A QUEENSLAND man who was charged with a string of stock stealing offences in 2020 has escaped conviction and had many of the charges dropped.
Adam Roy Mellers, 47, appeared in the Maryborough Magistrates Court this week, where he pled guilty to three criminal offences and five under the biosecurity act.
Mr Mellers entered the hearing with 18 separate charges, which Magistrate John Milburn said in sentencing carried a maximum of 14 years in jail – however, most of the charges were dropped and he was fined $5700.
He was sentenced for two criminal counts of fraud and one of uttering a…
