Jeffrey Kennedy is also a prominent businessman and lawyer. He had character references from PNG’s Attorney-General and Mining Minister.
The common theme in their conflicting stories is that the woman they had both slept with was the mastermind of the killing.
The woman accused of masterminding the grisly murder plot lost more than $100,000 over two years,while her co-accused ex-partner floundered in debt.
The man rushed at police “in an aggressive manner” after he was seen trying to pull his pants down,and following an incident in which a man fell through the ceiling of a public toilet.
Angus Beaumont,15,who was stabbed in the heart during an altercation with two youths,has been described in court as a “beautiful,intelligent kid”.
A funeral was held for 38-year-old Timothy Van Vo in Oxley on Sunday,before he was cremated at Goodna on Monday.
There are no women on the Queensland Police Union’s executive committee,which represents most of the state’s police.
Ian Leavers says “small pockets” within the police service are behind the shocking examples of sexual harassment and attacks on female colleagues.
Former senior constable Robert Eickenloff wanted to bring his daughter home from NSW where she had become depressed during the pandemic.
Sharon Kelsey was sacked as chief executive at the Queensland council after seven councillors voted to terminate her.
In deciding the men should stand trial,a magistrate quipped they would not have been in that area of the port for fun “unless you have a fetish for shipping containers”.