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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.