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Tye Wayne Porter, 18, appeared briefly in Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Monday, where his matter was adjourned until April 20.

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Uber driver killer charged over alleged jail attack

A high-profile young prisoner, serving time for the robbery and killing of a Qld Uber driver, faces a new serious charge behind bars.

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Home invasion trial to start despite no lawyer for couple’s co-accused

A self-represented man facing serious assault charges alongside a lawyered-up couple says he’ll have to “sit there like a goose” at his trial after a court refused to delay proceedings.

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Seriously injured man flown to hospital after crash into pole

Two men have been rushed to hospital, one in a “potentially life-threatening” condition, after a crash into a power pole near Gympie.

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Insta-famous chef fails to keep $300k fraud case secret

A celebrity chef and former Federal MP candidate’s attempt to hide a major alleged fraud case has backfired spectacularly.

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Police have been barred from relying on bodycam footage of their interview with a young girl accused of fleeing them in a car at Gympie after it was found the officer had induced her confession.

‘Induced’: Court bars police footage of teen girl’s confession

Police bodycam footage has been ruled inadmissible after a Gympie court found officers failed to provide a teenage suspect with even the most basic legal protections.

The truck that was stolen from an RFS shed near Gympie. Picture: Qld Police

Thieves on the run after truck pilfered from RFS shed

A brazen heist has seen criminals target the very truck designed to save lives.

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Kilkivan resident Paul Mann (inset) was killed after allegedly being stabbed by his 42-year-old nephew James Neale, who was himself shot by police after allegedly running at them with a knife in the regional Qld town on the afternoon of Friday, April 12, 2024.

New details emerge in case of alleged family murder on rural property

A family argument turned deadly when a man allegedly killed his uncle then charged at police, forcing an officer to shoot him in a dramatic confrontation.

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Illegal crab trade: Trafficker cops $20k fine

Video surveillance and mobile phone evidence have exposed a Bundaberg mud crab trafficker’s illegal sales network, as boosted patrols catch and punish fishermen caught breaking the law and playing dirty.

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Carla Anne Lutgenau, 45, was found guilty Monday afternoon of dangerous driving causing death and grievous bodily harm over the fatal crash in September 2022 which killed Mary Valley mother Kathleen Dennis.

Driver who killed mum-of-seven appeals conviction

A woman jailed for killing a mother-of-seven in a horrific Gympie region crash has appealed her conviction, with her matter mentioned at court.

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‘Mental health-related’: Emergency crews rush to forest

Emergency crews have rushed to bushland at Bells Bridge after reports of a mental health-related incident, with police confirming no public risk.

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Two wanted after skipping Gympie court date

Gympie police will be on the lookout for these people after a magistrate issued arrest warrants when they failed to appear in court on Monday over various charges.

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Gympie District Court heard Thursday David George Infante, 51, was hosting the party at his Lawrence St, Gympie home on the evening of June 21, 2024 when the fight broke out. He pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm.

Man stabs party guest with 16cm knife in guitar row

What started as a party argument over a guitar ended with a man stabbing his guest with a kitchen knife so forcefully it collapsed the victim’s lung and cut his liver.

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Red telephone corridor from jail

Jailed man’s DVO breach against wife with brain tumour

After being jailed for “persistent” and “controlling” contact with his wife who had taken a DV order out against him, a Gympie man continued to contact her through “third party” prison sources.

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Kia John Allen Reed, 26 (right), faced Gympie District Court Tuesday more than two years after the horror crash in which is 18-year-old, intellectually impaired cousin was thrown several metres from the vehicle.

Drunk hoon who maimed cousin gets four years’ jail

A Gympie man has been jailed for four years after abandoning his seriously injured teenage cousin following a drunken hooning spree that ended in a devastating rollover crash.

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