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A Queensland police officer needed to be disease tested after a mum spat in his face and scratched him during a drunken outburst.

Premium Content Subscriber only A drug trafficker who caused about $6,500 damage to a McDonalds drive-thru sign had been sober for five to six years but a loss of job and relationship break down drove him back to illicit drugs. Tyson Jeffrey Ellis, 24, pleaded guilty on April 27 in the Supreme Court in Rockhampton to 20 charges including two counts of trafficking drugs, one count of possessing more than two grams of drugs, four counts of possessing drugs, two possess weapons of which one was altered, possess restricted drugs, possess suspected proceeds of drug crime, and drive without due c...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Central Queensland man who met a teenager on social media, thinking she was 19, still had sexual simulations with her after she told him she was only 15. The child victim was found wandering the streets of Moura, intoxicated, telling police she had been kidnapped, thrown in the boot of a car and driven for hours before being raped and left in the middle of the street. When later sober, she told police the factual version of events. Harold John White, 21, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton District Court on April 29 to two counts of indecent treatment of a chil...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Queensland drug kingpin who ran a sophisticated methamphetamine racket encouraged his "agents" to use violence to chase down thousands of dollars in drug debts, a court has been told. Facing serious debts in his business, Joshua Mark Cowan would resort to violence when chasing what was owed, even counselling others to commit crimes to repay the debts. Family and supporters, including his wife of two years, broke down in tears on Tuesday upon learning the Brisbane man would spent 11.5 years behind bars for his offending. Joshua Mark Cowan (pictured) employ...