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Crime by Thomas Chamberlin, Kate Kyriacou 13th Apr 2021 4:57 AM Premium Content Subscriber only A day before Ricky Maddison rounded on police officers with an SKS semiautomatic rifle, he led his best mate to the back of his car, unveiled a cache of guns and declared he was about to "become big, big news". The chilling evidence emerged at an inquest into the 2017 deaths of Senior Constable Brett Forte and the man who killed him - a...

Hero cop’s wife: ‘Colleagues blamed me for his death’ Slain police hero Brett Forte’s grieving widow Susan Forte has revealed how she was harassed by strangers in the wake of her husband’s killing. News by Alexandria Utting Premium Content Subscriber only The grieving widow of slain Queensland Police hero Brett Forte has sensationally revealed she was blamed her for her own husbands death and harassed by members of the public wh...

17:15 EDT, 11 April 2021 An inquest is set to begin into the deaths of Queensland police officer Brett Forte and the man who shot him four years ago. Senior Constable Forte died after his vehicle was peppered with 27 bullets when Ricky Maddison opened fire with an automatic weapon in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane, on May 29, 2017. Maddison, 40, was shot dead by police the following day after being asked to surrender more than 80 times during a 20-hour siege. Senior Constable Brett Fort...

Hero cop’s wife: ‘Colleagues blamed me for his death’ Slain police hero Brett Forte’s grieving widow Susan Forte has revealed how she was harassed by strangers in the wake of her husband’s killing. News by Alexandria Utting Premium Content Subscriber only The grieving widow of slain Queensland Police hero Brett Forte has sensationally revealed she was blamed her for her own husbands death and harassed by members of the public wh...

Hero cop’s wife: ‘Colleagues blamed me for his death’ Slain police hero Brett Forte’s grieving widow Susan Forte has revealed how she was harassed by strangers in the wake of her husband’s killing. News by Alexandria Utting Premium Content Subscriber only The grieving widow of slain Queensland Police hero Brett Forte has sensationally revealed she was blamed her for her own husbands death and harassed by members of the public wh...

Premium Content Subscriber only A HOT-HEADED caravanner tailgated and flashed his high beams at a motorist in front of him for going too slow. Ipswich Magistrates Court heard the other driver braked suddenly, causing Michael Broadhead to brake hard. When the other driver went into a rest area off the Bruce Highway near Gin Gin, Broadhead followed. Broadhead then confronted the driver with an axe, saying: "I will f**king axe you, you f**king dog," the court heard. The incident was filmed an...

Mr Cook said this was evidenced by phone records which detailed a co-accused texting Mr Sculac "Keep him there" and "Dont tell him, he will try to run". Senior Constable Tara Nolan told the court on Tuesday that police had actually seized alleged stolen property from the camp site just hours before Mr Betts claimed the torture began. Mr Lewis, acting for Mr Sculac, said the phone records could also discredit the crowns case particularly where Andy sent a text to Mr Betts which read "Total bu...

Premium Content Subscriber only LATE night trips to Bundys fast food chains, mixed with drugs, alcohol and carelessness, have sometimes proved a recipe for disaster. Here are just some of the crimes that have occurred in the car parks of local fast food eateries that have been heard in the Bundaberg Magistrates Court over the last 18 months.   Court hears how police were called to fight at McDonalds A Magistrate has strongly advised an 18-year-old offender to get on the straight and narrow...