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A 34-year-old mum fronted Townsville Magistrates' Court on Monday after she went clubbing all night last February, leaving five of her eight kids alone, after a babysitter she had tried to organise didn't show up.
Premium Content Subscriber only A TOWNSVILLE father cut off his GPS tracker days before he "snatched" a man's iPhone from his hands to read its messages. Trent Walker, 21, pleaded guilty to two charges in the Townsville Magistrates Court on Tuesday via video link from the Townsville Correctional Centre. The charges were one count of wilful damage and one count of stealing The court heard Walker was on parole when on February 1 he cut off his GPS tracking device worth $500. Police prosecutor Anita Page said that nine days later Walker "snatched" an iPhone 6 that he "perused for messages" ...
Patrolling police stumbled across a blokes bonking not far away from a popular Townsville beach.
Premium Content Subscriber only GETTING caught driving under the influence of drugs is a sure-fire way for motorists not only to lose their licence and money, but potentially their freedom. As the ice (methamphetamine) epidemic continues to sink its claws deeper into the North Queensland community, increasingly more often police are arresting drug-affected drivers with not only meth, but other drugs and alcohol in their systems. Here is a list of some of NQ's worst meth drivers: These North Queenslanders have run afoul of the law after getting behind the wheel with meth in their systems. ...
An Ayr man took out his neighbour’s car and fled the scene in a Maccas run gone wrong.