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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1977
Page
2
Melbourne police say Edwin John Eastwood, who allegedly kidnapped ten people after fleeing Geelong Jail while serving a sentence for earlier kidnappings, was committed for trial on 27 charges including 14 kidnappings and one demanding money with menaces. He did not plead.
A Supreme Court jury in Adelaide found Lasvlo Szabo guilty of kidnapping, armed robbery, and attempted murder less than a week after his parole from a 10 year sentence. He was convicted of robbing Anthony Bell at gunpoint in Everard Park on February 27 and attempting to shoot him in the head with a .357 revolver.
Five motorists appeared at Petty Sessions in Canberra this week facing drink drive charges. Enrico Pizzano, 32, was jailed six months, suspended with a 300 dollar bond and 400 dollar fine, licence cancelled after a 0.290 percent breath test in Barry Drive. Peter Darian Doran, 21, had licence suspended six months and fined 120 dollars after a 0.200 percent reading in Canberra Avenue on May 27. Norman Allan Baker, not provided in full, fined 200 dollars with licence cancelled for a December 24, 1976 offence on Lonsdale Street, breath test 0. Mysterious entries indicate data gaps. David William Hazel, 32, fined 350 dollars, nine months licence suspension for June 13, Copland Drive, breath test 0.640 percent. David Anthony Hinchcliffe, 30, fined 250 dollars with six months licence suspension for June drive Hindmarsh Drive, breath test 0.200 percent.
Six people appeared in Central Court yesterday on charges from the South African Tourist Corporation protest in Pitt Street. Accused are David Charles Houston and Graig Newman for resisting arrest and other offenses, Kerry Dennis Woodhill for resisting arrest offensive behaviour, Carl Maltby for resisting arrest assaulting police, Michael Thompson for resisting arrest and remaining in a building, and Jan Margaret Gruchy for hindering police and offensive behaviour. None represented and pleas not yet entered. Houston, Newman, Woodhill may plead not guilty. Bail not required. Next hearings set for July 8, with Houston to September 1 for hearing.
In Special Federal Court Mr Cooney urged bail for Ali Sait Bayraksan 43 of Brighton le Sands on 13 counts of dole fraud. Fellow suspects Omar Cae and Tayfor Dover face similar charges. Bayraksan held at Long Bay Jail hospital ward, granted bail 3000 with condition he stays in country. all three remanded until July 28.
In City Court Sydney a 17-year-old youth accused of murdering Wayne Spencer Nixon at Glebe January 30 and 12-year-old John Gary Berkemeyer in July last year watched as police and reporters gathered around the body of Nixon on January 1. His elder brother testified he was present at Glebe Police Station during questioning. The hearing continues.
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