Police have this morning confirmed they will not be adding a third murder charge following the death of Kate Leadbetter and Matty Field’s unborn child Miles.
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Subscriber only GOLD Coast Mayor Tom Tate has demanded the State Government back hardline policies to crack down on the city s youth crime epidemic. A furious Cr Tate on Thursday said the community was sick and tired of young criminals acting with impunity and demanded action. He backed calls from the Queensland Police Union to trial ankle tracking and supported police getting extra powers to charge young crooks who showcase their crimes on social media. Absolutely, there is evidence there and if they want to show off their crime misadventures and big-note themselves, they should be prosecuted and police should go after them, he said.
Decision expected next week on third murder charge over Alexandra Hills tragedy
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Police hope to decide next week whether to lay a third murder charge against a teenager accused of killing Brisbane parents-to-be Kate Leadbetter and Matty Field, as well as their unborn child.
The autopsy on Ms Leadbetter, 31, to confirm the details of her pregnancy was completed last week after her and her partner Matty Field, 37, died in Alexandra Hills on Tuesday.
Three Christmas stockings were on display in the couple’s Alexandra Hills home, as Mr Field holds as ultrasound picture.
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The advice centres on when an unborn child is considered a life and whether prosecutors could argue their case in court if they laid a third murder charge against the accused 17-year-old male.
A mum who tragically lost her unborn child after a speeding drunk driver high on drugs crashed into her car has renewed her desperate calls for the law to be overhauled.
Sarah Milosevic was two days from giving birth when a drunk and drug-affected driver ploughed into the family car minutes from home after a trip to the shops south of Brisbane in August 2014.
Her unborn daughter Sophie didn t survive.
Ms Milosevic and her husband Peter launched the Sophie s Law campaign to recognise unborn babies killed in a criminal act after the driver responsible for the crash that killed their baby girl escaped a jail sentence.