The Block star Suzi Taylor was until Thursday held in custody listed for more than 100 other charges - including 94 counts of breaching bail conditions as well as a raft of drug and driving offences.
Detectives in Fortitude Valley have charged a 52-year-old Greenslopes man after he allegedly used fake service and academic awards to conduct business.
Bag of weed, $100k cash and the âupstanding citizenâ A man who claims to be an âupstandingâ and âlaw abiding citizenâ was allegedly caught at a luxury hotel with 14.5kg of marijuana.
Crime by PATRICK BILLINGS
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Subscriber only An upstanding citizen allegedly caught with about $100,000 and a briefcase full of cannabis has faced a Brisbane court. David William John Gellvear, 38, was allegedly swooped on by Queensland Police officers attached to Taskforce Sentry in a CBD hotel car park yesterday. Police will allege they found Gellvear and his co-accused with a briefcase containing 14.5kg of cannabis in the Novotel South Bank car park.
Swamped forensic labs delaying court cases for months
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Six months after a teenager was killed in a Brisbane park brawl resulting in 13 people being charged, police prosecutors were still waiting for autopsy results and reports on crucial forensic evidence.
A 2018 audit found Queensland waiting times for the analysis of DNA had increased since 2013 – as had the number of exhibits needing to be tested – however the number of lab staff to do this work had fallen.
The case against 13 people charged over the death of 19-year-old Girum Mekonnen in Zillmere last year has been held up by a backlog of evidence analysis.