Grave fears for one after serious crash on Bruce Highway
One person has suffered life-threatening injuries and another multiple injuries in a horror crash at a deadly section of the Bruce Highway near Maryborough.
Police & Courts
More delays in businessman’s high-profile rape case
A closed court hearing into charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent treatment against South Burnett businessman Joe Prendergast this week failed to reach an outcome.
‘Don’t leave us’: Tradie saves couple trapped in flash flooding
Dashcam footage has captured the moment a young carpenter braved waist-high flood waters in darkness to rescue a terrified couple trapped in their car. WATCH THE VIDEO:
Rape trial told girl, 11, was plied with ‘Cowboys’, woke naked
A Qld man is on trial after allegedly giving his pre-teen granddaughter multiple alcoholic drinks before raping her. *GRAPHIC.
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Three caught in police hooning blitz
Police are cracking down on dangerous driving after several reports of hooning in the Mary Valley this month.
Police blitz exposes drink, drug drivers as four lives lost in four days
More than 5000 drivers have been breath tested for drugs and alcohol across the Wide Bay and Burnett in a police blitz that coincided with the tragic deaths of four people in as many days.
Partial verdict delivered in case of man charged with molesting his cousin
A Gympie District Court jury has returned its verdict after a day of deliberations in the case of a man charged with two counts of indecent treatment of his cousin, a child.
Six witnesses to be called as farmer faces deadly punch hearing
A hearing to determine whether there’s enough evidence against a young farmer charged over the pub punch death of a father of six will be held on the Fraser Coast.
‘Dozens of rapes’: Heinous Gympie child predator exposed
This 70-year-old Qld man’s vile sexual abuse of two young boys included editing one’s face onto pornographic images and giving him sickening nicknames. *DISTRESSING
Taste of meth in Covid turmoil turns stand-up citizen into trafficker
Until he was 37, this Qld man had a clean record. But amid the pandemic, a “conventional” life quickly turned to one of crime.
Juvenile steals car, goes on 400km Bruce Hwy joyride with mates
A juvenile and his mates stole a woman’s Kia Sportage at Gladstone and went on a 400km-plus Bruce Hwy joyride down the Queensland coast before dumping the vehicle, a court has heard.
The nightmare isn’t over: How one young woman’s stalker still haunts her
A brave stalking victim has spoken out as her tormentor’s face and true depth of his harrowing campaign of fear is revealed for the first time. *Distressing.
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