Nine people in five-car wet weather pileup near tennis courts
Emergency crews have been called to a crash involving five cars near Gympie’s tennis courts as steady rain already seen further south sets in.
Police & Courts
‘Cut your tongue, teeth out with pliers’: Chef locks woman, baby in shed
Trapped in a shed and clutching her five-week-old baby, a Queensland woman thought she was going to die as her enraged partner unleashed because she wanted to leave him. *Distressing.
Running scared: Frontline cops call in sick as violent youth crims game system
Frontline officers are calling in sick and refusing to go out in marked cars for fear of being targeted by young criminals who know the system will protect them.
‘Lost it all’: New details on devastating charity storage blaze
A leader at a lifesaving rehab has revealed the devastating impact of a fire which razed a storage shed full of donated goods as new details also emerge about what may have led to the “suspicious” blaze. NEW VIDEO.
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Chilling moment drink driver collided with car carrying newborn
There was a screeching of tyres, then a crash as a car flipped onto the footpath at a busy regional intersection. Then, nothing. Here is what happened in court:
‘Shattered’: Refugee family terrorised by druggie in dead of night
After fleeing the horrors of Afghanistan, a seven-year-old girl was the first to become aware a knife-wielding man had broken into her family’s new home in Queensland. What followed left her with PTSD.
Di** pics, death threats: Bizarre crimes that shocked the court
A dog-burglar, the world’s worst home invader, an ‘extremely hungry’ thief: Here are the weirdest, most unusual crimes that raised eyebrows in the Gympie courts in the past year.
$1.7million+: Inside the crimes of Wide Bay’s fraudsters and thieves
From elaborate frauds to relatively minor crimes of opportunity, we take a look at some of the most recent frauds and thefts in the Wide Bay, while a top cop reveals which crime is currently keeping police busy. See the full list.
Man accused of ‘very serious’ crimes against his daughter
A man accused of indecent treatment of his young daughter has been released on bail from a Bundaberg court. This is what we know.
Homeless pensioners busted smoking pot in tent by river
Two disabled pensioners made homeless by the Gympie floods have fronted court after police found them smoking pot in their makeshift tent beside the Mary River. Read what the court heard:
Without a trace: Mysterious disappearances haunt police
A man who befriended a hitchhiker, a woman who vanished from her own home and an axe found in a creek; these are people still missing across the Gympie region, Bundaberg region and Fraser Coast. Read the latest.
‘Leave her alone’: Arsonist’s disgusting act after entering parent’s change room
A convicted arsonist removed from a parent’s change room chased a terrified woman into the home of an elderly couple and vowed ‘I’m going to get you’ before attacking the older man who was trying to protect her. This is what the court heard.
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