A Gold Coast man was on parole and subject to a suspended sentence when he was busted in possession of more than 20g of methamphetamine and an additional drug secreted in his undies, a court has heard.
A former footy prodigy charged with the one-punch death of a man at Surfers Paradise says he didn’t tell cops about his fear of imminent attack by the deceased because he was tired and in shock.
A young Gold Coast man from a good family was raided by cops and found in possession of nine heat-sealed bags of cocaine and $26,000 cash, and had pocketed $1000 from a drug deal, a court has heard.
An ex-Keebra Park football prodigy charged with the one-punch death of a Surfers Paradise reveller has told his criminal trial the punch was a split-second decision after a perceived threat.
The defence for a former Keebra Park football prodigy charged with a one-punch kill after a night out at Surfers Paradise has told a trial anaphylaxis and cardiovascular disease also could have led to the man’s death.
Notorious Gold Coast killer Andrew Cobby, who beat his estranged wife with a hammer before strangling her at her Worongary property in 2017, was also a fraudster and forger, a court has found.
A young Gold Coast man who bought wholesale amounts of cocaine worth tens of thousands of dollars a pop from a syndicate linked to the Comanchero bikie gang will return to prison.
Witnesses to a fatal punch on a Glitter Strip night out have been probed on inconsistent statements amid revelations two of them told police the deceased had simply fallen and hit his head.
A man fatally punched on the Glitter Strip after a night out at a well-known nightclub had allegedly sexually assaulted a woman known to the defendant less than an hour before the deadly blow, a court has heard.
Police allege the man, who is aged in his forties and owns his own clinic, drove while in excess of 0.15 per cent blood-alcohol content in Oxenford last month. Here’s what happened in court.
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