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Premium Content A woman's body has been found dead at Point Cartwright on Monday morning. Sunshine Coast CIB officer-in-charge Daren Edwards said the woman's body was found by a walker about 6.15am. Detective Senior Sergeant Edwards said investigations were ongoing. More to come.
Premium Content Subscriber only Guns were allegedly pulled on the victim of a violent home invasion where entry was forced at a Yandina residence. Sunshine Coast CIB officer-in-charge Daren Edwards said a 56-year-old man sustained facial injuries in the alleged incident. Detective Senior Sergeant Edwards said two men had allegedly entered the Cordwell Road home about 8.30pm on Sunday and used firearms to force entry into the residence. He said the man was allegedly "belted around the head" multiple times.
Sunshine Coast CIB officer-in-charge Daren Edwards. In 2020 alone, four people were charged with manslaughter from unlawful striking causing death, numbers Sergeant Edwards says could easily go up. "Some of those ones where victims are in free fall, half knocked out and your head hits the floor, it can result in death," Sergeant Edwards said of the incidents. "It's one step away from serious head injuries to death, which we have seen happen here. "People are not thinking. If you're out drinking grog and you can't curb your behaviour. "Some of these people will end up in jail, and numer...
He said people weren't getting the message of what can result from such actions. Detective Senior Sergeant Edwards said the victim's face required extensive reconstructive surgery and other medical interventions to piece it back together. "His partner says they were trying to walk home when they were approached by the suspect who punched him for no reason," Sergeant Edwards said. The accused, a 27-year-old Baringa man was on Tuesday, March 30 charged with one count of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm. He was granted bail with conditions and is due to face the Maroochydore Magistr...
Premium Content Subscriber only An additional 30 Mackay police officers will receive training in drug detection testing in a 30-day snap course. Mackay Road Policing Unit Senior Sergeant Shane Edwards said the training would provide additional resources to perform high-volume operations with a focus on drug detection as well as standard RBTs. “We’ve identified over the past couple of years that there has been a significant increase in positive drug results in the drivers of vehicles involved in fatal crashes,” Sergeant Edwards said. Sergeant Edwards said the training was conducted ove...