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'Insult': appeal upsets slain grandmother's family

A teenager who fatally stabbed a grandmother during a carjacking when he was aged 16 is seeking to have his prison sentence reduced, arguing it is excessive.

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'Gutted': family's outrage over teen killer's sentence

A murdered grandmother's loved ones have had their lives shattered after her teen killer received a sentence that means he will likely be free before he is 26.

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'Part of me is gone': grief over teen's murder of gran

Heartbreaking victim impact statements have been heard in court at a teenager's sentencing over a grandmother's fatal stabbing that sparked law reforms.

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'Super lab': man denied bail after huge meth haul

A man has been accused of trying to flee overseas when police allegedly uncovered a drug "super lab" they claim could have produced $500 million worth of meth.

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Pair guilty of 'evil' murder and burial in concrete

A jury has found two men guilty of bashing and stabbing a man to death before dumping his body in a pit and filling it with concrete and corrosive chemicals.

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Jury deliberate in 'body in concrete' murder trial

A judge has told a jury to remain unbiased over two murder accused after hearing "confronting details" of their alleged victim's body found buried in concrete.

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Double axe murderer denied bid to overturn parole ban

A man who attacked a couple with an axe while they slept in an "exceptionally violent and brutal" double murder will remain banned from applying for parole.

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Young man with severe intellectual disabilities to spend two years in Queensland prison without facing trial

Describing case as ‘tragic’, supreme court denies 21-year-old bail over 72 charges, including three alleged serious assaults

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Woman admits 'hugely valuable' prison drug smuggling

A court has accepted a sad tale behind the "terrible mistake" a woman made in trying to smuggle drugs that could have been worth $1 million into a prison.

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No jury for religious group charged over death of girl

Fourteen members of a religious group have been charged over the death of eight-year-old girl who allegedly had her diabetes medication withheld.

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Murder accused granted bail due to DNA testing delays

A young man accused of playing a part in a stabbing murder has been released on bail due to Queensland's forensic laboratory's DNA testing backlog.

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Tow truck driver jailed over 'predatory' sex assaults

A tow truck driver sexually assaulted a woman in her home while on bail for the same offence against a teenager in almost identical circumstances.

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Man jailed for eight years for chip brawl manslaughter

Ricky Lefoe has been jailed for eight years for the manslaughter of a Brazilian man who was punched in a Gold Coast brawl sparked by stolen hot chips.

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15yo boy sentenced to 7 years' prison after stolen car crash in Cairns killed teen passenger

The teenager has been sentenced in the Supreme Court in Cairns after crashing a stolen car into a tree, leaving one teenager dead and a child with quadriplegia.

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Man found guilty over Surfers chip brawl manslaughter

Ricky Kevin Lefoe has been found guilty of unlawfully killing a Brazilian student who was felled by a punch in a Surfers Paradise brawl outside a kebab shop.

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Mornington Island fatal stabbing accused Tracey Marie Jacob sentenced to jail

Tracey Marie Jacob only met her victim at a barbecue on the night she killed him and has left his family devastated.

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Indigenous Supreme Court judge sworn in

Lincoln Crowley says "times have changed" after he was sworn in as Australia's first Indigenous Supreme Court judge at a ceremony in Brisbane.

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Bowskill named Qld's new chief justice

The Queensland government has appointed Supreme Court Judge Helen Bowskill as the state's new chief justice after the retirement of Justice Catherine Holmes.

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