Mum of three caught red handed with drugs, lingerie
A 31-year-old mother of three tried to take more than she paid for leading police to discover just what was in her handbag. DETAILS.
Police & Courts
Qld paramedic charged with 24 child sex abuse offences, multiple rapes
A Queensland Ambulance Service paramedic has been charged with 24 child sex abuse related offences, many allegedly involving a child under 12, and five counts of rape.
Woman allegedly crashes into front yard while drunk, lobs pot plant at owners
Police have alleged that a 62-year-old woman drunk drove her hatchback into a front yard at more than twice the legal alcohol limit, before becoming “belligerent” and throwing a pot plant at a front door.
Charges laid over fatal crash that claimed life of Jamie Winn
Police will allege a young driver was under the influence of both drugs and alcohol when her vehicle collided head on with a loving husband on his way to work.
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Drug-fuelled man armed with gun storms into home, steals car
A Dingo Beach man with a long history of drug addiction threatened an elderly man with a gun before stealing his car. Then he tried to pressure a witness.
Dad allegedly swept up in major Central Qld meth operation
An accused drug trafficker captured in intercepted phone conversations using codes when discussing drug matters allegedly supplied drugs 19 times.
Central Qld family‘s war played out in court over father’s estate, business
A family war is being played out in Queensland courts with one member applying to have a multimillion-dollar company wound up and a court having to appoint an outsider to execute a late father’s will. Read more here.
‘I didn’t care about the public’: Ex-cop blows lid on treatment of DV victims
A former sergeant who served at various stations across Queensland says she herself took part in the degrading treatment of victims “encased in a mentality” of police vs. the public.
‘Flung as high as street lights’: Road worker’s shocking death
Traffic controller Brendan Moreland smiled at a co-worker as he packed away road signage. Within minutes that same workmate would be staring down at his twisted, broken body. Now the driver who killed him has been sentenced.
Fresh twist for fugitive’s mum after perjury conviction overturned
There will not be a new trial for the mother of a wanted fugitive she is accused of helping to flee the country to escape cocaine smuggling charges. DETAILS
Great Barrier bust: Diver’s whopping fine for harvesting coral
A Mackay man’s “sophisticated operation” to steal from the Great Barrier Reef involved eskies, towels and a hammer and chisel, a court has heard. Here’s what happened.
First details after snake scare at childcare centre
A child feared bitten by a venomous brown snake at a North Queensland childcare centre has been released from hospital.
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