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Feisty 91-year-old great grandmother Joanna De Loryn has defended her Holland Park West home from a thief.

Grandma chases intruder as Brisbane groups raise alarm over crime

“I should have tossed the flowerpot on top of him,” says a 91-year-old great-grandmother after chasing a thief from her Holland Park West home.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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The man wanted by police after the Thursday shooting.

Man behind bars after homemade shotgun shooting arrest

A man accused of shooting a property owner with a homemade shotgun after being confronted under a house will remain behind bars after his arrest in bushland.

  • Rex Martinich
The Ashmore property was declared a crime scene after police were called by the dead man’s friends and landlord.

Alleged shooter with handmade shotgun charged with attempted murder

Police believed the alleged shooter, who was injured and dishevelled, might have been living in a tent in bushland for up to four years.

  • William Davis and Catherine Strohfeldt
The knives found concealed in a bag on the man at Stones Corner in Brisbane.

Cache of concealed knives found on Brisbane man

Two ziplock bags full of cannabis and a bank card police believe was stolen were also allegedly found on the 49-year-old during a citywide crackdown.

  • William Davis
Composite of QPS photo and file image of crocodile. Human remains found in search of Aurukun man.

Human remains found in crocodile following search for missing man

Over a week after police and rescue operators commenced a search for a missing man in a remote Indigenous community, authorities have confirmed a tragic finding.

  • Courtney Kruk
The man police want to speak to after the shooting in Tallebudgera yesterday.

Shooter on the run after victim suffers injuries to head, shoulder

Police have released a photo of a man they want to interview after the Tallebudgera attack.

  • William Davis
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A man, woman and two dogs are dead after two house fires in as many days.

Man and woman found dead in Gold Coast home

A crime scene has been declared and an investigation is under way.

  • Yashee Sharma
Jack Beasley, whose stabbing death prompted the introduction of Jack’s Law.

‘Extraordinary power’: Calls for review of knife searches by Qld police

More than 30,000 children have been searched using metal-detecting wands under Jack’s Law, sparking calls for a review of the police powers amid concerns they could be misused.

  • Cloe Read
The home will remain a crime scene as forensic teams search the area.

Allegedly murdered boy suffered blow to head before death: police

Other children were in the house at the time the boy was allegedly killed by a young woman.

  • Cloe Read
A father and his young son died after two cars crashed in Ransome at the weekend.

Brisbane father and four-year-old son die in two-car crash

The 37-year-old man and young boy died after a collision at an intersection in the city’s east on Sunday.

  • Courtney Kruk

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