Council goes after business destroyed by explosive inner city fire
The owner of a business destroyed in a spectacular fire which forced the closure of a nearby child care centre has faced a Gympie court on a total of 48 alleged offences.
Police & Courts
Stabbed meat thief had taste for ‘expensive’ Aldi cuts
A former Gympie meat worker, stabbed in a high-profile knife attack, has re-emerged as a “recidivist” thief.
Search for missing man enters new phase after nine day ‘pause’
Search and rescue efforts near Gympie will fire up on the weekend as police investigate the disappearance of a 28-year-old man not seen since before Christmas.
Pram stash, scooter rage, or other strife: Meet 11 lawless mums
From a private school swimming carnival stoush or girls’ night out gone wrong to other drug or robbery offences, these are some of the mums you don’t want to mess with across the Wide Bay Burnett.
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‘Paralysed with fear’: Sex attacker sports coach sentenced
Two young girls hugged and sobbed outside a Queensland courtroom as a junior rugby coach was sentenced for his role in a group sex attack at a popular campsite. *Distressing content
‘Stick your head in mud’: Gympie’s shock DV cases exposed
Shocking cases of domestic violence in the presence of children have been unveiled before the Gympie Magistrate Court this week. Here’s what’s happening behind closed doors:
Judge ‘nauseous’: Aspiring teacher ‘traded’ autistic boy abuse
An autistic boy, aged under six, was violated so content captured by an aspiring teacher could be traded with online predators. Now, the culprit has been sentenced after this crime and a string of other sick secrets was uncovered.
Jäger-bombed: Drunken nap on Noosa beach leads to outburst
A young Gympie man, found passed out next to an empty bottle of Jägermeister at a Noosa beach, didn’t take kindly to being woken up.
4 Sunshine Coast drivers caught behind the wheel under the influence
From a man who took sleeping tablets before getting behind the wheel to a mum who drank bottles of wine, these residents have recently been sprung driving under the influence.
‘I want to fight you’: Former pro-surfer headbutts rival in IGA
A 51-year-old ex-surfer’s dream of living by the beach was “crushed” after bad blood with a former friend peaked with a drunken bashing at a supermarket.
‘Good Samaritan’, 66, used metal bar to break up carpark fight
A magistrate has told a pensioner the “community will not tolerate acts of violence” after he took it upon himself to help protect a stranger during a shopping centre stoush.
Jury delivers verdict in bread knife stabbing trial
The trial of a 48-year-old man charged over the alleged stabbing of a younger man in the head has come to a close after three days. Read the latest:
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