000 call replayed to Gympie court in brutal assault trial The two victims of an alleged attack involving forceful choking gave video evidence in Gympie District Court on Tuesday.
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Subscriber only Gympie District Court has played the recording of a 000 call on Tuesday which was made the night a Cooloola Cove man is accused of attacking two women. The 47-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with committing two counts of common assault occasioning bodily harm, two counts of choking and one count of common assault in 2018. The jury heard several recordings of evidence from a woman and her teenage daughter, including a recording of the woman making a 000 call where she told the operator the man had assaulted her daughter, who had tried to intervene.
Undercover police sting nets Gympie drug dealers
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Subscriber only Two Gympie region men who were the target of an undercover police sting in 2020 fronted Gympie District Court on Tuesday to be sentenced for supplying dangerous drugs throughout Gympie and the Sunshine Coast. John Stefan Konkol, 50, and 38-year-old Jason Troy Straun Robertson both pleaded guilty to supplying methylamphetamine. Konkol pleaded guilty to supplying a dangerous drug, and possessing of a dangerous drug and utensil. Robertson pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying a dangerous drug, and one count of possessing anything used to carry out a crime.
Victim asked to give evidence in front of her alleged rapist The Gympie victim of an alleged rapist and torturer has been asked that she attend court in person to give evidence and be cross-examined at his trial.
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Subscriber only The victim of an alleged rapist and torturer has been requested to give evidence in-person, after her alleged attacker faced Gympie District Court on Monday. The 31-year-old Gympie region man appeared in custody via video link on charges including rape and torture. Crown Prosecutor Stephanie Gallagher said his victim was requested to give evidence in person, despite stating her inability to give evidence while in her alleged attacker s presence.
Granddad charged with molesting, raping little girls A Gympie region grandfather is on trial in the District Court this week on seven charges of sexual misconduct, including two of rape, involving two children under the age of 16 who were in his care at the time.
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Subscriber only A Gympie region grandfather is on trial in the District Court this week on seven charges of sexual misconduct, including two of rape, involving two children under the age of 16 who were in his care at the time. It is alleged he used a chasing game to lure the girls into a false sense of security, before molesting them.