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Premium Content Subscriber only UPDATE: A Crown Prosecutor has told a court the alleged murder of Whitsunday woman Dorothy Britton was “clearly a very personal killing” and could only have been committed by her eldest son. Christopher Mark Britton has pleaded not guilty to the shooting murder of his mother on the evening of March 6, 1996. Dorothy was found on her bed inside her Jubilee Pocket home with a gunshot wound to her head, wearing her nightie and still clutching a piece of lin...

The husband of a woman shot to death was having an affair with a long-standing family friend at the time of her death.

One woman is convinced she saw Dorothy Britton’s killer as witnesses testify they heard gunshots the day she was found shot to death in her bed.

Premium Content Subscriber only A man accused of shooting his mother in the head 25 years ago allegedly said "kill the b*tch" on multiple occasions, a court heard. Christopher Britton has pleaded not guilty to murdering Dorothy Britton in 1996. She was found shot to death in her bed inside her Jubilee Pocket home on March 7. It is alleged Christopher killed her the night before. Steven Britton, who is one of Christophers brothers, said the relationship between his brother and mother "wasnt ...

THE scheduled crushing of an e-scooter seized in Worcester has been met with widespread criticism from the public. West Mercia Police’s Operations Patrol Unit tweeted on Sunday that an e-scooter taken from its operator would be destroyed due to illegal use. E-scooters are subject to the same rules as other motor vehicles other than in areas where they are part of a government trial which does not include Worcester. Kate Wilkinson said: “Such a waste, are they dumped on landfill or d...

Premium Content Subscriber only A woman has relived the gruesome moment she found her mother-in-law shot to death in her Jubilee Pocket home during a murder trial against her brother in law. “I saw mum on the bed, the back of her head was split open,” Maxine Britton told Mackay Supreme court on Monday afternoon. “There was a spot of blood on her left cheek.” She was the first person to find Dorothy Britton in 1997 after she had been asked by her mother-in-law’s husband ...