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Subscriber only It was a devastating crash which claimed the lives of a grandmother and mother and left a four-year-old girl asking for her mummy in hospital. Now a man has been charged with allegedly causing the deadly Kinkuna crash that claimed the lives of Maryanne Bishop and Jessyica Bishop. Stewart Andrew Casey, 35, appeared in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Tuesday by videolink from the Bundaberg Watch House, charged with one count of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and grievous bodily harm whole adversely affected by an intoxicating substance. Casey was hospitalised after the crash and was released on Monday where he was then taken into custody before making an application for bail on Tuesday.
A court has heard how a man was stabbed in the stomach by a stranger as slept before chasing his assailant and being struck with an ironing board in a vigilante attack. Joshua Adam Vohland, 35, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg District Court on Monday to one count of a malicious act with intent and enter with intent while armed. In September last year Vohland was staying with a woman who lived across the road from the victim, who she d had a falling out with. On the afternoon of September 16, Vohland went across the road to the victim s home and was seen on CCTV pulling a hood over his head and putting on a glove.
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Subscriber only A court has heard how a young man threatened two taxi drivers with violence, holding a needle to one driver s neck and stabbing another. Joshua Dean Fuller, 21, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg District Court on Monday to a number of offences including unlawful wounding and armed robbery. The court heard Fuller called a taxi in to take him from a hotel in Bargara to a Bundaberg address in May last year. When the cab arrived at Fuller s destination there was a dispute regarding the fare, with the driver refusing to open to boot to the defendant s belongings until the fee was paid.
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Subscriber only A young man made enough profit from his drug business to cover his living expenses and fund a trip to Thailand, but things came undone when police searched his home. Arron David Flanders, 24, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Supreme Court on Thursday to one count of drug trafficking and six counts of supplying a dangerous drug. Police searched the shed Flanders was living in on his father s Apple Tree Creek property on December 6 in 2019. During the search police found a phone on the couch, with analysis later uncovering text messages revealing the device belonged to Flanders and that he was trafficking marijuana.