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Luke Williams is a police and crime reporter for The Advertiser. He previously covered courts for the Cairns Post.

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Earlville resident Keith Marshall has collected an estimated one million ring pull can tops over a few years with the help of some friends. He plans on recycling the ring pulls. Picture: Brendan Radke.

Rapist who laughed at 12yo victim learns his fate

The child repeatedly told the 62-year-old to stop, that it hurt, and repeatedly said no – to which he responded, ‘don’t you mean yes’.

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‘She will never be the same’: Mechanic sentenced after raping 14yo girl in tunnel

A Mareeba mechanic has been sentenced for raping a 14-year-old girl he met on Snapchat and possessing child exploitation material involving children as young as five.

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Jury delivers verdict in Keith William Marshall rape trial

The jury has delivered its verdict on a 62-year-old Earlville man charged with raping a 12-year-old girl.

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Truck driver Judd Ward says truck drivers are overworked and push into tight deadlines by their employers - creating a safety risk for everyone on the road.

Cairns truckie says industry is ‘broken’ and causing fatal crashes

With controversial new transport laws set to be introduced, a Cairns truck driver says industry practices are causing drivers to become a ‘safety risk to everyone on the road’.

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‘Motivated by desire to have sex’: Bodybuilder’s brutal assault against martial artist

A jury has delivered its verdict on an assault in a dramatic love triangle stoush where a self-described ninja was knocked out by a bodybuilder in Cairns.

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Cairns teens pose up on Instagram in front of an allegedly stolen car.

‘Do whatever you want’: Qld teens reveal how and why they steal cars

The reasons why young car thieves steal cars has been revealed in an exclusive report which a leading criminologist says shows how to reduce youth crime.

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Court stoush over alleged knock out of ‘ninja’ by disability worker

A man who allegedly dragged a man from under his car, beat him unconscious and left him in intensive care with claims he only responded in self-defence against the ‘Cairns Ninja’.

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Ian Alexander Peachey. Picture: Supplied

Carpenter sentenced over drugging, sexually assaulting teens

A former security guard at a Cairns nightclub, who later ran a carpentry business, lured five boys in with offers of cannabis, trips to swimming pools, and fishing expeditions, a court has heard.

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FEES APPLY. Two men have been arrested for hindering police following a serious crash in Sydney’s west., Emergency crews responded to reports of a vehicle ablaze Shortly before 7.30pm on Thursday after it crashed into a tree at the intersection of Pendock Road and Sherringham Road, Cranebrook., Members of the public removed the three male occupants from the vehicle., Fire and Rescue NSW extinguished the vehicle fire., Prior to the arrival of emergency services, an occupant from the vehicle left the location and was last seen on foot along Pendock Road. , Another occupant – 12-year-old boy - was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics. He was taken to Nepean Hospital with a broken leg and hip injuries, Officers from Nepean Police Area Command secured a crime scene and were informed that immediately after the crash two men attended and placed a third occupant into a shopping trolley before leaving the scene. MUST CREDIT TNV

Grieving man sentenced over hit-and-run of 86yo woman

A 44-year-old Cairns man, who later suffered an ‘unbearable loss’, was on a cocktail of six different drugs when he ran over an elderly woman in a hit-and-run.

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Teens found ‘hanging out’ at home of pedophile

A youth worker says she was recently looking for one of her young clients and found the girl at a registered pedophile’s house amid a concerning trend she believes is rife in Cairns.

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