âShot in the heartâ: Shock gun revelation in women s death A woman whose body was discovered in her home on the weekend has been identified as shocking revelations about her death are made in court.
Crime by Patrick Billings, Elise Williams 14th May 2021 11:29 AM
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Subscriber only A bail application for a young man charged over the manslaughter of his mother, has sensationally revealed the woman died from a gunshot wound. The body of Giustina Katerina Lawlor was found in her Taigum home, on Brisbane s northside, on Saturday. Police allege an initial call for help was to paramedics, who were reportedly told the woman had suffered from a medical episode.
Doctor fined for historic home changes The owner of an iconic heritage-listed home in Brisbane has been fined $10,000 for removing asbestos roof sheeting without council approval.
Council News by PATRICK BILLINGS
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Subscriber only The owner of an iconic heritage-listed home in Brisbane has been fined $10,000 for removing asbestos roof sheeting without council approval. Dr Laura Anne Althaus, owner of Wynnum s Tower House on Kingsley Terrace, appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning. She had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of carry out assessable development without permit. Tower House in Wynnum. Picture: Renae Droop The court heard Dr Alhaus removed the asbestos roof sheeting sometime between October 1 and December 14 in 2019.
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Subscriber only Counsel for a Queensland police officer at the centre of a breath test bungle has told a hearing that claims the officer desperately shifted blame were nonsense . Queen s Counsel Jeff Hunter on Thursday told a Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing that Senior Constable Naomi Shearer, 51, was not disputing that she acted corruptly when she influenced another police officer not to breath test retired Victorian Police sergeant Kevin Perry outside the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club on July 27, 2016. The allegation was brought by the Crime and Corruption Commission which further alleged Ms Shearer on two occasions provided evidence which wasn t truthful during a police interview a week after the incident.
Detectives have charged a man following the death of a woman in Taigum on May 8. Following investigations this afternoon, a 22-year-old Taigum man has.
Two days to piece together Tiahleigh Palmerâs final two hours
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Two days next month will be dedicated to the final two hours of Queensland schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmerâs life.
Tiahleigh was murdered by her foster father in 2015, the 12-year-oldâs mostly naked and partially submerged body found on the banks of the Pimpama River in the Gold Coast hinterland on November 5, a week after she was last seen alive.
Tiahleigh Palmer.
Credit:Queensland Police Service
Foster father Rick Thorburn pleaded guilty to Tiahleighâs murder in the Brisbane Supreme Court in May 2018 and was sentenced to life in prison, with eligibility for parole in 2036.