Courts
‘Chose to kill her’: Teen pleads guilty to murder of grandmother Vyleen White
White was stabbed in a shopping centre car park, sparking outrage and prompting the state government to change bail laws for juveniles.
- Anna Rawlings and Cloe Read
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‘Reprehensible’: Man jailed for high-speed crash that killed grandmother
A beloved Queensland grandmother was killed and her daughter seriously injured when a man crashed into their car at high speed in a stolen vehicle before fleeing.
- Fraser Barton
‘Lost his career, firm, reputation’: Brisbane lawyer loses right to practise
Neil Lawler’s struggle with alcohol has seen him struck off the roll of solicitors after he appeared in court drunk and was found to be five times over the limit.
- Cloe Read
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Teens charged with Sunshine Coast murder after police tracked phones
Police tracked two teenage boys, aged 15 and 17, from the Sunshine Coast to northern Brisbane and Toowoomba, arresting one as he stepped off a bus.
- Catherine Strohfeldt, Felicity Caldwell and William Davis
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- Crime
‘You’ve got me’: Former Bronco pleads guilty to drink-driving
Steve Renouf has pleaded guilty to driving almost four times the legal limit, with a court hearing he told roadside police: “You’ve got me, I’m drunk.”
- Cloe Read and Catherine Strohfeldt
Bank exec charged with seeking girls for sex gets bail
A former Commonwealth Bank executive accused of grooming underage girls in Brisbane for sex has been granted bail after being extradited interstate.
- Rex Martinich
Tradie killed elderly man and ‘callously sped away’
A Brisbane tradesman who hit an elderly man with his car, and then left him to die on the road, has been jailed, with a court hearing he had more than 40 previous driving convictions.
- Cloe Read
Accused Russian-born spy allegedly worked for WA cleaning company that bragged of ‘government building’ access
Social media posts reveal Kira Korolev worked for a WA cleaning company that boasted of working in government buildings.
- Hannah Murphy
Teachers, business owners granted COVID vaccine appeal
A group of educators and small business owners will be granted their day in court to fight the “unlawful” COVID-era vaccination mandate.
- Savannah Meacham
Broncos staffer who guided Mam through crash crisis admits to drink-driving
The PR worker has learnt her fate after crashing into parked cars in Paddington, just months after handling Ezra Mam’s drug-driving crisis.
- Rex Martinich
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