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The grieving uncle of hit-and-run victim targeted the wrong house in a vigilante home invasion, attacking an innocent man in front of his son, a court has heard. A heavily intoxicated Sonny Mooney, armed with a knife, stormed into a home in North Mackay on the Queensland coast on June 22 last year. Mooney believed the man was behind the tragic death of his 15-year-old niece, Nilly Mooney, who was struck and killed on March 1 as she searched for her phone on an road in Beaconsfield, Mackay.  Three months later, Mooney unleashed the home invasion after mistaking the car in the driveway as th...

A Mackay court heard Jessica May Goulding's three-year jail term could be slashed by six months. About 60 grieving loved ones of 15-year-old Nilly Mooney packed the gallery inside Mackay District Court to hear the appeal. It was an emotionally charged atmosphere. Heartbroken mother Tania Rudall (right) was surrounded by supporters who packed Mackay District Court for the appeal hearing of driver Jessica May Goulding. "She left my baby there … she just drove off," Nilly's mother Tania Rudall's distressed voice pierced the low muttering from the gallery as they waited for Goulding to ...

Nilly Mooney was killed on Nicklin Dr in March 2020. The driver is fighting the three-year penalty handed down.

Premium Content Subscriber only A mother intentionally driving while high on drugs, a popular teen run over on a suburban street - these are among Mackay and Whitsunday's tragic road toll for 2020. Fatal crashes spiked from 11 deaths in 2019 to 24 last year within the district despite lockdowns imposed under COVID-19 restrictions. "That's a significant jump," Mackay Forensic Crash Unit officer in charge Sergeant Michael Hollett said. A man died following a truck rollover on Homebush Rd, Homebush on Friday October 23. Picture: Heidi Petith So why was 2020 such a horror year? "That's the...

Premium Content Subscriber only Friends and family paid tribute to those they lost in tragic circumstances in what was already a difficult year. From valiant battles with cancer lost to a mining death and shocking traffic crashes, these are some of the people the community mourned whose lives were cut short in 2020.   Donald Rabbitt, 33, died while working at Blackwater's Curragh coal mine. He was reportedly working on a float, which transports machinery, when it crushed him.   Donald Rabbitt Mine contractor Donald Rabbitt was reportedly just minutes from the end of his shift at Curr...