Courts
Man’s charge over death threats to tech CEO dropped
A man has been cleared of making death threats to a tech chief executive on a chat forum but admitted refusing to give police his phone pass code while they were investigating the case.
- Savannah Meacham
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Man stabbed before body found in concrete, court told
A woman has told a murder trial she witnessed Andrew Walsh being stabbed before his body was discovered wrapped in plastic and encased in concrete.
- Fraser Barton
Slain woman ‘unhappy with boyfriend’ days before death
Alleged murder victim Toyah Cordingley was unhappy with her boyfriend and wanted to leave him a week before her body was found buried on a Queensland beach, a jury has heard.
- Rex Martinich
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Fringe religious group sentenced over girl’s ‘slow and painful’ death
Three years after Elizabeth Struhs died, her mother and father have been jailed, with a judge also dealing with their “dangerous, highly manipulative” leader.
- Cloe Read
Oil, flies alert cops to body in concrete, court told
Andrew Walsh’s plastic-covered, concrete-encased body was found 2.5 metres down a pit and “strapped to a toilet system”, a Brisbane court has heard.
- Fraser Barton
‘It’s not that hard to not stab people’: Valley attacker sentenced
A young man on bail who randomly stabbed two people in Fortitude Valley has told a judge he did the wrong thing and was willing to change.
- Cloe Read
Beach death mystery: Jury set to decide what happened to Toyah Cordingley
Toyah’s body was found half-buried on a Queensland beach six years ago. Will her family now find justice in court?
- Rex Martinich
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- Crime
Man who allegedly punched policeman in the face bailed, re-arrested hours later
Senior police argue the decision to grant the man bail was heavily influenced by the overcrowded state of watch houses.
- Bailey Kenzie
Religious group members who watched girl die wait to be sentenced
The Crown prosecutor is asking for longer terms for Elizabeth Struhs’ parents and the cult leader.
- Rex Martinich
Labor questions ‘integrity and transparency’ of crime panel selection process
The new panel, which will advise the state government on youth crime policy, will be headed by the wife of Treasurer David Janetzki’s chief of staff.
- Catherine Strohfeldt and William Davis
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