A Northern Rivers builder who denies raping a woman amid an alcohol and cocaine-fuelled party told a jury he was just “being a friend” to a mentally unstable person when he “apologised”.
Police have launched a probe after two young men were reportedly threatened at knifepoint when they tried to thwart a break-in on the Qld-NSW border overnight. Here’s the details.
Police have revealed a Tweed bus driver was allegedly punched and spat on when he tried to stop a group smoking or vaping. Now, the driver’s employer has spoken up.
A court has heard how a Sunshine Coast construction worker violently bashed an Ocean St punter over an argument about their place in a takeaway shop’s line.
A Lismore mother has avoided a conviction being recorded after being found guilty in court of hitting her seven-year-old son with a kitchen utensil when he “misbehaved”.
A 44-year-old man has been charged in relation to the theft of 102 copper plaques from a cemetery in the state’s north. Here’s the latest.
A low IQ man who allegedly broke into a Northern Rivers home and raped a woman has been declared mentally fit to stand trial.
A northern NSW man was busted helping smuggle more than a kilogram of heroin into the region destined for Melbourne, after ABF tipped police off about a dodgy Malaysian package.
A Northern Rivers drink driver hopped behind the wheel well over the limit, smashed into a bollard and then denied the crash – but left her car’s bumper and number plate behind.
A northern NSW landlord feared for his life after a parolee staying in a caravan on his property was “set off” and savagely attacked him. Here’s what happened.
A trio of northern NSW teens are accused of launching a sickening assault on a young man inside an abandoned building, leaving the 19-year-old badly injured.
More than 100 memorial plaques pillaged from a Tweed cemetery this week have been located after a groundsman found them hidden under debris near where they were stolen.
A Tweed thug who struck a man in the face with an axe at a busy shopping centre brutally bashed his partner with a metal torch, it has been revealed. Here’s what we know.
A repeat drink and drug driver from the Northern Rivers who mowed down two elderly women – killing one – threatened to sue police and council. Now, he’s learnt his fate.
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