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Quarantine breacher allegedly claimed he had a sick relative in WA, but just wanted to go fishing: police
Police say the real motive of a 56-year-old Queensland man, who was allowed to enter Western Australia after allegedly telling authorities he needed to care for a sick relative, was to go fishing.
Key points:
- Donald Thomas Jones, 56, entered Western Australia from South Australia on December 19
- He breached quarantine laws on three separate occasions between December 21 and 23
- He spent 14 days in custody and was fined $1,500 after pleading guilty to the breaches
Donald Thomas Jones has been travelling around Australia in a caravan since August last year and breached quarantine laws in WA on three separate occasions, including two trips to a country pub.
He was fined $1,500 on Thursday after appearing in the Kalgoorlie Magistrate’s Court,…
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