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David MurrayNational Crime Correspondent

David Murray is The Australian’s National Crime Correspondent. He was previously Crime Editor at The Courier-Mail and prior to that was News Corp’s London-based Europe Correspondent. He is behind investigative podcasts The Lighthouse and Searching for Rachel Antonio and is the author of The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay.

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Mackay man Timothy Pullen was killed in 2012 over a $7000 drug debt. His heartbroken family accepted a manslaughter plea in exchange for the killers taking police to where they left his body. But Timothy's body was not there and they are still desperate to find him. Images from Facebook

Parole denied over missing body

Parole has been denied to one of the men convicted over the killing of Timothy Pullen because his body has not been found.

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The Nation

Townsville generic criminal with knife weapon threatening to stab

Police shoot teen with knife

Police responding to a domestic disturbance shot a 16-year-old boy who came at them with a knife.

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The Nation

Image grabs from Ch 7 of the scene where a teenager was rushed to hospital after being shot by police in Springfield

Qld police shoot teenage boy

A teenage boy is in hospital after being shot twice in an altercation with Queensland police.

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The Nation

Geoffrey Sleba heading into court this week, PIC: Jonno Colfs

Truckie in frame for cyclist’s death

A truck driver has been convicted of dangerous driving causing the death of a veterinary anaesthetist on a community bike ride.

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The Nation

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Phone sex fears for preschoolers

Children as young as four are producing sexually explicit material for the internet.

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Grazier’s confrontation on tape

A grazier’s furious rant against gold explorers for coming on his property has been caught on an audio recording.

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4/2/2018: Commodore Giuseppe Romano captain of The Sea Princess re-unites Harri the stow-away galah, with her family, including young Georgia and her mum and dad Brett and Michelle Cozzi, at the dock at Portside, Brisbane. Harri spent 2 weeks at sea on the Sea Princess travelling to New Zealand and back. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Stowaway galah Harri home

Harri the galah brings his sea legs home after a nautical stowaway adventure.

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The Nation

Mining rights at point of a gun

Garzier to face court after shot fired during a confrontation with gold explorers.

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The Nation

4/2/2018: Commodore Giuseppe Romano captain of The Sea Princess re-unites Harri the stow-away galah (with her own crew card id), with her family, including young Georgia and her mum and dad Brett and Michelle Cozzi, at the dock at Portside, Brisbane. Harri spent 2 weeks at sea on the Sea Princess travelling to New Zealand and back. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Feathered freeloader’s trip ends

After an epic 14-day New Zealand cruise, Harri the stowaway galah has finally returned to Brisbane.

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Maree Crabtree mother allegedly killed her children

Kill-case daughter ‘needs help’

Doctors think it will take years to undo the alleged abnormal ‘programming’ of Maree Crabtree’s surviving daughter.

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