A southeast Qld man arrested 900km away from home on the Bruce Highway claims he was on his way to sell his car, but police say allege he had a more sinister reason for his road trip north.
A dangerous young wannabe rapist was already on probation when he broke into a family’s home and molested their sleeping daughter. But a judge has given him another chance.
A Sunshine Coast man is paying the price after his actions towards police in a tropical paradise nightspot ended in the drunk tank.
Police are calling a car crash that left a woman in hospital as deliberate after her car collided with a truck and ended up down an embankment at a Qld bypass.
Emergency services have responded to a truck rollover on a Central Queensland Highway.
An 81-year-old who subjected his own daughter and two granddaughters to terrible abuse will likely spend the rest of his life in jail. WARNING: Distressing content.
A woman admitted to spitting on her landlord after he attempted to evict her and a boyfriend, but told police the landlord attacked him with a sword and got stabbed instead.
From bestiality to serious drug crimes, serious assault or causing terrible crashes, meet the Mackay and Whitsunday parents whose bad behaviour landed them in court for different reasons in 2024.
The phrase allegedly muttered by a man found slumped over his car on a major motorway before lashing out at police has been heard in court.
Miners, beauticians, stay-at-home mums — meth doesn’t discriminate. Here’s the names and photos of parents who ended up in Mackay-Whitsunday courts on related charges in the past year.
A man charged with rape and indecent treatment of his stepdaughter has told a court the complainant’s credibility should be questioned.
The truck driver picked up via phone taps used his job on the road to ‘help a mate’ sell meth in large quantities, but his fingerprints were all over the bag.
A Queensland nudist wrote graphic sex abuse fantasies about children that he shared with others online after claiming he was “intrigued” by a group chat.
He was jailed for 10 years and spent eight behind bars. But barely months into his parole release the convicted drug peddler was back at it.
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