Teen busted driving with 100+ MDMA pills
A 19-year-old man with no criminal history was drug driving when he was caught with more than a hundred pills.
Police & Courts
Alleged Snapchat menace charged with harassment, fleeing police
A young Queensland man who police allege acted as a menace via social media app Snapchat and committed a string of driving offences has been warned he’s “in a bit of a hole”.
Mum allegedly told ‘white dog, stupid c*** police’ they wouldn’t understand
A magistrate told a mum of three to quieten down when she finally faced court via video link after police found her at a crash scene. Read why she angered the magistrate.
Knife-wielding strangler a ‘threat to next poor unsuspecting female’
The identity of a serial domestic violence offender who tried to strangle his ex-girlfriend and waved a knife in her face can be revealed after a judge warned he was a danger to future women who fell for his charms.
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Father accused of killing son may seek judge-only trial
A Queensland father accused of killing his six-month-old son may push for a jury to be excluded from the murder case against him. This comes as the supreme court hears some details about the defence case.
Tradie jailed over ‘out of the blue’ violent attack on stranger
A painter must pay his victim $2000 after he took his fist to a stranger’s head in a ‘gratuitous’ assault at a party near Mackay just months after a similar assault in Brisbane. DETAILS.
Pungent smoke engulfs Mackay as fireys battle industrial blaze
Thick plumes of black smoke could be seen from across Mackay after a fire broke out at an industrial compound backing onto the Pioneer River. DETAILS, PHOTOS
‘I’m sick in the head’: Young man rapes drunk woman after party
A former Queensland high school student who violated a woman multiple times while she passed in and out of consciousness on a couch told his devastated victim he was sorry and that he was ‘sick in the head’. Warning: Disturbing content
Truck driver dies more than a week after serious crash
A Mackay man has died after he spent more than a week in hospital in a critical condition following a crash on the Bruce Highway, north of Rockhampton. UPDATES
Protective baby brother who died in triple fatality remembered
Memories of a beloved young man have been shared as the man who was responsible for his death fronts court.
‘Absolutely atrocious history’: Woman stole 23 cars by age 20
A magistrate said a young Queensland woman who had been busted in her 23rd stolen car, and had a criminal history nine pages long could hardly be ‘remorseful’ for her crimes as her solicitor suggested. See what happened to her
Meth-addled crims riot in jail out of self-preservation: Judge
A shooter and a young father have added to their jail sentences for their roles in the wild riot at a Rockhampton jail that racked up $1.2 million of damage.
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