Vanessa Marsh

UPDATE 1PM: 

Outraged domestic violence campaigners have called for an overhaul of the state’s “outdated” provocation laws after the High Court quashed the murder conviction of a man who violently stabbed and bludgeoned his wife to death in front of their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 Calamvale teenager accused of running a red light and killing a pedestrian on Saturday night has been granted bail.

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.

“For the love of god, think of your mother, think of your sister.”

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.

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.

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.

A Brisbane barber who fractured his girlfriend’s rib in a savage attack has blamed a fit of jealousy for the “incredibly ugly” incident.

Just a few kilometres from idyllic beaches and tiki bars lies the world’s most infamous prison - a place that has become synonymous with torture and terrorism since it opened 24 years ago. Welcome to Guantanamo Bay.