The Latest Breaking News from John Gregory Compton

'It doesn't excuse his conduct': drink-driving mobility scooter rider sentenced

A mobility scooter rider caught driving drunk in Newcastle has been sentenced to an 18-month conditional release order without conviction in court.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 8, 2022

John Gregory Compton spared conviction for high-range drink driving on mobility scooter

The 65-year-old was three times the legal limit when breath-tested by police after witnesses saw him driving erratically and crashing into a gutter.

ABC News · Sep 8, 2022

Man who drove mobility scooter while three times limit pleads guilty

A man who drank at least half a dozen middies of beer before driving through Merewether on a mobility scooter, with a blood-alcohol reading more than three times the limit, has pleaded guilty to high range drink driving.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 11, 2022