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This is a list of today s District Court criminal sittings at Maroochydore : Today s court listings are published as part of News Corporation s commitment to public interest journalism and are compiled from information made publicly available by the courts in each State and territory. The list is a public record of people appearing before the relevant court and there is no suggestion whatsoever of any wrongdoing by anyone named in these lists. MURPHY, Ross William | Judge Cash QC | Court 2 Floor 3 | 9:30 AM | (Sentence) PEDERSEN, Anthony John | Judge Cash QC | Court 2 Floor 3 | 10:00 AM | (Trial)
A Queensland man accused of raping and treating a 14-year-old girl “as an object” and referring to her as “belonging” to him, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment.
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Subscriber only A young man will spend at least six months in jail after killing his friend when their car rolled at Teewah Beach in 2020. Mackenzie Liam Simpson was supported by his family in Maroochydore District Court on Friday, June 4, when he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death. The court heard Simpson, 20, was dangerously driving a Toyota LandCruiser on Teewah Beach on August 23 when it rolled, killing Bray Park teen Tyreece Pilot. Simpson, from Cashmere, had been drinking the night of the incident before he decided to drive the car along the beach at 1am. Mr Pilot was in the passenger seat as the pair drove along the sand between 60 to 70 km/hr, in a 50km/hr zone.