Saturday, July 16, 2016

Police hunt motorist after Cairns CBD hit and run and other top stories.

  • Police hunt motorist after Cairns CBD hit and run

    Police hunt motorist after Cairns CBD hit and run
    POLICE are searching for the driver of a Holden Commodore after a hit and run incident in the Cairns CBD on Saturday morning. A 22-year-old woman sustained minor injuries after her moped was involved in a collision with a car on the corner of Spence and Grafton streets just after 7am.Shocked onlookers rushed to help the woman, who was taken to Cairns Hospital.Police told the Cairns Post the male driver fled the scene and the car, which is registered interstate, was found nearby a short time late..
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  • Tourists allegedly attacked by man outside Cairns shopping centre

    Tourists allegedly attacked by man outside Cairns shopping centre
    CHARGES are expected to be laid today against a man over the terrifying and violent late night attack and sexual assault of two Asian tourists in the Cairns CBD.One woman was allegedly grabbed outside Cairns Central shopping centre just after 12am yesterday and dragged into a park beside the nearby train track where she was held and assaulted for two hours. Police allege she was also strangled to the point of unconsciousness during the ordeal.The 20-year-old from Korea eventually managed to flee..
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  • Driver to front court after incident in Cairns causes severe head ...

    Driver to front court after incident in Cairns causes severe head ...
    CHARGES have been laid after a Cairns man was struck by a car on Friday night.A 23-year-old man was taken to hospital with severe head injuries after he was allegedly hit by a car on Draper Street about 7.50pm.Emergency services raced to the scene and shut down parts of Draper Street.A 57-year-old was arrested a short while later and has since been charged with one count of dangerous driving grievous bodily harm while under the influence of alcohol.The driver allegedly recorded a blood alcohol r..
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  • Cairns man charged after police find mower stash

    Cairns man charged after police find mower stash
    THE grass wasn’t exactly greener for a Machans Beach man whose alleged drug activities were mown down by eagle-eyed police.Detectives and uniformed officers raided the Prior St residence on Thursday morning as part of a search warrant following a public tip off.They searched the residence and stumbled upon around 1kg of dried cannabis hidden in the catcher of a lawnmower.The drugs are believed to have a street value of $6000.Det Acting Sgt Matt Hogan said it was among the more strange places he ..
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    AN abandoned car that had trashed the side of the Bruce Hwy for more than six weeks has finally been removed.The crumpled Holden Viva was left dumped by the side of the road following a single vehicle crash on May 29.A police spokesman said the driver, a 27-year-old Yarrabah man, was believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel, swerved and then rolled the car a number of times.He broke a window to get out then left the scene on foot.But while the driver was able to leave the scene, the vehicle w..
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  • Bentley Park man given immediate parole for attacking neighbour

    Bentley Park man given immediate parole for attacking neighbour
    A FAR North man who “viciously attacked” his elderly neighbour has escaped jail.David Thomas Noah will not have to spend any time in jail after the 48-year-old was given immediate parole on an 18-month sentence of imprisonment.The Cairns District Court was told that Noah had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, depression and also had two slow-growing brain tumours.On November 22, 2014, Noah’s 71-year-old neighbour went outside to investigate loud banging on the front door of his Bentley Park home..
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  • Man dead in Victorian crash

    A taxi driver has died after his car was allegedly pushed off the road and into a traffic light in Melbourne.The incident happened when a red Hyundai heading south along Sydney Road hit the northbound taxi as it tried to turn right into Lorne Street shortly before 5am, police said.The taxi was pushed off the road, into a traffic light and came to a stop in a construction site.The 32-year-old taxi driver, from Fawkner, died at the scene.The driver of the Hyundai, a 33-year-old Oakleigh woman, was..
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  • Far North Queensland anger at plans to play Origin game in Perth

    Far North Queensland anger at plans to play Origin game in Perth
    THE Far North has spoken and the response to a plan to take a State of Origin game to Perth is a giant thumbs down.“Idiotic”, “brainless” and “weird” were among a variety of colourful adjectives used to describe the National Rugby League’s announcement that Game 2 of the 2019 series would be headed to the west coast.Others reflected back to the failed attempt by the code to launch a team in the national competition during the Super League era.“It’s called “STATE OF ORIGIN” for a reason, WA is no..
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  • Fatal crash causes chaos on Bruce Highway

    Fatal crash causes chaos on Bruce Highway
    Two people are dead after separate crashed across Queensland Friday.A woman died after being hit by an out-of-control car on the Bruce Highway near Mackay on Friday. Two people are dead and another sustained serious injuries after two separate crashes in north Queensland on Friday. Photo: Supplied About 12.10pm a utility was travelling north on the Bruce Highway at Kuttabul, about 40 kilometres north-west of Mackay, when it struck a caravan travelling in the same direction. The utility t..
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  • Brisbane to host World Cup final

    Brisbane to host World Cup final
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