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Andrew Cobby was arrested the day after his wife was murdered in 2017.

Man who killed wife with hammer loses murder appeal

Andrew Cobby was found guilty in a 2021 trial of beating and strangling his estranged wife Kym outside her Gold Coast hinterland home.

  • Rex Martinich

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Queensland Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski wanted a broad-ranging internal review.

‘Low morale, decreasing trust in leadership’: Top cop’s stark warning

Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski detailed his concerns about the force in text messages to the minister’s office, which inexplicably had his name saved as “Golschescsky”.

  • Sean Parnell
Rani Paige Lowry, 27, outside the Brisbane District Court.

Driver accused of smashing into Greens politician in Brisbane pleads guilty

At the time of her arrest, police alleged that Rani Lowry had been speeding more than 20 kilometres over the limit, and had been told by her passenger to slow down.

  • Cloe Read
Police allege Kiesha Thompson, 23, was deliberately run down on the side of the road after she dropped her daughter at daycare.

Man accused of orchestrating partner’s hit-and-run murder denied bail

“He spoke about a desire to kill. In very distinct comments within threats that were recorded, he said that his partner should no longer be on this earth.”

  • Rex Martinich
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‘She didn’t have to die’: Girl’s death in a Queensland cult

A new podcast explores the events, decisions and failures that led to the death of Elizabeth Struhs, and left her parents and other religious fanatics in jail.

  • Pippa Bradshaw
Officers at the scene of the stabbing last year.

Teen sentenced for murder after alleged court assault

The 18-year-old defendant, who cannot be named as he was aged 17 at the time of the offence, pleaded guilty on Monday to the murder of 19-year-old man Abddullahi Ahmed Iyow.

  • Rex Martinich
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The Bowen Hills apartment complex where a man was stabbed, and Acting Detective Inspector Murray O’Connell.

Stabbing murder accused in tears as family attend court

The accused man spoke briefly to family members in court from behind the glass screens of the dock before breaking down in tears and holding his face in his hands.

  • Rex Martinich and Savannah Meacham
John Robert Ullman pleaded guilty on Friday in Queensland Supreme Court.

Brisbane doctor jailed for trafficking ‘breathtaking amount’ of drugs

The doctor, who sold the medication to bikie gangs in amounts that required a garbage bag, bought more drugs than pharmacies or hospitals.

  • Rex Martinich
Police shared an image of the arrest, which came more than a year after the man’s death.

Woman faces murder charge, accused of giving man ‘lethal levels of medication’

Police said the 50-year-old woman had administered “lethal levels of prescription medication to accelerate the man’s death”.

  • Laine Clark and Rex Martinich
Justice Paul Freeburn sentenced Christopher Hili to seven years’ imprisonment and Lee Hili to six years.

Married couple jailed for rape of teen girl after party

The couple was sentenced at the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Tuesday after spending nearly a year in custody following the guilty verdicts.

  • Rex Martinich

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