He was a boy of six, late to class in the schoolyard. A strange man approached with a can of fuel. Now Jandamarra O’Shane, his body scarred, his mood reflective, recalls the day the unthinkable happened.
Australia s idyllic Sunshine State is haunted by a series of shocking domestic violence cases of women who have been brutally butchered by their lovers.
When Rowan Baxter, a deranged and controlling man who stalked and abused his ex wife, ambushed Hannah and three children in Brisbane during the school run on February 19, 2020, the nation watched the aftermath.
Cowardly Baxter doused the vehicle in petrol and watched his family scream in agony as they burned to death, then killed himself while trying to stop onlookers from saving Hannah, 31, Aaliyah, 6, Laianah, 4, and Trey, 3.
Their deaths were labelled a harrowing case of domestic violence, but Queensland - known for its breathtaking islands and white sand beaches - has suffered a sinister spate of family murders.
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Zlatko Sikorsky, 37, (pictured) was allegedly bashed to death by a fellow inmate at Wolston Correctional Centre in November
The maximum security prisoner who allegedly bashed a teenage girl s suspected killer to death in jail has been revealed for the first time.
Isaac James Martin, 26, was charged with one count of unlawful striking over the death of fellow inmate Zlatko Sikorsky during an alleged altercation at Queensland s Wolston Correctional Centre in November.
At the time of his death, Sikorsky, 37, was awaiting trial for the alleged torture and murder of his 16-year-old girlfriend Larissa Beilby south of Brisbane in June 2018.