A former Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor and candidate for the Briars ward in this month’s municipal elections, has come out and publicly admitted to having being jailed for drug trafficking. Leigh Eustace was 22 when he was convicted of trafficking heroin two years earlier. Now 58, he says he “did the crime and served the time”. Mr Eustace readily admits to making mistakes earlier in life but sees no reason, other than for political gain, why his crimes have been published on social media. He said he had made “some poor decisions” and supplied friends during the 1970s “when hard…
Day: October 11, 2016
IT might seem like a lark, but head and beard shaves for seven workers at the Decmil site, Hastings, last week were serious business. The group, led by Ian Stead, lost their locks to raise money for the Peter Mac Foundation – and exceeded everyone’s expectations by generating a $3285.25 total thanks to the generosity of 50 colleagues at the plant. Mr Stead, backed up by Ryan Jackson, Ryan McDonald, Shane Bisby, Tony Ta’ Avili, Peter Moore and Kieran Mulholland, then added to their appeal takings through a sausage size and tin rattle. They chose the Peter Mac Foundation because,…