As people across the state prepare for long holiday drives, we recount the split-second mistakes and ‘foolish decisions’ that devastated dozens of families, forced to mourn loved ones after tragedies on Queensland roads. Read their stories.
A meth-head’s decision to pump diesel into a petrol-powered stolen car soon made him the butt of the joke for more reasons than one.
New details about the chilling lengths a woman and her “infatuated” lover went to while trying to make the slaying of her ex look like a suicide can be revealed after the final court chapter came to a close.
A last-ditch attempt has been made to discredit the prosecution’s key witness in the murder case against the man accused of killing retired Ipswich teacher David Thornton.
A raging road-user left his car during a highway traffic jam west of Brisbane to pummel the driver in front of him, due to his ‘uncontrollable’ frustration with the other man’s driving, a court has heard.
A woman whose own lawyer used the word “stupid” when describing her ploy to present an old receipt for a refund on a trolley-load of different goods has shamefully fronted court.
An Ipswich construction company has been fined $40,000 after they were caught red-handed illegally crushing concrete.
An RSL staffer swiped thousands of dollars from his workplace in order to pay off his gambling debts, in what a court heard was a life-altering move that cost him far more than just his job.
The number of motorcyclists killed on Queensland’s roads has now topped 50 this year with the tragic death of a young man in the Toowoomba region.
A father-of-four held a woman captive at a home west of Ipswich in a drug-fuelled night of horror, during which he repeatedly assaulted her and threatened to stab her with a needle before she managed to make a desperate escape.
A flower memorial where young mother Tayla and her tiny baby Murphy were allegedly murdered is growing as a community mourns a tragedy that “didn’t have to happen”. NEW PHOTOS, VIDEO.
An Ipswich man who shared disturbing videos of his young stepdaughter in her bedroom, and wanted to ‘escalate’ his offending, is back on the streets after a judge decided he had spent too much time behind bars.
A man has been left in a serious condition after being struck by a car on a busy North Ipswich road.
A Queensland man has been found guilty of sick and ‘grotesque’ sex offences against a child, including repeated assault and threats with a gun. But he won’t be spending long in jail. WARNING: Disturbing content
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