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A vile sex offender impersonating security, a child abducted and left at a McDonald’s, two teens’ crime spree and a siege which stopped the town for 36 hours - 2020 was a most shocking year for crime in the Gladstone region.
To mark the end of the year
The Observer has compiled a list of crimes exposed in our courtrooms which shook the region.
Sex offender wears ‘security’ shirt, waits in school toilets
Shannon Norgate faced Gladstone District Court for vile child sex offences this year.
A man, 21, who preyed on children at and around a Gladstone school while wearing a “security” shirt has been released from prison after serving 406 days.