‘Brain explosion’: Pizza delivery car thief’s second ‘stupid’ act
The day after being released from jail, a woman pinched a pizza delivery car and drove it from Brisbane to Hervey Bay. Her bad ideas didn’t end there.
Police & Courts
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.
‘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
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Built boozer’s cigarette craving puts pub guard in hospital
A pub goer on a bender after a break-up launched a spleen slashing attack on a pub guard amid a stoush over smoking area rules.
‘Today I have a voice’: Survivors confront teacher who molested them
Three women who were sexually abused by their primary school teacher have confronted him in court, as he was sentenced to just three months in jail.
Elderly ex-teacher jailed as abuse of primary school girls exposed
A retired Queensland primary school teacher, who abused at least 20 girls in his time in the trusted role, has been jailed for his crimes, some of which took place in front of the classroom.
Man pleads not guilty to child abuse image charge
A Hervey Bay man is charged with possessing child exploitation material. But he says he’s not guilty of the crime.
‘You destroyed our family’: Mum stares down predator priest
The mother of a Queensland boy betrayed by a predator priest has tearfully stared down her son’s abuser at his sentencing for child sex offences. Read the victim impact statement. *Distressing content
‘Evil’ priest preyed on boys at party, gave money after horror acts
A Queensland priest, who was respected in many regional communities, is in disgrace after pleading guilty to molesting boys and describing his attraction to them as an “illness”.
‘Ridiculous’: Council stripped of $4.6m as State passes buck
The Premier and Local Government Minister are distancing themselves from a decision which placed the Fraser Coast and Bundaberg regions in the same ‘capacity to pay’ category as Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Hervey Bay menace busted doing 129km/h in 60 zone
Police using a speed detection device caught the 29-year-old travelling at more than twice the legal speed limit in Nikenbah.
Young friends slashed in gruesome glass attack at park
A bloody rampage in a Queensland park only came to an end when police tasered the attacker.
Couple capsicum sprayed after pet dog unleashed on cop
A woman has been sentenced after she unleashed her dog on a police officer during a standoff at her Maryborough home.
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