Next steps for ex-cricket star accused of choking woman
Former Australian cricketer Michael Slater, who is accused of choking a woman and breaking into her home, has found out what will happen to him next as a new lawyer also hits the scene.
Police & Courts
Hardware store worker caught ‘caressing’ penis in front of school girls
A former Sunshine Coast retail worker has been caught masturbating on a bus following a drug “bender” in front of two teenage girls on their way to school.
‘He’d wanna come up with it’: Calls entangle alleged cocaine dealer
A teenager who police allege worked for an accused father and son drug syndicate on the Sunshine Coast has been caught on wire taps discussing cocaine and debt collections.
‘Can I call you sexy?’: Man touches underage volunteer at function
A 72-year-old man has fronted court after he touched a young girl on the thigh and called her “sexy” when she was volunteering at a golf club event.
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40+ charges: Noosa property, car crime ‘spike’ leads to arrests
Exclusive Noosa suburbs were targeted in a spate of break-ins and car thefts that has led to the arrest of four people including two teens.
‘Sick to the stomach’: Woman’s despair as inferno kills neighbour
The neighbour of a woman tragically killed in a house fire overnight in a small rural Qld town has opened up about the harrowing and horrific night, and her feeling of helplessness in the face of the inferno.
Sunshine Coast man sentenced over abuse of teen churchgoer
A Sunshine Coast man faced a Maroochydore courtroom on Friday where he was convicted of 13 charges of indecent treatment of a child.
Driver still hospitalised after suffering head injury in car crash
The condition of a driver who was flown to a Sunshine Coast hospital after his car collided with a tree has improved, it can be revealed.
‘High level’: $320k, cocaine seized in major Sunshine Coast drug bust
Sunshine Coast tactical cops say they have busted a “high level drug supplier” after conducting a major raid in a sleepy Caloundra suburb where 250g of cocaine was found.
All that glitters is not gold: Alleged bullion scam at Qld servo revealed
A 33-year-old man has been charged over an alleged social media gold bullion scam on the Sunshine Coast with fake bricks handed over at a service station.
‘Deplorable criminal history’: Alleged luxury car arsonists in court
Police allege CCTV footage captured the moment two men, with “deplorable criminal history”, allegedly broke into a police impoundment lot and torched a luxury car.
’Depraved’: Doctor jailed for possession of child abuse images
A Queensland paediatrician who treated child victims of sexual abuse has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to possessing more than 2,000 child abuse and exploitation images.
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