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Awadu Dade Mathios was sentenced to five years’ jail on Tuesday in Brisbane District Court.

Female teacher admits ongoing sex abuse of child

The Brisbane teacher, who committed “an outrageous breach of trust”, was sentenced on Tuesday after grooming a 12-year-old girl for years of sexual abuse.

  • Rex Martinich

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The second man charged over the alleged Camp Hill attack.

Man slashed with machete during failed Camp Hill carjacking

The Camp Hill father had returned home from the gym and was sitting in his car when he was approached by two men who demanded his keys. 

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Police charged two teens with a collective eight offences following a two-car crash involving a reportedly stolen vehicle on Friday night.

Teens charged, six hospitalised after stolen car crashes on Gold Coast

At least six people have been hospitalised, and two teenagers charged after a reportedly stolen car crashed into another vehicle in Coomera late on Friday night. 

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Lachlan James Griffiths was last seen alive in Brisbane’s CBD in 2022.

Victim’s mother issues heartfelt plea after ‘body in concrete’ trial

After sitting through weeks of horrific evidence in the Brisbane trial of her son’s killers, the thoughts of Andrew Walsh’s mother soon turned to another missing man.

  • Rex Martinich
Walsh’s body was found encased in concrete.

Pair guilty of ‘vile and inhumane’ Brisbane murder and concrete burial

After reflecting on a “chilling” phone call in which the two men laughed about the crime, a judge sentenced them to life in prison.

  • Rex Martinich
Crystal Beale with daughter Charlie-Rose Wagner.

‘There are no words to describe how painful this is’

The daughter of Crystal Beale – whose body was found in the Brisbane River, sparking a homicide investigation – has described the heartbreak of losing her mother.

  • Cloe Read
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Girum Mekonnen, 19, was fatally stabbed at O’Callaghan Park in Zillmere in 2020.

Brothers among 10 found guilty of park murder

Ten people, including three brothers, have been found guilty of murder after a teenager was stabbed to death in a group attack in a public park.

  • Rex Martinich
Crystal Beale with daughter Charlie-Rose Wagner.

Crystal Beale went to dinner. Hours later, her body was found in the Brisbane River

The mother-of-two, now the subject of a homicide investigation, is being remembered as “a beautiful lady, inside and out”.

  • Cloe Read
Former Northside Wizards coach Donald Robert McCarron has been charged with additional child sexual assault offences after three more victims come forward.

Brisbane basketball coach accused of abusing three more children

The former coach was arrested on Friday and charged with committing further acts of indecent treatment of children aged between 11 and 15.

  • Courtney Kruk
The body of Andrew Walsh was found at the commercial premises during a three-week excavation.

Man stabbed before body found in concrete, court told

A woman has told a murder trial she witnessed Andrew Walsh being stabbed before his body was discovered wrapped in plastic and encased in concrete.

  • Fraser Barton

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