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Subscriber only Methamphetamine has played a role in the lives of at least half a dozen Coast residents who have had their day in Maroochydore District Court this year. From drug deals to stabbings and even a torture, the common denominator for some of the most shocking cases heard has been the highly addictive substance. The impact methamphetamine has on users is heard like a broken record in Sunshine Coast courts as lawyers and defendants repeatedly share how addictions have broken relationships, fuelled crime and caused financial hardship. Crown prosecutor Stipe Drinovac told a court last week that methamphetamine wreaked havoc on the community as a Woombye dad was placed on parole for dealing the drug.
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Subscriber only A jury has found a 50-year-old man guilty of torturing a teenager across three days at a Noosaville bush camp. Michael James Sculac, from Tewantin, sat in the dock on Wednesday afternoon as he heard a jury of six men and six women deliver a guilty verdict to one count of torture. There s zero forensic evidence and there s just so many things that don t add up, Sculac said after hearing the verdict.
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