Assaults And Violence Offences

Man Jailed For Unprovoked Attack Over Note On Door

A NEIGHBOUR just wanting peace and quiet was assaulted for his troubles. And one of the men involved was jailed for his unprovoked attack. The 46-year-old mine worker had left a note on a neighbour’s door explaining that his partner was ill and that he was on nightshift. About 4.45pm on May 30 this year several people, including Andergrove resident Christos Panagakos, knocked on the victim’s door holding the note asking what it was all about, the Mackay Magistrates Court was told. Panagakos ripped the security screen door from its hinges, stepped forward and punched the man in his head several times, prosecutor Sheena...

Ex-Lover Rammed at High Speed

DARREN Muscat fell in love at the age of 21 and was jilted by a cougar twice his age. His 44-year-old lover left him for an older man and Muscat got angry and sent her 49 text messages in one afternoon. He stalked her and her new partner, waited on the Peak Downs Hwy for them to drive past, and then he rammed them several times at high speed, trying to force them over the Eton Range. Muscat spent 67 days in custody after the Eton Range incident before he was let out on bail with a special condition that he received psychological...

Murder Charge Over High-Rise Fall

POLICE will allege Tumara Cousins’ fatal high-rise fall earlier this month came after a soured drug deal for $21,000 of methamphetamines.

New information of his terrible death came to light today as police brought charges of murder, robbery charges and drug possession against Christopher Cairns before the Southport Magistrates Court.

Road Rage Leaves Family in Fear

A FAMILY of five feared for their lives as a driver tormented them on a major highway in a wild road rage incident.

Bryan Clerk David, 27, believed a father driving another car had cut him off, so he performed a dangerous maneuvre as two lanes moved on to the Centenary Hwy.

2 Men Charged with over 60 Counts of Fraud & Identity Theft

Bill Potts appears in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for two men charged with over 60 counts of fraud and identity theft.

Stabbing Victim had History of Alcohol-Fuelled Rages

A JURY which convicted a Gold Coast tiler of murdering his defacto wife in a violent domestic confrontation should have been told the victim allegedly had a history of alcohol fuelled rages, a court heard today.

Richard John Vollmer, 38, has always maintained he was acting in self defence when he repeatedly stabbed Alissa De-Monie, including 10 times in the back, at their Burleigh Heads home two years ago.

Accused Surfers Paradise shooter granted bail

The man accused of shooting a father-of-three who was walking with his family in Surfers Paradise last December has been freed on bail.

Rick El Masri, 35, is charged with shooting Hylton Miller, 42, on December 4 last year after he fired a handgun indiscriminately from balcony of an apartment of high rise Circle on Cavill.

Shooting accused argues self-defence

A GILSTON father-of-three charged with shooting dead a man outside his house has been granted bail after arguing he acted in self-defence during a violent home invasion.

Lawyer Bill Potts said Kane Ronald Cook was the true victim and had wrestled a 9mm Luger from a balaclava-clad robber before shooting him in the leg.