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Premium Content Subscriber only PREVIOUSLY referred to as a "stereotypical menace" by a Townsville Magistrate, Tyrell Elwood James Watson was back in front of Townsville District Court on an attempted car theft charge. High on ice, while on parole, Watson was "not thinking clearly" when he approached a house at 5am on November 18, 2019, according to Crown Prosecutor Nigel Rees. After hearing a noise, the woman opened her front door, spotted Watson with something in his hand. When she tried ...

Premium Content Subscriber only PREVIOUSLY referred to as a "stereotypical menace" by a Townsville Magistrate, Tyrell Elwood James Watson was back in front of Townsville District Court on an attempted car theft charge. High on ice, while on parole, Watson was "not thinking clearly" when he approached a house at 5am on November 18, 2019, according to Crown Prosecutor Nigel Rees. After hearing a noise, the woman opened her front door, spotted Watson with something in his hand. When she tried ...

Premium Content Subscriber only ALMOST a decade after turning off his infant sons life support, a Townsville father has pleaded not guilty to the death for the second time. Matthew Riley Baxter came into this world a few days early on September 24, 2011, weighing 2.9kg. At six weeks old, he was rushed to hospital unresponsive and three days later the sweet baby with the mop of black hair died. His father, Nicholas Aaron Baxter, was acquitted of his murder but convicted and jailed in 2017 aft...

Premium Content Subscriber only ALMOST a decade after turning off his infant sons life support, a Townsville father has pleaded not guilty to the death for the second time. Matthew Riley Baxter came into this world a few days early on September 24, 2011, weighing 2.9kg. At six weeks old, he was rushed to hospital unresponsive and three days later the sweet baby with the mop of black hair died. His father, Nicholas Aaron Baxter, was acquitted of his murder but convicted and jailed in 2017 aft...

Almost a decade after turning off his infant son’s life support, a Townsville father accused of killing his son has pleaded not guilty for the second time.

Almost a decade after turning off his infant son’s life support, a Townsville father accused of killing his son has pleaded not guilty for the second time.

Almost a decade after turning off his infant son’s life support, a Townsville father accused of killing his son has pleaded not guilty for the second time.

Nigel Rees, the broadcaster and lexicographer, moved to within one instalment of a fine landmark recently with the 499th episode of his Radio 4 panel game Quote . . . Unquote. Rees, who has collected