Cloe Read

The story of a prominent man embroiled in a Cairns extortion case has sparked concern and curiosity, and it could prompt changes to Queensland law.

As the verdict was read out in court, Mark Waden called out: “It wasn’t me.”

The jury was also read several notebook entries, written by Priscilla Brooten before she was allegedly killed by her boyfriend.

Handwritten notes made by a US citizen before she suspiciously disappeared have been read to a jury as part of a second trial for her accused killer.

Robert John Crawford is accused of staging his wife’s death to look like a lawnmower accident and manipulating the scene by sending messages from his wife’s phone.

A court has heard claims of what an accused killer did in the hours before and after his girlfriend was found dead at the bottom of a Queensland cliff.

Joshua James Capps was accused of one count of rape and three counts of indecent treatment of a child, which he allegedly committed while working at a centre in Brisbane’s north.

He argued that his legal counsel had not produced the right paperwork and that prosecutors had failed to investigate his case properly.

Four people were killed and several injured after two choppers from Sea World Helicopters collided on the Gold Coast in 2023.

Supreme Court documents show more than $100,000 was accessed for NDIS funding. But when investigators asked Tiffani’s mother for invoices, she claimed the dog had eaten many of them.