Toowoomba sex offender sees his appeal dismissed and other top stories.

• Toowoomba sex offender sees his appeal dismissed

  A TOOWOOMBA sex offender remains a sex offender after a late bus, a computer virus and decision to not show up to court resulted in his appeal being dismissed.   The Brisbane Court of Appeal on Thursday rejected Clinton Roy Grantham's plea to have his September 2015 conviction for indecent treatment of a child under 16 overturned. In their judgment, justices Margaret McMurdo, Peter Lyons and Anthe Philippides dismissed Grantham's claim that the conviction wa..

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• Man sues Toowoomba brothel Deviations after he was hit by a ...

  

  Furious hooker hit manager of a 'kinky' brothel over the head with a lolly jar because he 'refused to give her more shifts on the roster' Warwick Bumstead was hit across the head with a lolly jar at work He was the general manager of Deviations in Toowoomba when attackedThe woman wanted more shifts and was angry when she didn't get themBy Belinda Cleary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:54 EST, 22 June 2016 | Updated: 00:56 EST, 23 June 2016 A brothel manager was hit across the ..

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• The art of the matter

  

  ARTHUR Hoey Davis was a public servant in Brisbane in 1894 when he began to dabble in short story writing. Choosing the nom de plume of Steele Rudd for his reminiscences of pioneering life, five years later his most acclaimed work, On Our Selection, was published.Born in Drayton near Toowoomba, the son of a blacksmith, Rudd went on to write about a dozen novels and as many collections of short stories, but it was On Our Selection​ that touched a chord with readers all over the country.Based on h..

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• 'I'm grateful but not THAT grateful'

  

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• Baby bikies” recruited by criminal gangs

  

  IS youth the new look for the Gold Coast’s outlaw criminal motorcycle gangs?Police allege baby-faced Jordan Anthony Rance is the president of the Gold Coast chapter of the Nomads.Last week the 22-year-old was extradited from NSW and charged with a spate of offences – including robbery with violence and extortion – in relation to an alleged drug debt.Police yesterday told the Southport Magistrates Court a tattoo of a one per cent symbol on Rance’s hand was evidence he was a bikie.media_camera“He’..

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• Girls to take Hervey Bay Hockey by storm

  FRASER Coast’s under-13 Girls teams want nothing more than to complete a rare double: win both Division 1 and 2 titles on their home ground.Hervey Bay Hockey Association’s McFie Park will host the state’s best U13 female hockey players as they compete for the state championship from Sunday.The event, hosted by Hockey Queensland’s Association of the Year, will start at 8am on Sunday, and runs until Wednesday.This will be the first time the region’s U13 Girls join forces to form one team at the s..

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• Mackay's gun shooter has an eagle eye

  

  SHOOTING: Star Mackay marksman Matt Pozzebon has returned to his home state in fine form. Pozzebon snared the Natives Prize Meeting Les Perrin Grand Aggregate at Belmont Range in Brisbane at the weekend. In an incredible display of shooting, Pozzebon, missed just a single bullseye in the 60 shot match. His winning score of 299 from a possible 300 was posted across six ranges from 300 to 1000 yards. Pozzebon is one of Australia's brightest young shooting talents and is the the curre..

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• Mum to have stomach removed in major cancer surgery

  TO save her life, Kirsty Harris must have her entire stomach removed. It sounds drastic but it is her only chance of survival. Earlier this year she tested positive to a deadly form of stomach cancer after being diagnosed with a rare hereditary CDH1 gene mutation. This mutation causes hereditary diffuse gastric cancer and also lobular breast cancer. Only 400 families worldwide have tested positive for this gene mutation. Mrs Harris was living a normal healthy life and moved to ..

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• Failed thief told 'run with dogs, get fleas'

  

  A 20-YEAR-OLD man was told in court today to ditch his crowd of friends if he wanted to keep out of jail. Adam Lachlan King of Nerang pleaded guilty to four counts relating to the break and enter of a Glenarbon shooting range, near Inglewood. King was one of four men who entered the range on an date between April 12 and 16 this year. The group removed a padlock on a shipping container, before breaking in to the club house. Using a blow torch, they attempted to access the on-premis..

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• Drug user comes clean to police, lands himself in court

  A MAN who was found with a stash of drugs in his car following a random police stop has narrowly avoided serving actual time behind bars. John Robert Allan Hickson, 27, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Ipswich District Court to two count of possessing a dangerous drug. He also pleaded guilty to having a mobile phone which had been used in the commission of a crime. Crown prosecutor Noel Needham told the court police officers conducting patrols pulled over Hickson's car on October 1, 2015..

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