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Mum of killed two-year-old Tanilla to walk out of jail

Donna Deaves was serving 12 years for her involvement in the death of her two-year-old daughter.

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30th Sept. 2020 7:09 PM

Mum Donna Deaves with two-year-old daughter Tanilla Warwick-Deaves.

Please don't let murderer out: Survivors' parole plea

Childers backpackers fire survivors and victims’s families send letters to the parole board, begging them to keep the...

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19th June 2020 1:06 PM

Childers backpackers fire survivors and victims’s families send letters to the parole board, begging them to keep the convicted killer locked up.

'Range Escapee' taken back into custody

A TOOWOOMBA man who became known as "The Range Escapee" has been taken back into custody and awaits a Parole Board decision...

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09th Dec. 2019 3:12 PM

Flashback to March 27 and dashcam footage of the man's daring escape from a police van.

Plea to keep Tanilla's mother behind bars

THE two-year-old was murdered by her mother's partner eight years ago. Now Tanilla's mother, jailed for manslaughter, is up...

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05th Sept. 2019 5:09 AM

Adrian Warrick and partner Brooke Bowen, pictured at The East Ballina Cemetary where the grave of his daughter Tanilla is located, Tanilla was murdered in 2011. Photo Patrick Gorbunovs / The Northern Star

Attempted murderer released into Bundy: Victim speaks out

THE man who launched a frenzied knife attack on his flatmates as they slept has been released to live in Bundaberg after...

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20th June 2019 9:06 AM

RELEASED: Eric Heuer, who stabbed his flatmates while they slept, was arrested in dramatic scenes at Urangan in 2008. On Tuesday he was released from jail to live in Bundaberg after serving 10 years.

More time in fight to keep child killer in jail

The Moranbah community was left shattered after 18-month-old Hemi Goodwin-Burke was brutally killed in March 2015.

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17th June 2019 1:06 PM

Hemi Goodwin-Burke was killed by Matthew Ireland, who was jailed for manslaughter and is now eligible for parole after serving four years.

Man who killed NQ toddler makes bid for freedom

Parents of slain toddler share despair as child killer applies for parole

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25th May 2019 12:05 PM

Hemi Les Burke was bashed to death by his babysitter Matthew James Ireland in 2015.

Killer denied parole with location of body still unknown

No body, no parole laws keep Tim Pullen's killer behind bars as Parole Board reject application

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20th Dec. 2018 7:12 AM

Mackay's Tim Pullen, who was killed in April, 2012.

'Law and order' pollies have stuffed up rehab, expert says

Prisoners on remand not getting the help they need, judges say

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08th Dec. 2018 6:12 AM

Bill Potts, Queensland Law Society deputy president, says a lack of drug treatment for remand prisoners is detrimental to rehab work and long-term community safety.

Parole board ordered to end secrecy around jail release

The head of the parole board has finally been read the Riot Act and told to end the secrecy surrounding the release of...

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28th Nov. 2018 5:11 AM

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