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Premium Content Subscriber only A man caught smuggling drugs into prison was behind bars waiting to be dealt with for the horrific, 15 hour-long torture of a woman where she was beaten, cut and doused in petrol. Ryan Colin Bell, 33, was in custody for the 2019 torture of Sophie Whiteley when he came up with a “mastermind” plan to have drugs smuggled into Woodford Correctional Centre. Bell and another man “conned” two women into smuggling 59 strips of suboxone into the facility in November that year. One of the women had placed the wrapped drugs in her mouth but was stopp...

Premium Content Subscriber only A teenager who used social media to sell marijuana while homeless will learn his fate on Friday. The now 19-year-old pleaded guilty in Maroochydore District Court on Tuesday trafficking marijuana after being caught selling the drug 178 times in the Nambour area. The court heard the teen had 35g of marijuana in his car when police stopped him for a random drug and alcohol breath test on June 13, last year. He also handed over his mobile phone to police who discovered text messages between the offender and his customers indicating cost and amounts to be purch...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Sunshine Coast father has been sentenced for indecently sexually assaulting four children, including his own daughter, in the 1990s. The 61-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared via video link in Maroochydore District Court on Thursday. The man previously pleaded guilty in December to 21 counts of indecent treatment of a child, three counts of rape and two counts of maintaining an unlawful relationship with a child. The children were each aged between six and 16 years old throughout the course of the offending. The court heard on ...

Premium Content Subscriber only From a man who was caught stocking up with hundreds of illegal Viagra pills to a man who threw a used vibrator at a staff member, here are some of the most unusual crimes to come before Coast courts this year alone. Woman throws dog at victim Donna Maree Shailer leaving Caloundra Magistrates Court on March 3 after being sentenced for assault. A woman who threw her dog at another woman before hitting her with a laptop was fined $500 for the "unusual" assault. Donna Maree Shailer, 54, was charged with assault causing bodily harm after she attacked another wo...

Posted: May 08, 2021 10:00 AM NT | Last Updated: May 8 Mother’s Cupboard makes a variety of macarons, like these cotton candy macarons with buttercream filling and vanilla galaxy macarons with chocolate ganache inside.(Submitted by Andrew and Kayla Bowen) To say we've all had a hard time lately might be an understatement beyond measure, but there has never been a shortage of reasons why you deserve a treat. Luckily the St. John's area has a fantastic selection of all things sweet from pastries filled with curd to Instagram-worthy mile-high milkshakes. Here's where to satisfy your sweet toot...