Pub punch death: New details in case against young farmer
New court case details about a young Queensland dairy farmer charged with killing a man in a one-punch attack can be revealed. LATEST.
Police & Courts
‘Delays of great concern’: Pathology reports hold up alleged one punch case
A lengthy delay is expected in the case of a young father accused of causing another man’s death in an early morning one punch incident, with pathology reports outstanding.
‘Walking to the Lord’: Inside Qld town’s ‘Satanic cleanse’ killings
Almost 50 years ago today, a rural town was host to the brutal murders of three children and a visitor. The scars still run deep. *Warning graphic content
Driver busted doing ‘dangerous’ burnouts, damaging airstrip
A driver who turned a light aircraft airstrip into his own personal burnout hub has also been discovered unlicensed behind the wheel.
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Young firebug torched cars, nearly took out home, substation
A young man who first set his own car on fire in a botched insurance job, then set alight the car of man he had problems with, has faced court charged with arson.
‘You better not be calling police’: Baseball bat threat allegations
A man facing 29 charges including going armed to cause fear has been allowed bail after telling a Magistrate he is getting his life together.
Mum smoking with kids in car among 20 drivers busted in 24 hours
Fraser Coast police have issued 20 traffic infringement notices in just 24 hours. Full list here:
‘Can I hold my son first?’: Tears as business owner jailed
A young Tiaro tree lopper held his newborn baby while his partner wiped away tears minutes before he was sent to jail for repeatedly ignoring the law.
Woman turns hose on elderly neighbour, rips her mask off
When an elderly woman asked her neighbour to turn her music down, she copped a drenching with a hose, and it wasn’t the last time her younger neighbour attacked her.
Three strikes and he’s … in court: Revenge attack a ‘step too far’
After he was hit with a phone by accident, a Hervey Bay partygoer thought he’d been glassed. His initial retaliating punch was accepted as fair but what followed didn’t pass the pub test.
‘My identity has been stolen’: Councillor impersonated in $80k scam
A Queensland councillor is in shock and issuing a warning after discovering his identity was being used to scam the elderly into donating to a bogus fundraiser.
Son of alleged drug ring leader terrorised mum, kids in road rage attack
A court has heard how a young disability pensioner, who committed drug offences and a terrifying road rage crime with his alleged meth ring leader dad, may be “lacking the necessary role models”.
New details emerge in one of state’s first high profile DV murders
Erica Tomkinson’s body was found in a forest lagoon at a time when domestic violence murders were rarely talked about. Now 20 years on from her death, her family has revealed new details about the crime that rocked a country town.
Burglaries, break-ins, cars taken in rural crime spree
Gympie police have issued a warning to home and business owners as crooks target homes in Imbil, Goomeri, Widgee, Kilkivan, Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach.
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