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Response to death ‘left me stunned’
A FORMER co-owner of the farm where a young man died in a workplace shooting told an inquest of the moment he phoned the site after hearing of the shocking death, only to be left “flabbergasted” by the response at the other end of the line.
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Asked for gun as ‘protection’, now he’s dead
A MAN who police believed died in a shooting accident on a Queensland farm had borrowed a shotgun from his brother, saying he may need it to defend himself against hostile co-workers.
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What really happened inside Lizard Man’s lair
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Footy star, strippers and the deadly bikie
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How Mr Stinky got his name
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