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Shayla Bulloch is a crime and police reporter at The Courier-Mail in Brisbane. She has previously worked as a journalist across regional Queensland, including in Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast and Townsville. Shayla’s work was also recognised by a Queensland Clarion Award in 2022.

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Townsville

Dedicated cop creates safe refuge for kids

A dedicated police officer has created a safe space for the region’s most vulnerable children.

Townsville

Ainslie Burgess was stalked by a group of kids at a shopping centre who stole her wallet straight out of her hands. Picture: Alix Sweeney

‘Petrified’: Women targeted in spate of shopping attacks

A simple afternoon shopping trip turned into a terrifying ordeal for a mother who was mugged in broad daylight, becoming one of three women attacked by the same group in less than two hours.

Townsville

A car crash has blocked a busy intersection and halted a train this morning.

Car smash blocks train, stops traffic

A car crash has caused traffic chaos on a busy Townsville road, blocking cars and halting a passenger train.

Townsville

Double stabbing at Alva Beach. Pic Shannen McDonald

SPECIAL REPORT: The night all hell broke loose

A mystery that gripped a small North Queensland seaside village was pulled apart this week, much like the families of those killed in the double stabbing in Alva Beach.

Townsville

Mayor vows to stay in top job after fatal crash charge

Embattled Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill will not stand down from the top job after sensationally being charged over the death of a motorbike rider following a nine-month police investigation.

Townsville

Family remembers a ‘waterman’ and his love for life

They may look strong, but the Davy family is broken. The unbearable grief of losing family member Thomas has weighed heavy on their lives, and left them crippled with trauma more than two years since his death.

Townsville

Mayor Jenny Hill to face court over fatal crash

Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill has been issued with a notice to appear in court over the death of a motorbike rider following a nine month police investigation.

Townsville

The Christensen family walks out of the Alva Beach stabbing inquest at Cairns Magistrate Court. Photo: Shayla Bulloch

Coroner unable to close Alva Beach stabbing inquest

Deputy State Coroner Jane Bentley adjourned the inquest into the deaths of Thomas Davy and Corey Christensen, saying she regretted not being able to wrap it up.

Townsville

Ex Cairns to the C MAIL - 15.10.2020Alva Beach Stabbing Inquest - Day 4 - PICS BRIAN CASSEY - Witness Louis Bengoa leaves the inquest into the Alva Beach stabbing that left two dead on the fourth day at Cairns Court. PIc by Brian Cassey

Best friend of man stabbed lied on police statement

The best friend of a man killed in the Alva Beach double stabbing lied on his police statements because he was worried about being fined for drink driving.

Townsville

QLD Police photos used in court of Dean Webber 19yrs (at the time), after the fatal stabbing at Alva Beach in 2018. Thomas Davy, 27, and Corey Christensen, 37, were killed on October 1, 2018 after being fatally stabbed at Mr Webber’s home at Alva Beach, near Ayr - Photo Supplied QLD Police

Families upset as coroner excuses Webber from standing

The man who killed two people in a stabbing at Alva Beach will not take the stand this week, after a coroner ruled he be excused from giving verbal evidence because of his mental state.

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