
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