A father and son duo who swindled 303 senior citizens out of more than $260,000 by selling fake line dancing trips before changing their identities and going on the run for a year have been sentenced for the “deplorable” crime.
In the winter of 2016 the notorious westerly winds that tear through Brisbane’s CBD each August carried with them whispers of a colossal scandal at one of the city’s most renowned law firms.
FOURTEEN members of ‘The Saints’ religious group who are charged with the homicide of eight-year-old Toowoomba girl Elizabeth Struhs will face a judge-alone trial that is expected to run for at least three months.
Brisbane City office workers who followed a woman’s screams to a carpark where she was being allegedly attacked by her ex-boyfriend have given evidence about how they tried to help her get away.
Outraged domestic violence campaigners have called for an overhaul of the state’s “outdated” provocation laws after the High Court quashed the murder conviction of a man who violently stabbed and bludgeoned his wife to death in front of their terrified children.
A FAIRYMEAD man who was bitten twice by a deadly brown snake at his home on Monday has paid tribute to the fast acting medical staff who saved his life.