Police will have extraordinary powers to randomly stop and search people for knives and other weapons on public transport and in nightclub precincts across Queensland under new laws passed in parliament.
Police will have extraordinary powers to randomly stop and search people for knives and other weapons on public transport and in nightclub precincts across Queensland under new laws passed in parliament.
Natalie Barr struggled to hold back tears as she interviewed the parents of a Gold Coast teenager who was stabbed to death by a gang of youths three years ago.
Crime by Jacob Miley
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Subscriber only A MAN charged with the murder of Gold Coast teenager Jack Beasley has been jailed for again breaching bail, but will be back in the community by next week. The 20-year-old, who the Bulletin cannot name for legal reasons despite him being an adult, has breached bail 13 times since he was released from custody by the Supreme Court in March 2020, the Bulletin can reveal. In the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Tuesday, the man was jailed for 21 days for breaching curfew on April 30. The offence also triggered a suspended sentence he was given days earlier in the Ipswich Magistrates Court for breaching bail.
Crime by Jacob Miley
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Subscriber only A MAN charged with the murder of Gold Coast teenager Jack Beasley has been jailed for again breaching bail, but will be back in the community by next week. The 20-year-old, who the Bulletin cannot name for legal reasons despite him being an adult, has breached bail 13 times since he was released from custody by the Supreme Court in March 2020, the Bulletin can reveal. In the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Tuesday, the man was jailed for 21 days for breaching curfew on April 30. The offence also triggered a suspended sentence he was given days earlier in the Ipswich Magistrates Court for breaching bail.