He lavished her with gifts, told her he loved and wanted to marry her and was even paying off a ring. But she was an underage teen and he was twice her age. Now he’s a convicted child sex offender.
A Qld man allegedly rammed a car and fired a gun during a wild chase down a dark road before a search of his home turned up more troubling items.
Four drunk or drugged up Whitsunday drivers have faced the consequences for getting behind the wheel, hurting themselves and risking others.
A Bowen man accused of a fatal hit and run has had his matter adjourned as prosecution says they need more time to search for missing evidence.
A 68-year-old woman has died after she was involved in a Bruce Highway crash that claimed the life of a 76-year-old man.
More than a dozen faces and names behind some of the region’s dark deals can be revealed. Here are 21 drug offenders who faced court in 2024.
From a mother who sexually exploited her four-year-old son for the promise of $10k, to a man who repeatedly raped his step daughter over three years, here are 12 sexual offenders who faced court in 2024.
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.
Mackay detectives are investigating two alleged homicides, the death of a local musician and a man who may have been attacked on Melbourne Cup day.
Thieves have smashed their way into four North Qld businesses in the early hours of Christmas Eve, as police call on the public for help.
Whetu Tokotaua said he initially did not realise he had been sliced open after a clash at a popular Central Queensland pub. WARNING: Confronting images
A woman who was trapped by her steering wheel had to be cut from her vehicle after crashing into a tree in slippery conditions in an known mobile black spot near Mackay.
A Queensland man who went on the run and told police they’d never catch him, has made a brazen appeal for bail from his prison cell, backed by his trusting boss.
A Bowen man charged with multiple criminal offences including those related to a fatal hit and run has had his matters adjourned.
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