Patrick Billings

A woman who orchestrated the horrific murder of her ex-partner through a woodchipper will have to rely on pro-bono lawyers for an appeal after Legal Aid denied funding in what one of the state’s most senior judges labelled a “concerning” issue.

A high achieving former school captain, artist and air-force poster boy has been charged with grooming and indecent treatment of children.

A Queensland couple whose friend became a surrogate for their child after an at-home insemination have been granted official parental status despite failing to follow legal surrogacy requirements.

A man accused of robbing a Brisbane pizza store and fleeing on bicycle has been charged.

A depraved peeping tom and child predator who made more than 180 secret videos of women, including teens, in their homes, some naked, in Brisbane has lost his bid to appeal.

A nurse has been accused of rape at a Queensland hospital.

The wife of a retired Queensland farmer, whose combined wealth with him is nearly $25m, has been removed as his sole power of attorney after a tribunal determined the dementia-suffering husband wouldn’t have made it if he could have recalled her relationship with another man at the time.

Two teenagers, including a former private school student, who invaded a home and stabbed the occupant have been jailed.

A Queensland man who murdered and dismembered his wealthy uncle in 1999 has lost his appeal against conviction.

In November 1982, an 8-bit star was born when William James Mitchell recorded the first ever Donkey Kong high score.

A Brisbane YouTuber accused of defaming a Donkey Kong record holder by allegedly imputing he hounded another social media figure to death believed he had a reputation as a video game cheat.

A former model has been jailed for possessing drugs including cocaine while on parole for trafficking, a court has heard.

A crying and trembling father accused of murdering his own daughter says there is not a “minute of every day that I don’t miss her”.

A man has been sentenced to 14 years jail for the depraved and degrading killing of a beloved community radio DJ whose death shattered the life of his mother who sat in on a trial full of “savagery” and callousness.

A man caught with 233.5 grams of pure MDMA in his hire car was on a suspended sentence at the time and had previously stabbed a police dog.

The pilot of an ultralight aircraft crashed and died as a result of non-compliant low-level flying, a coroner has ruled.

A court clerk who hocked work computers to pawn brokers for small loans due to a “crippling” gambling addiction potentially exposed details of employees up to the Chief Justice in the process, a court has heard.

A drug dealer who trafficked cocaine through his Sunshine Coast boxing gym will spend the next 12 months behind bars.

Australia’s worst alleged pedophile unmasked for the first time

A woman jailed over the killing of a Gold Coast man could serve more time after refusing to give evidence in proceedings against her ex-lover who was also charged with murder.