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Subscriber only While a stabbing victim feared his attacker, he was still taken by surprise when a knife was plunged into his chest, puncturing his lung and slicing his liver. The victim, who
The Morning Bulletin will not identify for their safety, had been living with his attacker prior to the stabbing and had been asked to leave the day of the encounter. His attacker, Israel Hans Costelloe, was sentenced Thursday in Rockhampton District Court for one count of causing grievous bodily harm. Defence lawyer Maree Wiley said Costelloe, 27, had been high on methamphetamines for about a week, and had not slept, in the lead up to the stabbing incident at a Depot Hill residence on September 2, 2019.
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Subscriber only An unsuspecting good Samaritan gave a recidivist offender, who he only knew through a friend, a lift to ATM, only to have the offender drive off in his car. Mitchell Lawrence Slade, 32, pleaded guilty on December 11 in Rockhampton District Court to one count of unlawful use of motor vehicle, disqualified driving, possess restricted drug (amtriptyline hydrochloride) and two counts of possess syringe and fail to safely dispose. Crown prosecutor Elise Sargent said the victim received a message from Slade, who he knew through a friend, on December 8 asking for the lift. She said once they arrived at the Blackwater ATM that evening, Slade wanted to wait, claiming he saw someone he knew and had taken some days off work so he did not want to be seen by the colleague.
She said his partner woke to get some water and a loud bang woke the male victim.
âHe called out and observed the side light window smashed,â Ms Sargent said.
She said Corbett smashed the glass window before unlocking the front door, pushing it open and the four offenders âstormedâ into the house. James Michael Glenn Corbett.
Ms Sargent said the male victim retrieved nunchucks after identifying Wheaton and Phillips.
She said Phillips had lived with the male victim and he met Wheaton during that period.
Ms Sargent said the female victim went to the bedroom and then left the house.