Queensland courts
Dingo attack or drowning? Coroner reveals circumstances of Canadian teen’s death
Before her death, Piper James had told her friends she was going for an early swim.
- Julius Dennis
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Police ‘missed chances’ to protect woman killed by husband, inquest told
An internal police review found Kelly Wilkinson’s husband had incorrectly been granted bail by police.
- Rex Martinich
Appeal judges question ‘exceptional circumstances’ that allowed rapist to walk free
Queensland’s attorney-general lodged an appeal after the man escaped jail time, despite being convicted of inflicting abuse on his younger sister over many years.
- Marissa Calligeros
Accused Russian spy couple back in court
The legal team for one half of the couple has argued that a nearly 300-page document does not effectively outline the case against their client.
- Dominique Tassell and Cloe Read
Club stabbing accused asks for time to prepare defence
The man is accused of slashing a woman and two others with a large carving knife at Brisbane’s Easts Leagues Club
- Robyn Wuth
‘I didn’t expect the fire to run like it did,’ father of dead boy tells inquest
The father of two boys burnt in a fatal house fire has denied lighting it to “teach them a lesson” about their messy bedroom.
- Cloe Read
Couple living on fishing trawler allegedly used boat to bring drugs
Authorities were tipped off when the trawler embarked on a voyage that was flagged as suspicious.
- Julius Dennis
Sex offender ‘vigilante’ spared jail for Facebook posts
The first person charged with misusing a landmark public sex offender registry has been spared jail after he posted details of an offender in a Facebook community group.
- Rex Martinich
Mother of three-week-old boy arrested 18 months after his death
The boy’s father was charged with murder on Monday. On Wednesday, his mother was also arrested.
- William Davis
The final phone calls from one of Queensland’s most notorious killers
Garry Dubois was serving life for the killing of a Brisbane mother and her daughters in 1974. Now his final family conversations have been revealed.
- Cloe Read