Drug dealing, attempted fraud: Ipswich’s bad tradies named
From fraudsters to drug dealers, Ipswich is home to a number of criminal tradies. See our full list of recent offenders.
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EXPOSED: SEQ child sexual offenders and the trauma they inflicted
A religious youth group leader, a father and a 20-something who lied about being a teenager are among those who have recently fronted court for their shocking sexual crimes against children. SEE THE LIST. Warning: Disturbing content
‘Justice is in healing’: Child abuse survivor on how healing generational trauma is key
A child abuse survivor and sexual assault support advocate has spoken out about how healing personal and generational trauma is key to ending the cycles of abuse and helping victims come forward with their stories.
‘Rejected and dismissed’: Child abuse survivor fed up with politicians’ lip service and inaction
A southeast Queensland incest and child abuse activist says she is fed up with lip service and empty promises from politicians and councils who have “silenced and shunned” her.
Rapist has penis bitten after forcing himself on woman: court
A convicted Ipswich rapist who had attacked his ex-partner in her bed while she slept and demanded she do what she was “told” has failed in a court appeal. WARNING GRAPHIC DETAILS
‘Mastermind’ behind $1m housing scam fronts court
A serial Gold Coast property fraudster and the “mastermind” behind a plan to scam customers out of more than $1 million has faced court just months after being found guilty of rape.
‘More concerned about precious tyre’: Teen jailed after boy hit in footpath horror
A father who had to perform CPR on his five-year-old son after the boy was struck by a tyre flung from a car doing a burnout has shared his message for the driver after the man was jailed.
‘I’m the enforcer’: Man’s bikie ruse to extort cash from woman’s ex
A man donned bikie gang apparel and called himself ‘the enforcer” while trying to extort a man out of cash, a court has heard
Aspiring actor jailed over imported meth disguised as ‘vitamins’
An aspiring Gold Coast actor who featured in Godzilla vs King Kong has faced court after being busted trying to pick up a parcel containing methamphetamine disguised as vitamins.
‘Mummy, I feel like I’m going to die’: Dad’s ‘pathetic’ fine over weed cookie slammed
The mum of two little girls who ate a weed cookie at their dad’s house says it was “unjust” he was fined only $400 over the incident during which one girl begged to come home, feeling like she was “going to die”.
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