‘Dreadful driving’: Hoon shreds tyres ‘completely off the rims’
In a $50k car, this hoon knocked over a street sign, drove over traffic islands, hit a brick wall and eventually shredded his tyres “completely off the rims”.
Police & Courts
Next step in family’s 3kg meth bust case
The case against two young cousins allegedly busted with a massive amount of meth at Sarina has reached the supreme court. LATEST
‘Keep Baralaba going’: Music bash surges ahead despite historic pub blaze
Organisers of a popular country music festival have urged supporters to rally behind it after a historic pub in their town was gutted by fire. PHOTOS, VIDEO.
‘Buying smokes for mum’: BMW driver busted ignoring court ban
A BMW driver was busted ignoring a court ban and then got in further strife weeks later when police found drug utensils in his glovebox and on the back seat.
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‘You ruined my relationship’: Jilted ex chokes in-law, drinks poison
Furious at being dumped by his girlfriend, a man tried to strangle his freshly estranged brother-in-law as he played a video game. What he did next was equally as shocking.
Meth-using mum steals pokies win with sly swipe of club card
A Central Queensland mother’s quick cash grab after another sports club patron had a win on the pokies has landed her in court where she was also sentenced for a string of other offences.
Man who shot dead rescue dogs for ‘playing up’ fined $10K
A Queensland man who shot his two rescue dogs in a fit of rage, and then buried them in the backyard before police arrived, says he was ‘overcome with remorse’. Read why he did it. Warning: Graphic content.
Crash driver got behind the wheel while disqualified… again
An ex-scaffolder turned serial road pest’s “problematic” history with complying with parole has been detailed in a Central Queensland court where his extensive traffic history proved just as jaw-dropping.
Mine operator fined $70k over safety gaps revealed after crush death
A magistrate has found there was ‘no cavalier approach to safety’ at a mine where a digger operator was crushed to death in a highwall collapse.
‘Extreme perversion’: Paedo wanted to ‘have babies’ with child
From behind a screen, a convicted paedophile messaged a mother and her child about the abhorrent things he wanted to do to them. Now his repeat offending is out in the open. *Distressing
Bid to delay trial of driver in crash that killed mum of four fails
An Ipswich miner accused of “aggressively” driving his campervan and causing a crash which killed a Yeppoon mother of four will stand trial without delay after a court heard new details about the case.
Rage over Qld youth crime ‘fail’: ‘They’re kidding themselves’
A new plan to halt youth crime across Queensland has been met with divided opinion. JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Four youths charged with 44 separate offences in one week
Calliope Police have arrested four youths on 44 separate offences over one week, two aged just 12. FULL DETAILS
Teen rioter, armed robber with 10-page record gets clean slate at 18
A now 18-year-old thug, who held up a service station and torched a stolen $70k car off the back of a staggering rap sheet, will not be declared a serious violent offender after a prosecution bid was rejected by the court.
Original URL: https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/queensland/rockhampton/police-courts/page/183