The man accused of killing Gold Coast mother Tara Brown has been sentenced to 18 months’ jail after pleading guilty to an assault on a fellow prisoner. Lionel Patea, 25,… Continue reading Alleged Qld killer jailed for jail assault
The football world has rallied around a Brazilian club which lost most of its players in a plane crash in Colombia. Only six of the 77 people on board the… Continue reading Chapecoense plane crash: Football rallies around Brazilian team
A teenager who was a passenger of a stolen car involved in a fatal high-speed crash at Bedford Park in Adelaide’s south has pleaded guilty in the magistrates court to… Continue reading Southern Expressway fatal crash: Ute passenger pleads guilty
An 89-year-old woman has lost more than $200,000 after she was involved in a telephone scam that has targeted several elderly Gold Coast residents. The scam, which has targeted men… Continue reading Woman, 89, loses $200,000 to telephone scammer
Police have discovered human remains at a property in Brisbane’s north. Police were called to Autism Queensland on North Road at Brighton after human remains, believed to be male, were… Continue reading Human remains found on Brisbane’s northside
A man shot by SA police after allegedly abducting a pregnant woman and two young children in Adelaide has been charged. The 26-year-old man was taken to the Royal Adelaide… Continue reading Man charged after allegedly abducting children, pregnant woman in Adelaide
A doctor involved in the evacuation of a sick Iranian asylum seeker from Manus Island recommended he be flown to Brisbane ahead of Port Moresby due to Papua New Guinea’s… Continue reading Hamid Khazaei: Doctor wanted sick asylum seeker on Manus Island sent to Brisbane, not Port Moresby
Militants have attacked an army camp in Indian-administered Kashmir, with grenades and gunfire, killing three soldiers, police sources told the BBC. Indian troops have returned fire from the camp in… Continue reading Kashmir clashes: Indian soldiers ‘killed’ in Nagrota camp attack
The search for a missing trawler has been scaled back after extensive air and sea searches failed to uncover the vessel and missing crew over the weekend. A 60-year-old experienced male… Continue reading Missing trawler search scaled back off Queensland coast
A father who fatally bashed a fellow heroin addict with a hammer in front of his six-year-old son will spend at least eight years behind bars. The 51-year-old man, who… Continue reading Heroin user jailed for fatal hammer attack
Police in India say they have recaptured a Sikh separatist leader, who escaped from a prison in Punjab. Harminder Singh Mintoo was arrested from the main railway station in the… Continue reading India jailbreak: Sikh separatist Harminder Singh Mintoo recaptured
Accused murderer Darren Ashley, who allegedly killed his former partner, persistently told a friend he was going to kill the woman, a court has been told. Ashley is on trial… Continue reading Accused murderer Darren Ashley told friend he was going to kill former partner Kirsty, court hears
