Woman rushed to hospital after Bruce Highway rollover
A woman has been rushed to hospital with a head injury after a crash between Gympie and Maryborough.
Police & Courts
Woman slapped, strangled in early-morning attack
A woman was forced to flee her home after her former partner woke her in the early hours of the morning before assaulting her.
‘Please don’t hurt me’: Pizza delivery turns into terrifying armed robbery
A pizza delivery driver begged to not be hurt when he arrived at a job only to be held at knife point.
Man dies after crashing 4WD into light pole
A man has been killed after the car he was driving smashed into a pole, cutting power to a Fraser Coast town.
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Violent robber, fraudster jailed for 40 crimes in bruising crime spree
A dad who helped rob a teenager at gunpoint and bashed an old man also nearly ran over four police officers while trying to escape in a stolen car.
Abusive plasterer tries to grab cops’ guns after attacking partner
An abusive man who tackled the mother of his child to the ground before trying to take the guns off police who came to help her then tried to goad them into shooting him.
Boy attacks stranger with machete because of how he looked at him
CCTV has captured the moment in broad daylight a 15-year-old boy pulled a machete out of his pants at a busy Qld tourist strip and cut a man’s arm to the bone because he “didn’t like the way he looked at him”.
Shotgun, knife: Bombshell weapons charges against missing teen’s housemate
One of the housemates last to see missing teenager Pheobe Bishop is facing unrelated weapons charges over possession of a sawn-off shotgun and a knife, court documents show.
Man found not guilty of raping child during birthday sleepover
A man accused of raping a young girl during a birthday party for one of his children has been found not guilty by a jury.
Stark warning over Childers mass killer that can’t be ignored
Parole authorities were warned to give “careful consideration” before ever releasing Childers backpacker mass killer, Robert Paul Long, when he was sentenced.
Childers backpacker mass killer in fresh bid for freedom
Childers backpacker mass killer Robert Paul Long has applied for parole again, with the revelation coming just weeks from the 25th anniversary of the horrific fire.
‘Deliberate’: Stolen car driver high, going 123km/h when nurse killed
On meth and behind the wheel of a Ford he’d stolen from a charity, an “extremely reckless” driver swerved into the path of a beloved Qld nurse as she drove to work. She never stood a chance.
‘Devastatingly lonely’: Family’s agony after speeding driver kills nurse
The heartbroken husband of a nurse and mother, killed by a speeding stolen car driver, has spoken about his daily tears and the moment he was faced with her “broken body”. *Distressing.
Boyfriend not guilty of raping teenage girlfriend twice
A man who stood trial accused of raping his girlfriend twice in one night has been found not guilty by a jury.
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