The driver allegedly responsible for the death of a teen motorcyclist in Logan at the weekend has faced court for manslaughter, in what police allege was a calculated, planned incident.
Police are refusing to rule out whether an altercation between two groups of young men south of Brisbane that ended in the death of a 20-year-old was gang related. It comes as friends pay tribute to the man they called “wombat”.
The state’s youth crime crackdown threatens a surge in children ion already-crowded detention centres and even adult watchhouses, critics say.
A judge has characterised a video played in court the worst violence he has ever seen in his 18 years in his role, as nine youths were sentenced over a pair of brutal bashings in inner Brisbane.
The shattered wife of a devoted father-of-three has revealed the horrific injuries he suffered after he was hit by a drug-fuelled driver as he rode an e-scooter.
Police will allege Wendy Sleeman was subjected to “traumatic violence” and that they have a strong case against her son, who they have charged with her murder following the discovery of her body at a Brisbane unit complex.
A mum-of-two with a masters degree who worked as a bank manager quit her job and turned to trafficking drugs with her husband, a court has heard.
The father of slain Queensland teen Angus Beaumont wants a meeting with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, saying he feels let down by youth crime reforms.
Calls have been made to create a memorial for a much-loved Gold Coast mum whose body was found in the boot of a car at a property in Brisbane’s inner north.
The Brisbane man charged with torture of his three children, after a young boy was found with critical injuries and two others were discovered badly hurt in a garage, successfully fought deportation to his home country in 2017, it can be revealed.
Annastacia Palaszczuk insists legislation to tackle youth crime is now being drafted ready for when MPs sit again, after a respected criminologist slammed the major political parties over the issue.
The case against a 17-year-old boy charged with the murder of a 43-year-old Wilston man has been mentioned in court, while Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk called for a heightened police presence.
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