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Subscriber only A $10,000 meth deal gone wrong was allegedly behind the killing of an Oakey man in the car park of the Porter Plainlands Hotel, an Ipswich court has heard. A pathologist told a committal hearing on Wednesday that the likely cause of death for 53-year-old Paul Rock was multiple stab wounds. Seated in the dock of Ipswich Magistrates Court, Mr Rock s accused killers Beau Andrew John Smith, 28, and Kye Enright, 22, sat silently during the two-hour hearing as their legal defence counsel cross-examined four witnesses. Smith and Enright are each charged with the murder of Paul Rock at Plainlands on July 1, 2019; unlawful use of a motor vehicle without authority to commit the offence of murder; unlawful supply of an illegal drug GBH (gamma hydroxybutyrate); and robbery in company/armed with a knife.
Alleged prison rioters face court Four prisoners accused of rioting at a Queensland jail have had their cases mentioned in court.
Crime by Patrick Billings and Thomas Chamberlin 19th Jan 2021 4:35 PM
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Subscriber only Four prisoners accused of rioting at a Queensland jail have had their cases mentioned in court. Kye Enright, 22, Jayke John Dempsey-Mitchell, 19, Aaron Wayne Stout, 32, and Steven Michael Campbell, 35, have all been charged with riot. Dempsey-Mitchell was the only defendant who appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court. Jayke John Dempsey-Mitchell has been charged with participating in a riot at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre. Magistrate Michael Quinn said the teenager was charged with taking part in a riot at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre on September 15 and damage was done to windows and other correctional facility fixtures.