Speedy verdict in Central Qld stepfather-stepdaughter rape case
The jury has taken just one hour to reach a verdict in the case where a Central Queensland man is accused of raping his stepdaughter when she was a child.
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Raging machinist makes cop car ‘rock, sway’ at crash scene
A Snapchat menace and machine operator didn’t do much for his already-tense relations with police when he intervened in a crash investigation.
Toy cars, dinos: Heartbreaking memorial for tiny boy hit by car
A colourful memorial has been lovingly created outside a showgrounds in memory of the little boy who tragically lost his life in a horror accident this week. VIDEOS, PICTURES
‘Strangling, coercive control’: Footy star’s DV double life exposed
He’d been on a premiership-winning rugby league team and worked as a bricklayer but behind closed doors this Queensland footy star had his 22-year-old partner fearing for her life.
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Toddler infested with headlice surrounded by dirty nappies, stained bedding
Judge disgusted by case in which a child was “entirely reliant” on the mother “for support, care and love” said the mother “failed miserably in providing any of those things”.
Perverted monster paid to watch and direct children being abused
A “truly horrendous” online monster paid to watch and direct little children being sexually abused to sate the depths of his depravity, a Queensland court has heard. Warning: Disturbing content
11 lives lost: Every 2023 road death across Central Qld
The lives of a young man with a ‘cheeky attitude’ and a man who was only three months shy of celebrating his 22nd birthday were tragically cut short after a horror week on Central Queensland roads, with more than 10 lives taken in fatal vehicle accidents across the region this year.
Childcare worker loses Blue Card after 21 year career due to drug production conviction
Two others are yet to front court over the drug production and police say the childcare provider could not have been “ignorant of such an elaborate set up”.
‘Balloons in undies’: Jailbound drug dealer’s sticky stash
Waiting in the watch-house to be sent to jail, a convicted Queensland drug dealer and meth addict was searched by police. What they found was as disturbing as the crimes that landed him there.
Drug trafficker who dealt to teens allegedly still ‘engrossed’ in trade
A convicted Central Queensland drug trafficker, jailed in 2022 for selling to at least three teenagers, is back before the courts for his alleged ongoing involvement in the illegal business.
Why police swarmed Qld neighbourhood, shut down streets
New details about a police operation which shutdown suburban streets at Rockhampton as officers negotiated with a person inside a home have been revealed. UPDATES.
Child cruelty charge: Tiny girl’s lice-infested hair ‘falling out in clumps’
Before she’d even turned two, a Queensland girl had already lived through unthinkable neglect which began the moment her mother failed to register her birth, a court has heard.
Heartbroken mum’s tribute to ‘cheeky’ labourer killed in hwy crash
A young labourer, tragically killed after his car crashed into a tree on the Bruce Highway in Central Queensland, has been named as his mother remembers “the beautiful man he was”.
Barrister among 30 caught in Hamilton Island drink driving blitz
A police blitz on Hamilton Island has resulted in 30 people, including a Victorian barrister, being charged with drink driving offences. Some of them were driving buggies rather than cars.
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