Cairns Criminal Lawyers

11/06/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-11/brisbane-slingshot-attacks-drive-by/106783882

Police have charged four men after a series of alleged drive-by attacks using handmade slingshots on members of the public across Brisbane's western suburbs.

09/06/2026

A man, who was on the run from authorities in Victoria, has been jailed for eight years after mowing down a police officer in South Australia.

09/06/2026

Criminal syndicates are targeting vulnerable children with no criminal history, low IQ and intellectual disabilities to carry out their dirty work through encrypted apps.

09/06/2026

The Supreme Court finds the state government had no basis on which to recommend Aidan McLindon suspension from his role as the mayor of Whittlesea.

05/06/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-05/canberra-man-charged-with-s*xual-assault-violence/106764582?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

Police said multiple women contacted them in late 2025 and early 2026 to accuse the man of s*xual assault while he was in relationships with them.

05/06/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-05/nt-police-manhunt-brandt-graham-escape-from-darwin-local-court/106764576?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

A manhunt is under way in Darwin as police search for Brandt Graham, a 44-year-old who scaled an enclosed courthouse dock and escaped from custody today.

05/06/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-05/alan-boulton-legal-academic-facing-new-child-s*x-assault-charges/106765328?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

75-year-old Alan Boulton is accused of travelling outside Australia and engaging in s*xual activity with a child under 16 a decade ago, according to charge sheets.

04/06/2026

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/notorious-one-punch-killer-hit-with-new-drug-charge-20260601-p602q8.html

Kieran Loveridge, who sparked Sydney’s lockout laws after killing Thomas Kelly in Kings Cross, has faced court again.

04/06/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-04/anzac-day-welcome-to-country-booing-neo-nazis-found-guilty/106757584?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

Three white supremacists who loudly booed during a Welcome to Country ceremony at an Anzac Day dawn service in Melbourne have been found guilty of offensive behaviour and ordered to pay fines.

04/06/2026

A 16-year-old boy and 14-year-old boy have been charged with affray after an incident involving a knife at a busy southern Queensland shopping centre.