The young daredevils filmed themselves dangling from dangerous heights on top of a crane off a Meriton high rise construction site in Surfers Paradise.
17:32 EDT, 5 May 2021
Kelly Wilkinson and Brian Johnston on their wedding day. He had been arrested earlier in April
An investigation into the death of a young mother s death has been launched, while the coroner will probe police s actions in the lead up to her alleged murder.
Kelly Wilkinson s badly burnt body was found on April 20 in the backyard of her home in Arundel on the Gold Coast, after neighbours reported hearing screams and the sound of an explosion.
Her estranged husband Brian Earl Johnston, 35, was found two blocks away on a front lawn in a semiconscious state and was later charged with her murder.
04:28 EDT, 22 April 2021
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Queensland Police admitted to failing Gold Coast mother-of-three Kelly Wilkinson, allegedly killed and set alight by her former partner on Tuesday morning, after she had visited a police station twice to complain he had breached the conditions of a protection order.
In a major mea culpa, Assistant Commissioner Brian Codd and Gold Coast Superintendent Rhys Wildman fronted the media to announce an internal review of the tragic case and admit that they had failed to protect Ms Wilkinson. Ultimately it s a failure, said Codd. A woman has died. She s been killed. Somewhere along the line she has engaged with the system, and we were unable to prevent this from occurring.
08:06 EDT, 22 April 2021
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A father accused of murdering his estranged wife allegedly controlled what she wore, how she styled her hair and banned her from getting a driver s licence or a job.
Mother-of-three Kelly Wilkinson had sought a police restraining order against her American husband Brian Earl Johnston, 34, before he allegedly set her on fire in the back yard of her Arundel, Gold Coast home on Tuesday morning.
Ms Wilkinson s heartbroken family have since revealed she kept the alleged domestic violence from her loved ones for an entire decade.
Queensland Police admitted to failing Ms Wilkinson after she had visited a police station twice to complain he had breached the conditions of a protection order.