Dad charged with grievous bodily harm after allegedly throwing five-week-old baby into her cot at a north Brisbane home

The Courier Mail Brooke Baskin May 23, 2013

A FIVE-week-old baby has been left fighting for her life in hospital with serious injuries after her father allegedly threw her into her cot “as hard as he could”.
The North Lakes man, 39, who cannot be identified to protect the identity of his gravely ill daughter, was arrested by detectives from the Pine Rivers Child Protection Investigation Unit on Wednesday night and charged with grievous bodily harm.
The man fronted the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday from behind the glass barrier of the prisoner’s dock looking dishevelled in shorts and a t-shirt and with his hands folded across his body.

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Ben Te’o assault allegation withdrawn

ABC News 23 May 2013

Queensland Police say an allegation against NRL player Ben Te’o has been formally withdrawn.
The South Sydney forward had been accused of assaulting a woman in Brisbane last month but denied any wrong-doing.

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Police review security video as investigation continues into Logan woman’s murder

ABC News 23 May 2013

Detectives are reviewing security video from businesses and homes near the scene of a brutal murder at Logan, south of Brisbane.
A woman, aged in her late 20s, was found partially clothed in the front yard of a home at 7:00am (AEST) yesterday, just a few hundred metres from the fast food restaurant where she worked.

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Bed-sharing increases SIDS risk

Sydney Morning Herald Julia Medew 21 May 2013

A controversial review of data from the UK, Europe and Australasia found bed sharing significantly increased the risk of SIDS even when parents are non-smokers and the mother has not been drinking alcohol and does not use illegal drugs.

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Convictions set aside in creek fall death

Townsville Bulletin Emma Channon 22 May 2013

TWO men who were serving seven-year sentences for killing a Townsville man have been acquitted, after the Court of Appeal said it was possible the man died by accident.  Arthur Ramiend Langlo, 37, and Glenn William Nuggins, 32, were found guilty of manslaughter in November last year and jailed, but became free men yesterday after the court’s decision was handed down.

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Woman bashed, burned in alleged attack

Courier Mail 22 May 2013

A 26-YEAR-OLD woman is in hospital after allegedly being stabbed, bashed and burned with a piece of meat in a north Queensland unit.

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Woman found dead in front yard of home

Courier Mail/Quest Newspapers Heidi Braithwaite kate Kyriacou 22 May 2013

A WOMAN has been found dead in the front yard of a Logan Central home this morning.

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Woman’s body found in Logan house

Brisbane Times Marissa Calligeros 22 May 2013

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body has been found at a house south of Brisbane.  The woman’s body was found at a Leichhardt Street house in Logan Central about 7am on Wednesday.  It is not clear how the woman died.

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Police search for man who bashed Burleigh lifeguard

ABC News Jesse Dorsett 21 Maay 2013

Police are investigating the bashing of a lifeguard on Queensland’s Gold Coast.

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