More delays in businessman’s high-profile rape case
A closed court hearing into charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent treatment against South Burnett businessman Joe Prendergast this week failed to reach an outcome.
Police & Courts
Police blitz exposes drink, drug drivers as four lives lost in four days
More than 5000 drivers have been breath tested for drugs and alcohol across the Wide Bay and Burnett in a police blitz that coincided with the tragic deaths of four people in as many days.
Everybody appearing at Kingaroy Magistrates Court, Thursday, March 27
Here is a list of matters listed at Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Juvenile steals car, goes on 400km Bruce Hwy joyride with mates
A juvenile and his mates stole a woman’s Kia Sportage at Gladstone and went on a 400km-plus Bruce Hwy joyride down the Queensland coast before dumping the vehicle, a court has heard.
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Man in his 40s hurt in region’s fourth serious motorbike crash in days
Paramedics are on scene of a single vehicle crash on the Wide Bay Highway at Bells Bridge.
Named: Man jailed for multiple sickening crimes against children
A Kingaroy man will spend the next 18 months in jail after being convicted of 19 heinous crimes, including 12 counts of molesting children.
Convicted rapist fronts Kingaroy court for new child sex crimes
A man convicted of raping a 17-year-old girl and sexually groping a 12-year-old has fronted court yet again.
Named: Kingaroy man, 27, to face trial on multiple assault charges
A young man charged over an alleged brutal bashing has been granted bail before going to trial in March.
Everybody appearing at Kingaroy Magistrates Court, Thursday, February 27
Here is a list of matters listed at Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Thursday.
District Court sittings at Kingaroy, February 27
Here is a list of District Court sittings at Kingaroy on February 27
Mine worker jailed for ‘gratuitous and dangerous’ act of violence
A Kingaroy jury has rejected a 27-year-old man’s claim of self defence after he knocked out a stranger with one punch, leaving his jaw shattered and his skull fractured in two places.
District Court sittings at Kingaroy, February 26
Here is a list of District Court sittings at Kingaroy on February 26
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