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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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Two teenagers are arrested by the Cairns Police dog squad after a wild alleged police chase on Thursday night.

WATCH: Police dog catches alleged car thieves after night of mayhem

A 19-year-old Edmonton woman who was already on bail when she and three other teens were allegedly involved in a wild stolen car police chase around Cairns has made a bid for bail.

Cairns

Elizabeth Anne Sheean (middle) leaving court after she was sentenced for stalking and common assault.

Rotting fish, The Conjuring nun: Neighbour sentenced for stalking

A Cairns woman hung a bucket of rotting fish near her neighbours’ kitchen window as part of a series of aggressions “unlike anything” seen by a magistrate. See the confronting pictures.

Cairns

Andrew Maddrell has owned Maddrell's Panel Beating and Spray Painting for 40 years, and over that time has employed 25 apprentices. He says that wayward youth that are committing crimes should be given the opportunity to learn a trade to help them with their behaviour issues. Picture: Brendan Radke

Criminologist on how to stop teens stealing cars

A leading criminologist behind a pilot program to rehabilitate car-thieving teens has said they might have found the answer to reducing youth car crime across the state.

Cairns

Members of a group of young people who have allegedly been committing offences in and around businesses on Pease Street.

Gang of children threaten woman with rape, assault

A woman in her late 60s is among a strip of business traders in Manoora being terrorised by a group of children who have repeatedly threatened to bash and rape her.

Illness

ONE TIME WEB USE ONLY - NO PRINT - Luke Williams ice addict book extract. Picture: ABC Radio

Bali trip that got me addicted

IT’S been described as a “national emergency” in Australia, but a quick fix for back pain while I was in Bali got me in deep trouble.

Mind

What it’s like living with psychosis

FOR many, long-lasting psychosis feels like a dream. For me, it started when I was convinced my organs were on the outside of my body.

Mind

Unspoken truth about income

WHEN Luke Williams was at his lowest, there was one thing that brought him there. It also happened to his dad and his grandad.

Illness

Hilarious ads from when ‘meth’ was legal

THE history of methamphetamines seems too crazy to be true. Local chemists used to dole them out to treat depression, obesity and to “create the right attitude”.

Real Life

‘Didn’t know I married a rapist’

“I KNOW people are going to judge for me this.” Stacey didn’t know the father of her kids was a serial rapist – until it was too late.

Real Life

‘My strange time in drug rehab’

FROM the fellow patient who taught him to kill to being stripped of his deodorant, Luke Williams had a wild ride in rehab for his drug addiction.

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