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Susan Falls On A Current Affair

Bill Potts is interviewed by Channel 9’s “A Current Affair” – after Susan Falls is acquitted by a jury – acting in self-defence when shooting her abusive husband – 29 June 2010. In a confronting interview on A Current Affair, Gold Coast mother of four Susan Falls reveals how and why she shot dead her husband. It was a dramatic end to an abusive marriage but domestic violence workers warn other women are living nightmares of their own. Brendan Hocking: A glimpse inside the tortured world of a beaten wife and mother, pushed beyond breaking point. Susan Falls: “He forced me. He pushed me....

Coast Teen’s Joyride To Tragedy

Leah Fineran   |  June 17th, 2010 | Gold Coast News

A P-PLATER driving a car jammed with eight intoxicated teenagers almost killed his friends when the car overturned at Pacific Pines.

Passenger Mark Bates were hanging out of the window when the Holden Jackaroo flipped and was trapped between the car and the road as the vehicle slid 15 metres.

Victim’s Mother Forgives Killer Bouncers

Emmaline Stigwood   |  June 10th, 2010 | Gold Coast Bulletin

Tira Tararo (mother of the victim) and Stewart Kaiaruna (uncle of victim) outside court yesterday.

SUNDAY nights at Fishos were known for their live music, lax dress codes and good times — until a man died on the boardwalk out the front.

Corporate Games Charity Netball Competition

The girls from Potts Lawyers Brisbane enter the Corporate Games Charity Netball Competition;

Taking a Potts shot

The girls from Potts Lawyers are proving they are not just smart but quite sporty as well.

One Punch Can Kill Campaign

Bill Potts talks on the Queensland Government’s “One Punch Can Kill Campaign” – Channel 9 Gold Coast News – 30 April 2010.

Woman Sues Over Courtesy Bus Fall

A woman is suing for $140,000 in personal injury damages after one of her high heels got caught on the edge of the step of a Gold Coast football club’s courtesy bus.

Fiona Purchase, 53, filed the claim against the Southport Australian Rules Football Club Pty Ltd in the Supreme Court in Brisbane last week.

Black Uhlans Kept Out Of Jail For Stalking

Tattoo Shop In Bikie Zone

Gold Coast Bulletin | 21 April, 2010 | by Leah Fineran

A bikie gang on the Gold Coast has been ordered to leave a tattoo shop owner in peace or watch their sergeant-at-arms go to jail.

Should Drug Drivers Face Tougher Penalties Than Drink Drivers?

Bill Potts argues No! Drug drivers shouldn’t face tougher penalties than drink drivers (DUI).
The Sunday Mail | April 11, 2010 | Page 57.

Before there is a knee-jerk reaction, we need to improve the technology and the testing of drug drivers so the courts can see the levels of effect of drugs on people stopped by the police.

Bill Potts Talks Police Pursuits On Today Tonight

Bill Potts is interviewed by Today Tonight’s Damien Hansen as to whether police should be banned from pursuing offenders in high speed pursuits.

Hussain Killer Unlikely To Face Justice

February 18, 2010 3:11pm | COURTNEY TRENWITH | Brisbane Times

Without “startling” fresh evidence it is unlikely the person who killed Gold Coast woman Shaheda Hussain will ever be punished, lawyers are concluding.

A day after Mrs Hussain’s daughter Kaihana Tahseen Hussain was acquitted of her murder in the Supreme Court, legal avenues to prosecute her killer appear to be closing up.