Qld teen spent weeks looking for someone to ‘stab or kill’
A teenager convicted of the attempted murder of a random woman who he stabbed as she lay sunbathing on a Queensland beach, has had his appeal thrown out.
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Court bombshell: Toolbox murder convictions overturned on appeal
The murder convictions against three men over the infamous toolbox murders that shocked Queensland have been overturned on appeal on Tuesday and new trials ordered.
School’s desperate appeal ahead of demolition
A school catering for students with learning difficulties is in desperate need of a new home, with the current site having reached capacity and set to be demolished.
Fresh twist in celebrity agent’s rape, sex assault case
The high-profile talent agent is charged with two counts of sexual assault and one count of rape of a male singer at a regional Queensland hotel in 2013.
Public servant illegally accessed government records 74 times in four months
Despite pleading guilty, the woman avoided jail and no conviction was recorded due to a series of “extenuating circumstances” related to the improper searches.
Strip club dancer’s epic get-square after ‘crude’ Valley groping
A promotional dancer for a strip club in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley was indecently assaulted by a young man who claims to not remember the incident, a court has heard.
‘God can raise the dead’: Alleged sect leader’s wife told police
The wife of an alleged sect leader on trial over a girl’s death told police on the scene “perhaps she could be risen from the dead” to explain the delay in authorities being contacted.
Man accused of accessing extremist material asks court to deny bail
A young Brisbane man admitted to accessing violent extremist material before telling a magistrate unprompted that specialist detectives are also looking to lay “further terrorism charges”, and making a surprise request.
‘Would make the same decision again’: Struhs’ mother
After months in jail for failing to provide the necessities of life when her daughter nearly died due to undiagnosed diabetes, Kerrie Struhs made a shocking claim to her probation officer.
Services back after ‘blue screen of death’ chaos but ‘massive issue’ remains
Queensland’s airlines, retailers and supermarkets have mostly restored their services after Friday’s catastrophic IT outage but there it could be days or weeks until other affected businesses return to normal, an expert says.
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