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Self-confessed murderer Applon Ishmael Ithamar Parris has told the court that the constant adjournments in his matter have left him unable to sleep as he awaits sentencing for killing lawman Shayne Welch three years ago. In fact, he has called the adjournments “stressful”. Parris, of Taitt’s Road, Brittons Hill, St Michael, was back in the No. 2 Supreme Court yesterday via Zoom. He was represented by attorney Safiya Moore, while …
Estranged husband Applon Ishmael Ithamar Parris, who stabbed Constable Shayne Welch 19 times in his driveway, has begged the court to release him from prison while he still has “some youth” left in him. “Yes I accept that justice has to be meted out and I will accept the consequences of my actions,” Parris said yesterday. “But I would also like to have some youth left in me when I …
Premium Content Subscriber only A mother of two infants did a burnout through an intersection in front of police because she had been “in a bad place”. Nikki Therese Spence, 27, pleaded guilty on May 5 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of making undue noise or smoke. Police prosecutor Senior Constable Welch said police were patrolling when they witnessed a red Holden sedan on William St turn right onto Murray St and lost traction, causing the wheels to smoke. She said police then intercepted the vehicle which Spence was driving with her one and three-year-old children in the b...
Premium Content Bruce Highway motorists witnessed an alarming act of domestic violence in Central Queensland recently. The assailant, a 46-year-old Innisfail man, pleaded guilty on May 5 in Rockhampton District Court to one count of breaching a domestic violence order. Police prosecutor Senior Constable Michelle Welch said the first witness was standing on the side of the road at Miriam Vale at 1.46pm on April 30 when a female victim yelled out of a passing motor vehicle after opening the passenger door, headed in a northerly direction, for the witness to call the police. She said the car...
Premium Content Subscriber only A young man got so drunk, he does not recall breaking into a stranger’s house and stealing a picture frame holding a certificate of sentimental value only. And doesn’t recall what he did with the picture frame. Tristyn Dale Brandrick, 24, pleaded guilty on May 5 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of enter a dwelling and stealing. Police prosecutor Senior Constable Michelle Welch said Brandrick broke into a two-storey townhouse in Norman Gardens on April 4, removed a screen, entered the premises and removed the picture frame. She said he dumped th...