A Queensland woman accused of child stealing says she was taking a toddler to police after leaving church, when she took a car and drove off with the child in the back seat. Police allege Brooke Logan Fitzgerald stole a car in Brisbane’s Spring Hill just after midday on Sunday while the owner was standing … Read more
Police have used a cherry picker to arrest a boy who had climbed onto a roof after he allegedly ran from a stolen car in Logan. The 17-year-old Logan Central boy was one of three people who allegedly went to a carpark in Beenleigh where a stolen Lexus station wagon was parked about 4.30pm on … Read more
Two teens accused of attacking a man with a tomahawk during an alleged violent crime spree that resulted in multiple other people being injured in Toowoomba have been arrested. Denzel Morris Neville Hinch, 19, and Eliah John Bligh, 18, have both been charged with attempted murder after they allegedly seriously injured a 68-year-old man with … Read more
An elderly duo has been caught allegedly keying cars, including a Tesla, at a popular Brisbane shopping centre. In a video supplied to 7NEWS, the pair can be seen milling around cars in the Brookside Shopping Centre carpark as shoppers come and go around them. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Elderly duo allegedly key cars at … Read more
Four people including a 12-year-old boy have been arrested after a 4WD allegedly stolen in Queensland crashed into dozens of cars in Sydney’s inner city. The Toyota LandCruiser was spotted late on Thursday driving dangerously in Surry Hills before officers tried to pull it over. The 4WD took off, triggering a short chase before it … Read more
“People are more just, like, they don’t want to come and get smashed every night. They just want to go and do something more chilled, hang out with their friends.” It’s a comment to 7NEWS by one school leaver that sums up the apparent trend in attitudes of revellers at annual Schoolies celebrations on the … Read more
An inquest into the deaths of three people during forced COVID quarantine at Howard Springs will examine the legality of their detention and the adequacy of their care. David Hardy, 77, Raylene Dick, 50, and Karen Bading, 56, were all classified as deaths in custody. The trio had been diagnosed with or suspected to have … Read more
Shayne Higson still vividly remembers the trauma of watching her 77-year-old mother succumb to multiple brain tumours. “She didn’t want to suffer at the end stage,” Higson told AAP. “But there was nothing her doctor could do to treat her and it was also not legal to assist someone’s death.” Watch the latest news on … Read more
A woman has risked hundreds of dollars in fines, riding a bicycle with a young girl in the front basket on the Gold Coast – with neither wearing a helmet. Footage shows the girl in her school uniform sitting in the basket while the woman pedaled the electric bike in Surfers Paradise on Wednesday morning. … Read more
South Australians will gather to mourn the loss of a young man who most would have never met, but whose death in an alleged hit-and-run incident has deeply touched people across the state. Charlie Stevens, the son of the state’s Police Commissioner Grant Stevens, died on November 18 after sustaining irreversible brain injuries — triggering … Read more
