Serial child sex offender tried to lure 14-year-old online
A court has warned a man that his “exceptional circumstances” will not deter actual imprisonment should he try to groom a child again.
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Flash, bang, gunpowder smell: Meth-crazed crook’s shotgun evasion leaves cops ducking
A serial violent criminal rolled down his window and let loose with a 12-gauge shotgun, despite nearby police before fleeing over roofs, a court has heard.
Truckie back in custody hours after court grants ‘risky’ bail release
A magistrate’s decision to give a truckie alleged to have made threats with a knife bail has backfired mere hours later. Now he is back in custody.
Methed-up burglar hits seven homes in two months after ‘hideous’ assault on taxi driver
A “hideous, unforgivable” bashing of a taxi driver was but the start of a man’s months long meth-fuelled crime spree that left residents quaking.
$6k car sale scam: Fraudster’s jail term after woman conned
A serial crook and self-proclaimed transport business owner has been ordered to repay a woman thousands lest he spend months in jail.
Mechanic jailed for ‘catastrophic’ injuries caused in group assault
A wannabe mechanic broke down in tears after being jailed for injuring a man in a group assault so badly surgeons had to reconstruct the victim’s face.
Bright student films violent robbery, demands ‘snitch’ confession
A formerly bright student locked up for a year for a violent robbery has walked free from court after he filmed an associate’s violent robbery of an alleged “snitch”.
Broken, bloodied, dangling from moving car: Coward’s year of monstrous DV
The gut-churning assaults inflicted upon a woman by a Logan man, including when he grabbed her by the neck and slammed her head into a dashboard before leaving her dangling from a moving car have stunned a court.
‘Life sentence’: Man out of jail in months after horror rape of mum-to-be
A woman raped while pregnant by a prolific criminal not long after he was released from jail has told a court he gave her a ‘life sentence’ of ongoing trauma and tarnished the way she looks at her child. WARNING: GRAPHIC
Teen condemns younger brother to wheelchair with meth stabbing
A 22-year-old ice addict has been locked up for the vicious stabbing of his younger brother which left the teen with significant neurological damage for life.
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