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.
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Subscriber only A Charters Towers mother whose life was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour is suing the Townsville Hospital and Health Service for more than a million dollars. Lynette Bowden filed the medical negligence claim at the Townsville Supreme Court in December alleging that despite multiple visits to hospitals over a number of years, doctors missed the signs of a serious tumour that impacted her vision and speech. In 2017, she attended Mount Isa Hospital, which falls outside of Townsville s health service, complaining of issues with her right ear including hearing loss, ongoing pain, infection and tinnitus.
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Share Within an hour he was boasting that he was not to be deterred by police stating to a customer that he would hide the drugs in an anal cavity, she said.
The court heard he was looking to expand his drug empire to nearby Emerald from Townsville and had also helped a friend escape police custody by cutting off his handcuffs.
On his arrest cops found a tick sheet that showed Standley was owed $19,390 by multiple people and had $33,260 of unexplained funds in his bank account.
Prosecutor Monique Sheppard said Standley had dealt an estimated 1kg of drugs.