‘Bodily fluids’: Festival bloke’s bizarre excuse for drug charge
A Queensland magistrate has been left stunned after a man made a court appearance as colourful as the music festival he was heading home from the weekend of his arrest.
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‘I’ll hang the c*** on your mother’s fence’: Dad threatens to kill daughter
A 21yo Queensland dad threatened to kill his child and her mother in a ‘frightening’ barrage of abuse saying he wasn’t afraid of cops and he’d even sign the death certificate. DETAILS
Man’s hit-and-run on police car before nearly causing highway crash
A car driving 100km/hr on the Bruce Highway had to take evasive action to avoid hitting a criminal who was on the run after crashing into police in North Queensland.
‘Shot the vehicle and fled’: New details in pizza delivery gone wrong
On a routine pizza delivery in a suburban Queensland street, a young man had multiple shots fired at his vehicle. LATEST.
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‘Abhorrent’ footy player breaks cousin’s jaw in wedding fiasco
A football player and his brother unleashed a ‘violent and unprovoked’ attack on their cousin in a chaotic wedding scene before ‘cowardly’ running away.
Driver pinned inside mangled car for almost two hours after crash
Emergency crews had to cut the driver from the vehicle after it crashed into a tree west of Mackay. UPDATE
Brother allegedly breaks sister’s jaw, threatens man with hammer
A brother has denied allegations he broke his sister’s jaw during a violent outburst, before brandishing a hammer at another man. DETAILS.
10 years will ‘be worth killing you’: Surprise move in Central QLD attempted murder case
Two men involved in the stabbing of a Central Queensland grandmother in her own home she shared with her children and grandchildren have made a surprise move in an attempted murder case.
Lawyer questions manslaughter charge after fatal plane crash
A lawyer for an amateur pilot accused of killing his passenger during a Christmas Eve joy flight wants police to ‘identify the causation’ behind the manslaughter charge, while the prosecution revealed it took eight hours to copy the evidence across to a USB drive.
Mackay builder charged with assault, threats to share illicit images
A Mackay builder has entered pleas in court to charges of assault, threatening to share illicit images, and maliciously using a restricted computer.
‘Sad girl who told a big lie’: Stepfather vindicated of child rape charge
A Queensland stepfather has been found not guilty of digitally raping his then eight-year-old stepdaughter as the judge remarked on the “powerful statement” of his lawyer.
Bogie triple murder case: Defence will seek to cross examine key witnesses
The case against a grazier accused of the shooting murders of three family members over an alleged neighbour dispute has progressed. LATEST.
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