Husband jailed over kitchen DV horror despite wife’s pleas
A southeast Queensland tradie has been jailed after a judge deemed his shocking domestic violence too dangerous for him to walk free – despite his wife “begging” the court to forgive him.
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Elderly woman’s frantic escape from son’s terrifying DV rampage
An elderly woman fled her home in fear after her son smashed her phone, slashed her tyres and pinned her down on a mattress to prevent her escaping his frightening DV rampage.
Brickie bashes man after wife’s worksite wolf whistle claim
A brickie boss claims he repeatedly punched a man in self defence during a fight sparked when the victim’s wife complained she had been wolf whistled at a work site.
Smashing cells, guard threats: Inside $240k prison riot’s ‘mob mentality’
A southeast Queensland court has heard how a “spur of the moment” prison riot incited a “mob mentality” in which cells were smashed, staff threatened and $240k in damage was done.
Bum drug bust: Alleged childcare intruder found hiding in toilet
A man was busted hiding in a toilet yesterday with drugs stashed in his bum, a court has heard, after he allegedly broke into multiple local businesses including a childcare centre.
Drunk Ipswich family dinner sparks courtroom chaos
A witness hung up the phone mid-evidence after telling an Ipswich court new claims that “no less than six’’ alleged assaults happened during a drunken family dinner.
16k cash, jewels: Five businesses hit in meth addict’s ’sophisticated’ crime spree
An Ipswich meth addict scaled fences and fell through the roof of a Big W during a series of break-ins in which he pilfered thousands from local businesses.
Mum-of-three’s desperate act to help jailbird boyfriend
A mum-of-three broke down in an Ipswich court after facing charges for a desperate act to help her jailbird boyfriend.
‘Constant reminder’: Train station trauma after man left to die on tracks
An Ipswich court has heard the extensive physical and mental trauma a man was put through in the wake of a “sickening” and “vicious” attack at a local train station, in which he was left to die on the tracks.
SEQ religious leader’s vile acts against foster child exposed
A southeast Queensland religious leader has been handed a jail sentence for vile misdeeds against his own foster daughter, preying on her as the rest of their household slept.
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