Crime and Court
Epileptic fit claimed
A MAN accused of dangerous driving causing death will argue he was having an epileptic seizure .
NEWS Barking mad over theft charge
A MAN has spent five days in the watch house and was fined $500 after taking his dog from the RSPCA without paying for it.
NEWS Bills fuelled dad's fraud
A FATHER-of-three has been jailed for seven years after stealing more than half a million dollars from BP while he was employed there.
NEWS Bills fuelled dad's fraud
A FATHER-of-three has been jailed for seven years after stealing more than half a million dollars from BP while he was employed there.
Crime Gran robbed at hospital
A GRANDMOTHER was robbed of cash on Australia Day while she was being treated in the emergency department at Townsville Hospital.
Shops hit by compo claims
TWO customers are suing two Townsville shopping centres for a combined total of $1.2 million after they allegedly slipped on wet floors.
The hoons agree: it has to stop
THE recent death of a young woman in a stolen car has sparked a series of pleas from Townsville's youth for the carnage to stop.
Sister of killed joyrider jailed over thefts
THE older sister of a teenager who was killed while driving a stolen car, has been jailed for stealing five cars with her now-deceased sibling.
Ten joyriders spotted in one car
JUST hours after a young mother was killed when she crashed a stolen car, a four-wheel-drive was spotted with up to 10 youths inside running red lights and hooning down Ingham Rd.
NEWS Court told of buried drugs
A MAN allegedly hid 20kg of "high quality" cannabis by burying it in two 44 gallon drums under a barn shed on his mate's property.
Neighbourhood hose fight ends in court
AN elderly man is alleged to have bashed his female neighbour with a garden hose nozzle after she turned the hose on him.
Baby bash accused out on bail
A MOTHER accused of bashing her three-month-old baby because it was crying has been released from custody but will only be allowed supervised visits with her child.
Commission's report Riot teens urged to sue state
THE NEWMAN Government has been told to apologise to the parents of teens kept in solitary confinement for 10 days after they led a violent detention centre riot that injured staff.
Mum charged with bashing her baby
A MUM allegedly punched her baby after it wouldn't stop crying in its pram
NEWS Trio ask for bail hearing
SUPPORTERS of the three alleged outlaw Rebels Bikies gang members have clashed with media after their appearances in court.
Rebels accused of keeping tabs on cops
A FEMALE police officer is one of two Townsville cops who were allegedly stalked by Rebels bikies after detectives found surveillance photographs during raids of three gang members' houses yesterday.
NEWS Parks ban is 'bound to fail'
ITINERANTS are being banned from notorious drinking-places as part of their bail conditions, in another method by police to help tackle the ongoing problems from public drinking.
NEWS No jail for Digger's brutal brain snap
A DIGGER who had been home from Afghanistan for five hours got into a brawl at Lavarack Barracks after a drinking session, and bashed four other soldiers.
NEWS Thief makes tracks in truck
AN opportunistic thief who needed to get home saw an opportunity when a delivery man left his truck running nearby while he unloaded the goods.
NEWS Victim confronts car thief in court
A VICTIM of a car theft met with the perpetrator face-to-face in court, to tell him he had cost his family two years of hard work after destroying their only car.
Sex shop synthetic drugs charges
TOWNSVILLE sex shop owners who were twice raided for synthetic drugs and also allegedly had shipments intercepted in a covert police operation have now been charged with trafficking.
Mongrel act
A GUNMAN has fatally shot a beloved family pet while the dog was playing in its own suburban Townsville yard.
NEWS Digger draws blank on drunken attack
A SOLDIER accused of "nearly killing" a police officer when he dragged him 200m down Flinders St East from the window of his car says he can't remember anything.
Fiery end to boozy night on Maggie
THREE people have escaped unharmed from a fiery crash after a Brisbane man who was allegedly drunk smashed his boss's car into a guard rail at Nelly Bay before it was engulfed in flames.
You could be fined for this ....
MOST motorists probably don't even know it's against the law but a Brisbane dad cops a fine for something we've all done.
Knife bandit flees store
A HOLD-UP where a female shop attendant ran from a knife-wielding crim to find help is the latest in a string of armed robberies to hit the north.
Revellers urged to take care
NEW Year's Eve revellers are being warned to stay out of trouble or risk ringing in 2014 from a cell as thousands are expected to flood the city's party hot spots.
Former soldier spared
A FORMER soldier who sold a "cocktail of drugs" to his peers has avoided jail after he was given a second chance by a judge.
News Concern as girl is followed
A SIX-year-old girl was followed by a van as she rode her bike along a busy Townsville street yesterday.
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Council in bid to avoid $52m plant repair bill
THE quality of wastewater being pumped into the sea off Townsville could be lowered in a bid to save ratepayers millions of dollars.
Cowboys name squad for trial
NORTH Queensland Cowboys coach Paul Green will give a host of NRL regulars their first hit-out of the season as they face the Brisbane Broncos in a trial game in Redcliffe on Saturday.
Man 'killed by stranger begging for help'
A GOOD Samaritan was shot and killed in his home after he let in a stranger begging for help.
Hoffman 'tried to help Heath off heroin'
PHILIP Seymour Hoffman reportedly tried to persuade Heath Ledger to quit heroin before the Aussie's 2008 death from a drug overdose.
Cowboys name squad for trial
NORTH Queensland Cowboys coach Paul Green will give a host of NRL regulars their first hit-out of the season as they face the Brisbane Broncos in a trial game in Redcliffe on Saturday.
Ukraine protester proposes at barricade
IN A helmet, balaclava and bullet-proof jacket, a Ukrainian protester got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend as his comrades lit flares.
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NEWS Man bashed, gagged and tied in robbery