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Subscriber only A TEENAGE boy who killed two young sweethearts in a horrific crash north of Townsville is believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel before his vehicle slammed head on into the couple. The Gulliver boy, who cannot be identified legally, was driving from Cairns to Townsville after attending a music festival the day before. Sleep-deprived after a night of revelry and drug taking the then-17-year-old made the fatal decision to embark on the four-hour journey home. He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing two deaths but the teenager who will turn 19 in just a number of months won t spend any time behind bars.
Jury finds North Queensland man Kyle Robert Thompson guilty of housemate s murder for second time
David Knyvett was killed in his Belgian Gardens home in November 2015.
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A Townsville man has been sentenced to life in prison for a second time over the brutal murder of his former housemate at a North Queensland home six years ago.
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A Townsville man has been found guilty of the murder of his former housemate in 2015
This is the second time Kyle Robert Thompson has been convicted, after his initial conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal
Supreme Court Justice Susan Brown sentenced the 32-year-old to life in prison
Father accused of killing newborn son acquitted of manslaughter in second trial
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Former Australian soldier, Nicholas Baxter, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the two-week judge-only trial.
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A former Australian soldier accused of killing his newborn son in north Queensland almost a decade ago has been acquitted for a second time, in the Supreme Court in Townsville.
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He was convicted of manslaughter, but acquitted, and a retrial was ordered
A second, judge-only trial this month also acquitted him of the charge
Six-week-old baby Matthew Riley Baxter died of severe brain injuries in hospital in 2011.
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