A sexual sadist and paedophile who raped a psychiatric patient and slit her throat with a broken glass bottle has been released from jail, despite pleas from doctors he is at high risk of re-offending.
Mark Richard Lawrence, 59, was allowed to walk free from Brisbane Correctional Centre after a court ruled Queensland s Attorney-General failed to prove he was likely to breach a current supervision order.
He was originally locked up in 1983 for the Boxing Day rape and murder of Julie Anne Muirhead, 29, and was sentenced to 15 years.
Mark Richard Lawrence, 59, was originally locked up for the Boxing Day rape and murder of Julie Anne Muirhead, 29, (pictured)
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A police officer who punched his infant son with such force it burst the baby s liver and killed him instantly could be released from jail within days after spending five years behind bars.
Colin David Randall, a former Queensland police officer, then 39, was having two affairs when his wife Debra left him with their newborn son Kye as she went to the shops with their daughter on June 28, 2014.
Randall called her an hour later to tell her the 10-week-old was limp and not breathing but he had not called an ambulance.
Colin David Randall (pictured) could be released on parole on January 30 after just five years behind bars