Brisbane news live: E-biker charged with riding dangerously, assaulting cop
E-bike crackdown: Man charged with riding dangerously, assaulting cop
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A Brisbane man has been charged with seven offences during a police crackdown on illegal e-bikes.
Officers allege the 19-year-old was seen riding an illegal e-bike down Elizabeth Street in the CBD before police flagged him down.
He then attempted to flee on the bike before being arrested, police said.
Bodycam footage shared by Queensland Police shows the man trying to ride away. He was stopped and detained by an officer on foot shortly afterwards.
A search of his belongings then allegedly uncovered a used pipe.
The man was charged with seven offences including one count of dangerous operation of a vehicle, assault of a police officer, driving an uninsured vehicle and possessing dangerous drugs.
He will face Brisbane Magistrates Court on August 6.
6.51am
Sun all day but city to remain cool
After another chilly winter's dawn, Brisbane is set for its sunniest day of the week today.
But with no cloud cover, the top temperature should hover at a cool 22 degrees, with a 'feels like' temperature far lower.
Clouds could return tomorrow, which will hopefully ensure more warmth is trapped during the day.
Here's the seven-day outlook:
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While you were sleeping
Here's what's making news further afield this morning:
'Do I have to keep suffering through this?': An outburst the jury never heard would quietly define the first days of Erin Patterson's murder trial.
Patterson had an interest in mushrooms, and the lonely outskirts of Gippsland were the perfect place to find an unlikely murder weapon.
'I am a psychologist,' writes Mary Hahn-Thomsen. 'I know this kind of personality – and why Erin did it.'
In other news, both Coalition and Labor politicians always repeat the same line about national security – that it is the government's No.1 priority to keep Australians secure. But the female personnel of the armed forces are not guaranteed personal safety, even as they devote their professional lives to protecting ours.
The Reserve Bank is expected to follow up its May rate cut with another today – just in time for US President Donald Trump to release his newest tariff plan.
Former British prime minister Tony Blair's think tank worked on a post-war plan for Gaza that included a 'Trump Riviera' inspired by Dubai.
5.53am
The top stories this morning
Good morning, welcome to Brisbane Times' live news coverage for Tuesday, July 8. Today will be sunny with a top temperature of 22 degrees.
In this morning's local headlines:
Here's what we know so far about the horror attack at Darling Downs Zoo, where a woman lost her arm when she was mauled by a lion.
The academy of former NRL star and 'King of the North' Johnathan Thurston is embroiled in a damaging legal battle. Now, they've turned to Kyle Sandilands' former manager for help.
Star Entertainment says its negotiations with Hong Kong investors to sell its stake in the glitzy Brisbane precinct has hit a standstill, revealing an extension to the termination notice.
Queensland has only one postcode featured in the latest S&P Global Ratings list of the 10 worst-performing postcodes.
bestowing him with the fullback jumper, despite some calls for Reece Walsh to be parachuted back into the State of Origin fold.
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7NEWS
2 hours ago
- 7NEWS
Influencer Constance Hall questions evidence used to convict Erin Patterson after mid-trial warning
Weeks after receiving a warning about her coverage of Erin Patterson's murder trial, influencer Constance Hall has taken aim at some of the evidence used to convict the triple murderer. Patterson, 50, was convicted of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder on Monday, after she served beef wellington laced with death cap mushrooms during a lunch at her Leongatha home in July 2023. Patterson's former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, as well as Gail's younger sister, Heather Wilkinson, died the week following the lunch, while Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson, recovered following a month and a half in hospital. During the trial, Hall notified her followers that she'd removed a post about the case after she was warned her coverage and responses to it could breach contempt laws. 'Fyi you guys, I had to remove the post about the mushroom trial because I received an email from the Vic government telling me to immediately delete it and that numerous comments on the post breached 'the principles of sub justice (sic) contempt',' Hall posted in June. She added that she'd discuss the case with her followers after the trial, and she has made good on her word. Hall pointed to a number of private messages sent by Patterson on Facebook, which were used as evidence in the trial to show Patterson's strained relationship with her in-laws. Patterson admitted she regretted the statements in court. In context, Patterson was meeting with her father-in-law, Don Patterson, about problems she was having with her estranged husband, Simon Patterson. 'So Don said they can't adjudicate if they don't know both sides and Simon won't give his side,' Patterson wrote in the messages, referring to Don and Simon. 'So he said all he can ask is that Simon and I get together to pray for the children. This family I swear to f**king God. 'I said to him about fifty times yesterday that I didn't want them to adjudicate. Nobody bloody listens to me. At least I know they're a lost cause.' Hall has argued that the kind of language used by Patterson isn't unusual for former in-laws. She added she didn't believe the messages proved she had any kind of murderous intent towards her ex's family. 'I think my doubts stemmed from her messages ... like if that was the worst they could get on her messages ... well, I'd hate to see what they'd pin on me after reading mine,' Hall wrote on Facebook. 'I mean, those messages revealed that she wasn't a fan of the ex and his family, but that's so common that it just doesn't feel like a motive. Ugh, my heart goes out to those kids.' Hall, who rose to fame as a mummy blogger, added: 'I mean, she just doesn't look like the mushroom poisoning super villain that she ended up being ... You really never can tell, can you.' Hall's followers had a mixed reaction to the post. 'Did she do it? Unsure. I don't believe the evidence was enough to convict. It's all circumstantial and I believe the jury has been heavily influenced by the media in the two years it took to go to trial,' one follower said. 'Me too ... I'm not convinced,' another added. 'The evidence now able to be released is extensive and compelling. Lies, lies and more lies, that were all uncovered by investigating police. l believe the right decision has been made,' yet another wrote. Other followers were also convinced of her guilt. 'There was WAY more then text messages Con x. She killed that man's family,' one follower wrote. 'Seriously? I thought it was so obvious and everyone knew. Just goes to show,' another wrote. 'She did it,' another wrote. The jury's guilty verdicts came after seven days' deliberation at the end of an 11-week trial in the Victorian town of Morwell, in the state's LaTrobe Valley. Following the verdict, Patterson was transferred back to Melbourne's Dame Phyllis Frost Centre where it is believed she is being held in protective custody. On Sunrise on Tuesday, criminal defence lawyer Ruth Parker spoke about a possible appeal from the convicted murderer. Patterson's legal team now has 28 days from her judgement to launch an appeal. 'Technically, the rule is that you have 28 days to appeal your conviction. But, realistically, the court will grant leave to appeal out of time for such big cases, where there is so much evidence and transcript,' Parker told hosts Natalie Barr and Matt Shirvington. 'Ultimately, I think that if she has the option to appeal she will.'
