An idiotic Mount Isa P Plater was caught speeding a whopping 73 kph above the limit on the Barkly Hwy last week.
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Police said an 18-year-old Mount Isa man was captured by the Mount Isa Road Policing Unit, driving at a speed of 173km per hour on the Barkly Highway, headed towards Cloncurry.
He received a Traffic Infringement Notice of $1245. He also received eight demerit points and an automatic six month licence suspension.
Meanwhile a 15-year-old Townview boy has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm.
At around 3.25am on Sunday, September 22, police it is alleged a boy assaulted a woman known to him.
The woman received a 2cm laceration to her nose, bruising and hematomas, requiring medical attention.
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
