Teen robs carer, spits in Youth Justice worker’s face
A Darling Downs teen who abused and assaulted social workers trying to care for him has been sentenced after the violent car robbery of his carer.
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Truckie says $50k of monthly expenses led to meth use
A court has been told the owner of a trucking business busted with meth in his system after getting stopped on the Warrego Highway resorted to using ice so he could break even on his family and business expenses.
Serial DV crim who bit girl’s face released from jail
A Toowoomba man, who bit a former partner on the face has been released from custody after pleading guilty to a raft of domestic violence related charges relating to multiple women.
‘Brutally taken from us:’ Family takes aim at father’s killer in court
Loved ones of an adored family man whose life was stolen in a ‘senseless’, ‘evil’ and brutal act of violence have spoken out as they grasp for closure after the murderer was sentenced to life in prison.
‘Leave’: Woman wakes up to find ex-partner in bed kissing her
A court heard a Toowoomba woman woke to her ex-partner kissing her mouth in bed despite a domestic violence order being in place.
‘Those four words:’ Mum I’ve been raped, allegedly
Two men on trial for allegedly “taking turns” raping a Toowoomba woman in their sharehouse have pleaded not guilty to the crime.
Jury finds man guilty of ’evil’ murder, mutilation of beloved dad
A jury has found Toowoomba man Phillip Harris guilty of stabbing his neighbour Peter Weaver to death, before dismembering and setting the body on fire in 2019.
‘Would take his shirt off his back to help’: Firefighter remembered after crash
A Western Downs firefighter has been remembered as a man who would ‘always do anything for anyone with a smile’ after he was tragically killed in a single-vehicle crash.
Murder accused tells detectives ‘hero’ story of ‘trying to catch a killer’
The jury has heard an interview taken hours after a Toowoomba pensioner was found dismembered inside his home, in which the neighbour accused of his murder told detectives he stumbled upon the crime scene before setting it alight.
‘Don’t f–k with me’: Murder accused’s police interview played to jury
When police responded to an earlier house fire at an elderly Toowoomba man’s home, who was months later found dismembered and burnt inside his home, the man on trial for murder told officers he was forced to punch and kick the man in the head.
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