A Queensland girl has been arrested – on average – once every five days since early May, police have revealed. The 15-year-old girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has most recently been charged with stealing and unlawful use of a motor vehicle over a series of alleged property offences in Maryborough on Sunday. … [Read more…]
A man has allegedly been found with guns in his car after crashing into multiple vehicles waiting in a Queensland school zone. The man was spotted allegedly driving at 142km/h in a 100km/h zone on Mary Valley Rd, Wide Bay, about 3pm on Tuesday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man crashes in school zone during alleged … [Read more…]
A Gold Coast man has been ordered to pay his parents’ neighbour $3300 for calling him a “f****** German c***”. However Jason Scott Murray denied using the xenophobic phrase, instead claiming he called Dirk Huenerberg a “vermin c***”. Murray had targeted the 75-year-old Huenerberg while out the front of their respective Bunderoo Circuit, Pimpama, properties … [Read more…]
A police officer has defended the decision not to charge Charmaine McLeod’s ex-partner with rape months before she died in a car crash with their four children. The Coroners Court in Brisbane on Monday started its second week of hearings into the head-on collision that killed McLeod, 35 and her children Aaleyn, 6, Matilda, 5, … [Read more…]
It was a three strikes for Janice Whittle. Now the author and motivational speaker has had enough. In the space of two weeks, the Brisbane woman has faced three instances of discrimination over her guide dog, Keegan. Born with epilepsy and vision impaired, Whittle was trying to get into a taxi at Brisbane airport late … [Read more…]
Warning: Distressing content Eight youths are on the run after the alleged bashing of a 14-year-old girl at a Gold Coast shopping centre. The girl was with a boy, 13, on a train when they were accosted by a group of eight juveniles — four boys and four girls — on Sunday afternoon, police believe. … [Read more…]
Safety measures put in place to protect spectators at the Northern Territory’s Finke Desert Race were entirely inadequate, a coroner has ruled, following the death of a man who was hit by a car in 2021. Nigel Harris, 60, from Canberra, died of multiple blunt force injuries after he was struck by a competing car … [Read more…]
A Gold Coast mum feared for her life when she was allegedly bashed and carjacked by a group of teens. Yoko Abe was on her way to work in Ashmore on Sunday morning when her car was allegedly struck by the teens’ car at a set of traffic lights. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Gold Coast … [Read more…]
Rebecca Payne, who killed her abusive husband Noel Payne in 2020 by lacing homemade biscuits with sleeping tablets, has been sentenced in Victoria’s Supreme Court. The 43-year-old was sentenced to 16 years on Thursday, with a minimum of 10 years before she can apply for parole, in what was labelled a “merciful” result. Payne tried … [Read more…]
A Gold Coast father-of-two on life support after being punched had been in conversation with his suspected attacker, police say. The man who left Michael Hayes, 39, in a critical condition since the attack on Saturday night has not been caught — and police do not have a suspect. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Gold Coast … [Read more…]