Gun, hammer no match for mum with can of bug spray in home invasion horror
A young Brisbane mum who drove armed men from her home with bug spray has bravely stared down one of the crooks as he was sentenced to jail.
A young Brisbane mum who drove armed men from her home with bug spray has bravely stared down one of the crooks as he was sentenced to jail.
A Queensland man who spent more than six years in prison for murder before being released by the High Court has launched a $5.5 million damages claim.
A Queensland mum accused of robbing a taxi driver at knifepoint has pleaded with a judge to release her from prison in time for her daughter’s first day of school.
A military veteran who punched a 13-year-old schoolboy in the face in an act of “vigilante justice” applied to get his Blue Card back to allow him to continue his work mentoring children.
A male primary school teacher who had sexual physical contact with two female students tried to blame the girls for “leading him on” and pursuing him when his “calculated and predatory” behaviour was uncovered, a tribunal has heard.
Adult son claims his widowed mother was a victim of a “romance scam” and was enlisted as a “money mule” in his bid to take over control of her finances.
Criminal charges could be brought over the death of a German backpacker at a Qld avocado farm after a coroner found there was ‘reasonable suspicion’ of an offence after she was crushed under a mower.
A 23-year-old who trafficked drugs for almost a year in a sophisticated interstate operation in which his couriers would transport MDMA and cocaine in hidden compartments of cars has lost a bid to appeal his sentence.
Moving to Bulgaria has not been enough to keep Clive Mensink out of reach from authorities with the Federal Court set to push ahead with a contempt prosecution in his absence.
More voices have joined calls for an inquiry into Queensland’s dysfunctional parole system, including this week’s embarrassing backflip in the case of Jack Beasley’s killer.
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