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The Granite Belt’s concerning crime stats exposed and the biggest stories to make headlines last month.
Police & Courts
‘APPALLED’: Man dumps human waste at business
“When he realised it was staying in the sink, he used his hands to push it down the plug hole, as gross as that is, and then used our cleaning products to wash his hands.”
Dramatic six-hour stand off ends in man’s arrest
POLICE blocked off streets and specialist resources were called in after a man, who was armed with a knife, made threats.
SCAM WATCH: Police warning against online fraudsters
A staggering number of Southern Downs residents have been defrauded, some losing ‘tens of thousands of dollars’.
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“Our son is no coward, but he can’t take on 15 people.”
“For two years our son wouldn’t come out of his room because he was too scared to go anywhere”
Alleged Lone Wolf out on $50k surety for Mackay charges
Alleged bikie president accused of committing a “premeditated” robbery in Mackay with three other illegal gang members will be released on bail.
Psychiatrist: man in ‘low risk’ jail is remorseless killer
HE’S been described as a cold-blooded killer who shot his former wife in the face and attempted to kill four other people, including his son.
Did a kind-hearted truckie die for his ideals?
AIRLIE Beach father of three Michael Leslie Devitt’s ideals probably put him in an early grave more than five years ago.
Man guilty of raping young daughter showed ‘no remorse’
A JURY has taken less than two hours to find a Mackay father guilty of raping his biological daughter over a number of years.
Gympie couple jailed after raid finds meth worth $90,000
A GYMPIE couple who called the drugs they were selling “puppies” or “horse riding lessons” to try to avoid police detection have been jailed.
Wanna-be meth kingpin will spend years behind bars
CRAIG Cant had big plans to be a meth kingpin.
Lawyer turned drug addict: how meth can destroy anyone
HE WAS the millionaire lawyer who had built himself up from nothing. Now he’s had to undergo drug tests to prove he should be allowed to practise law again.
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