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Premium Content Subscriber only A Bowen woman who lied to claim thousands of dollars in flood relief payments she was not entitled to has been jailed as an example to would-be fraudsters. Semone Kushula Grace Winn Campbell fabricated an elaborate story about flood damage to a non-existent Townsville house to fraudulently claim two separate disaster recovery payments intended for genuine victims of the 2019 flood disaster. The lies Campbell fed authorities over the phone included details about where water had entered and damaged the house, and how she had to be evacuated from the emergency ...

The woman sobbed in court as her lies about her disabled son and a non-existent flood-damaged home in Townsville in 2019 were exposed.

Premium Content Subscriber only A Bowen man with an “extensive record” of drug offences responded with “f*ck youse” after a magistrate told him he would remain in custody as his case proceeds to a higher court. Facing eight charges of supplying dangerous drugs, Jason Thomas Cousins was refused bail at Bowen Magistrates Court on May 11, where he appeared via videolink from a Queensland correctional facility. The court heard police intercepted a parcel addressed to Cousins containing a “large amount” of methylamphetamine, while he was on parole for previous drug trafficking offences...

Premium Content Subscriber only Your round-up of drink and drug drivers sentenced in Proserpine and Bowen Magistrates courts on Monday, May 10 and Tuesday, May 11, 2021. 1. Gavin Keith Price appeared at Proserpine Magistrates Court, pleading guilty to drink-driving on Wrights Road, Strathdickie on April 25. The court heard a member of the public contacted police about 9.30pm when they observed Price’s vehicle driving onto private property, before stopping in the middle of the road with its lights turned off. Police attended and observed the vehicle had a flat tyre, and that the driver appea...

Police investigating a shooting were met with a fierce reaction when they woke the victim up in the middle of the night.