Foster dad to plead guilty to Tiahleigh’s murder
THE foster father of Queensland schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer has indicated he will plead guilty to her 2015 murder.
Courts & Law
Drug debt led to balcony toss, court told
ONE of the men allegedly responsible for pushing a Brisbane man off a three-storey balcony — leaving him with horrific injuries — will stay in jail.
One-punch killer jailed for six years
A MAN who pleaded guilty to a fatal one-punch attack outside a Gold Coast pub was celebrating his 18th birthday the night he threw the punch which ultimately killed Trevor Duroux.
Sick grandfather ‘did a terrible thing’
A SCHIZOPHRENIC grandfather who killed his baby granddaughter and stabbed another two people did so because he thought his daughter was “trying to kill him”, a court has heard.
Judge slams ‘terrible’ driver in court
A BRISBANE judge didn’t hold back when denying bail to a man charged over a head-on crash that killed a young woman and her mum on Christmas Day.
Wife’s horror: ‘What’s going on?’
A WOMAN in Queensland woke to find an inconceivably horrific sight – her husband sexually abusing a sleeping child.
Sisters in bikie boyfriends’ feud
TWO Instagram stars are caught up in the falling out of bikie boyfriends Brett “Kaos” Pechey and Ben “Notorious” Geppert.
‘Brain explosion’ caused death
A JUDGE has slammed a motorist who has been jailed for six years for causing death of a Queensland man following a road rage incident.
Verdict for cop who leaked footage
A FORMER policeman who leaked footage of fellow officers bashing a handcuffed man in a Surfers Paradise station has had his last day in court.
Weird excuse for driving on boardwalk
AN UNLICENSED driver who was three times over the legal limit has told court she ended up on the busy city boardwalk for a simple reason.
Man takes fury out on pregnant woman
A SON was out riding with his dad when he was almost hit by a passing car. When they saw that same car minutes later, his dad’s “knee-jerk reaction” landed him in court.
My mother organised my rape
PETA Butler’s mother did the unimaginable, not only handing her over daughter over to be raped, but sitting outside and smoking as it happened.
Woman jailed for ‘breathtaking’ fraud
REALISING she’d be seeing her baby daughter from behind bars, the woman who stole more than $300,000 from her employer wept in court.
Why unemployed man posed as doctor
A MAN has been heavily fined for swiping a hospital security pass and pretending to be a doctor for months as a court heard the bizarre reason he kept up the act.
Rugby star in court on cocaine charges
WALLABIES player Karmichael Hunt has appeared in court in Brisbane on drugs charges.
Masseur faccing sexual assault, rape charges
A MALE masseur, who allegedly sexually assaulted three women, has had his court case pushed after needing an interpreter.
Tiahleigh’s foster brother released
TRENT Thorburn, the foster brother of slain schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer, has been released on parole after spending more than a year in custody.
Broncos player accused of assault
A BRISBANE NRL player allegedly “slapped and manhandled” a woman and will face court over the matter.
Dad’s sick photoshop of his daughter
A MAN who was jailed for vile photoshops of his stepdaughter has been described as being sexually obsessed with the teen girl.
Sex shop worker’s three-year nightmare
A WOMAN who thought she was selling “mystical” tea in an adult sex shop was instead in the middle of a synthetic marijuana trafficking ring.
Man pretends to be children’s doctor
A BRISBANE man, impersonating a doctor, spent several months wandering a children’s hospital and Ronald McDonald House before he was caught.
Dad jailed for daughter’s murder
A BRISBANE dad who stockpiled nitrogen gas cylinders to murder his daughter was sentenced today in the Supreme Court.
Tyrell’s dad: ‘They can rot in hell’
THE father of Tyrell Cobb, who died as a result of a shocking injuries, says his son’s mother and her partner are “disgusting people”.
Police raid motel, find men flushing drugs
WHEN police kicked down the door of a motel room, they found two men frantically trying to get out of trouble.
Masseuse had ‘more than 10 victims’
A MASSEUSE was preying on patients at a Queensland chiropractic business for more than a decade, according to police.
Murder that took a city’s innocence
IT’S a question that has haunted Toowoomba for 28 long years. Who killed Annette Mason? Her family hopes a new inquest will bring answers.
Man’s excuses for grooming teen
A MARRIED Sydney man who groomed a teenager online for sex has revealed the reasons why he did it. But he didn’t think he had a problem.
Child killer could be free after four years
A FATHER who bashed his infant daughter to death is eligible for parole despite being sentenced today and serving less than four years behind bars.
Tostee ‘arrested for being a d***head’
GABLE Tostee is suing the state of Queensland, claiming police assaulted him and told him he was being arrested “for being a d***head”.
Three charged over alleged coward punch
A TEENAGER celebrating Schoolies event is knocked to the ground and rushed to hospital following alleged attack on the Gold Coast.
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