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Irregular News for 10.07.05
Australia -- An 83-year-old Queensland woman with a walking stick was fined for "crossing the road too slowly", her friend said today.
Police recently issued a $30 fine to aged pensioner Pat Gallen for not crossing a road "in the most direct route" in the small township of Malanda, near Cairns in far north Queensland.
Friend Fay Millist, 66, said an uproar in the shocked town ensued, forcing embarrassed police to tear up the ticket and write an apology to the puzzled pensioner.
"She didn't know whether to laugh or cry," Mrs Millist said of Mrs Gallen, who had just purchased her weekly groceries when she walked into trouble with the law.
"She is quite a resilient lady who has her wits about her – she had a fall the night before and jarred the bottom of her spine.
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Australia -- An 83-year-old Queensland woman with a walking stick was fined for "crossing the road too slowly", her friend said today.
Police recently issued a $30 fine to aged pensioner Pat Gallen for not crossing a road "in the most direct route" in the small township of Malanda, near Cairns in far north Queensland.
Friend Fay Millist, 66, said an uproar in the shocked town ensued, forcing embarrassed police to tear up the ticket and write an apology to the puzzled pensioner.
"She didn't know whether to laugh or cry," Mrs Millist said of Mrs Gallen, who had just purchased her weekly groceries when she walked into trouble with the law.
"She is quite a resilient lady who has her wits about her – she had a fall the night before and jarred the bottom of her spine.
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