Talissa Siganto

The second teenager accused of the murder of south-east Queensland woman Emma Lovell will face a judge-only trial later this month, due to the matter being held so close to the state election.

A teenager who fatally stabbed a stranger with a 40-centimetre knife in Brisbane's inner north has been cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter.

A second teenager charged over the home-invasion murder of south-east Queensland woman Emma Lovell has been acquitted by a judge.

Nathan and Dru Baggaley, who tried to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into Australia, have been sentenced a second time after negotiating "very significantly different" circumstances about their offending.

A man accused of throwing another man off a Brisbane balcony in a random attack allegedly sparked over cigarettes has been ordered to stand trial for murder.

Before a dozen men allegedly "acted in unison" and fatally stabbed a man and injured several others in an attack in a suburban Brisbane park, one yelled "this is for my brother", a jury has heard.

A man who drugged and raped a German backpacker he lured to a remote Queensland farm will be released from prison under a supervision order after winning an appeal.

Several people allegedly set upon with knives, bats and machetes — in a surprise "payback" attack in a Brisbane park — have given evidence against a dozen men accused of assaulting them and killing their friend.

A coroner has told an inquest into the death of a Gold Coast shooting victim his role was not to "effectively reinstate" a previous failed prosecution, and anyone with that "misguided assumption" would be disappointed.

A woman who was allegedly killed by her husband on a Logan farm had recorded a video before she died, warning that if she was to be murdered he was responsible, a court has heard.