Unpaid Fines – (Dandenong Magistrates’ Court)

A man in his 40’s had three cases heard on the same day. The charges included drug driving twice, disqualified driving twice and possession of 20 ecstasy tablets. He was fined $1500 with a three month licence cancellation.

A man in his 30’s was caught driving on a disqualified licence two months into a six month licence cancellation for drink driving. He was driving for work. The court suspended his licence for 2 months (which overlapped with the drink driving disqualification) and fined him $1000.

A lady in her 40’s had $68,000 in unpaid fines. She was arrested by the Sheriff and taken to court. At court we were able to have her fines reduced to $3,000 payable at the rate of $100 per month. That’s a saving of $65,000.00

A lady in her 20’s was caught driving on a disqualified licence. She had been disqualified by the Dandenong Court for drink driving. At court we were able to stop her losing her licence for any longer. She was given a fine of $1000.

A truck driver was charged with drink driving after the police attended the scene of a single vehicle accident into a paddock on a rural road. There were no witnesses to the accident. He was breath tested with a reading of 0.195. We made the police prove that he had driven the car within the […]