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Kerri-Anne MesnerSenior Reporter

Kerri-Anne Mesner is a senior reporter covering court and crime for The Morning Bulletin. She started with the company more than a decade ago and has a background in political reporting and digital production.

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Police & Courts

Generic assault. Blood generic.

Face-smashing backpacker attacker spared jail, keeps NDIS funding

A man who tried to sexually assault a German backpacker and later smashed a bottle into another victim’s face has kept his freedom and taxpayer-funded support.

Police & Courts

Emergency services have spent the afternoon retrieving a motorcyclist who crashed on the Burnett Highway in the Mount Morgan Range between Bouldercombe and Mount Morgan this afternoon. The rider flew over the guard rail and at least 50 metres down the mountain.

‘Flew over handlebars’: Dramatic, difficult rescue of rider down mountain

Emergency services have rescued a motorcyclist who flew over a guard rail and plunged 50 metres down a Queensland mountain range after crashing. VIDEO HERE

Police & Courts

A Rockhampton funeral home worker has been jailed for drug trafficking.

Grave mistake: Funeral home worker jailed for drug trafficking

A drug dealer working and living at a Qld funeral home dug his own hole when he took promo photos of his product.

Police & Courts

midwife Kristy Lee Benson who is facing drug supply and drug possession charges. source is LinkedIn

Drug-trafficking midwife walks free despite lies to cops, 35+ sales

A midwife who ran a meth business while working for Qld Health won’t spend a day in jail after the Supreme Court found it would be too hard on her kids.

Police & Courts

Generic narcotic drug use photos - lines of white powder on mirror, marijuana joints, syringe and spoon.

‘Damage already done’: Tragic drug path from 13 to 30

A judge has lamented a man’s journey from teen marijuana use to a significant meth, highlighting a disturbing link to mental health.

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Drug trafficker carer’s ‘bush weed’, pocket full of meth

A 59-year-old carer, previously convicted of trafficking, has received his 11th drug sentence after some of the evidence fell from his pocket in front of police.

Police & Courts

It has been one year since Rockhamptonâs Tayla Black and her 11-week-old daughter Murphy Margaret were allegedly murdered.

‘Full confessions’: Lawyer’s bombshell in mum and bub murder case

A Qld dad charged with murdering his young wife and 11-week-old baby girl told police what he’d done, a court has heard, as prosecutors demand an end to two years of delays.

Police & Courts

Kristy Lee Iles, 35, appeared in the Rockhampton Supreme Court on July 26, 2022. Picture: Facebook

Market truck thief unmasked after wild joy ride, motel meth bust

A Qld mum-of-six who stole a six-tonne farmer’s market delivery truck was already on bail for other crimes, it can be revealed.

Police & Courts

Zion Ziggy Sean Goltz died in Rockhampton on July 30, 2022.

‘My little lion, my little fighter’: Killed boy’s loved ones speak

Loved ones lay bare memories of Zion’s courage and kindness, telling the court of a boy taken too soon— and their vow to honour his life.

Police & Courts

Louwanna Thyra Goltz is now charged with the manslaughter of Zion, 8, after her murder charge was downgraded.

Justice for Zion: Mother’s chilling ‘spirits’ claim after killing son

A Queensland mother has been jailed for killing her vulnerable eight-year-old son with court hearing what police found inside the home where the boy died that tragic night. *Distressing.

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