Sydney Morning Herald
2 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
The butcher, the fashion choice and the old job: The real red flags in Erin Patterson's claims
The judge's summary ran to 330 pages. The Australian constitution is 102 pages. The court transcript ran to 3600 pages. The Bible is about 1200 pages. There were expert witnesses aplenty, but perhaps they missed a trick by not calling a fashion guru. Patterson repeatedly testified that she suffered 'explosive diarrhoea,' yet she was filmed wearing white pants at the time. White pants for a misbehaving bottom are a red flag. Patterson was asked a million questions, but there were a couple I would have liked to have heard her answer. The beef Wellington recipe called for one large eye fillet. Patterson explained that she shopped at the Leongatha Woolworths, which only had pre-cut steaks, so she bought five double packs, making six individual Wellingtons and freezing the remaining two. Right across the road from Woolworths in McNamara Place is Leongatha Fresh Meat and Fish Supplies, where one of the friendly staff could have cut an eye fillet to size. A butcher there said she was not a regular customer, although she did visit once after the fatal lunch. 'She bought some loin chops.' Before marrying and moving to Leongatha, she was an air traffic controller. Applicants are told they need the following attributes: 'Good spatial awareness and strong mathematical skills, excellent communication skills, the ability to work well under pressure and make quick, accurate decisions, the capability to plan ahead, as well as adapt to changing situations, enjoying taking charge and being accountable for your actions and decisions.' Patterson said her decisions to lie and destroy evidence were based on panic and the belief she would wrongly be blamed for the deaths. So she could help land a Jumbo with a dead engine in the fog, but couldn't tell the truth to the cops. The jury was infected with colds – some wore masks – and at times struggled with the daily grind. Little wonder. The generally accepted psychological rule is that the average adult can concentrate for 10 to 15 minutes at a time, not 10 to 15 weeks. Professional speakers, comics, university lecturers and Bourke Street buskers know to deliver their best bits early. In December 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's war declaration of 'a date which will live in infamy' took four minutes. Winston Churchill's first address to the House of Commons as prime minister, 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat', took five minutes. The Gettysburg Address lasted two minutes and was 10 sentences long. Julius Caesar was even more succinct when describing a Roman war victory. 'Veni, vidi, vici' – I came, I saw, I conquered. Clearly, he was not a lawyer, as many (who are paid by the hour) have a different view. Put a witness in the box and ask them the same question as many times as possible, until they falter. Fatigue them until they make a mistake. Prosecutors are pythons that slowly squeeze their prey into submission. Or the legal version of Muhammad Ali's rope-a-dope: letting your opponent punch themselves out before attacking. In every court case, there are mysteries; with this one, it begins with location. Why was the case shifted to Morwell, a town 150 kilometres from Melbourne, to a court that had only six media seats and required lawyers, police and witnesses to complete the 300-kilometre round trip multiple times, eating into the sitting times, with the trial regularly ending early on a Friday to allow staff to return to the city? Morwell is the sister city to Japan's Takasago, remains an important part of the power grid and has reared many favourite sons, including world champion boxer Rocky Mattioli and Hawthorn cult figure Changkuoth 'CJ' Jiath. (An interesting, if irrelevant fact: Former Hawthorn star Jarryd Roughhead was at the Leongatha tip the same day Patterson dumped her dehydrator there.) But the citizens of Morwell are not renowned for their knowledge of the production of beef Wellingtons nor the rules of jurisprudence. With such a small population, it would be easier to identify the jurors who have disappeared from their jobs for 10 weeks. Loading If we work on the fact that 12 legal staff, four police, 30 witnesses and 50 media attended the trial from Melbourne (one crew even built a stage), it works out that they have travelled 211,000 kilometres to and from the Gippsland town by road or rail, accruing about $6697.32 in toll fees. It is the equivalent of travelling from the North to South Pole more than 10 times. With about 70 interested parties staying in Morwell five nights a week, it would have been a mini winter boom for hospitality, flushing more than $10 million into the economy. If everyone chose the pub dinner option, it would add up to 3500 roasts of the day, fisherman's baskets, chicken schnitzels and mushroom risottos. If everyone had a local pale ale or two glasses of wine with their meal, that would total 1487 litres of beer and 2133 bottles of wine.
The Age
2 hours ago
- The Age
The butcher, the fashion choice and the old job: The real red flags in Erin Patterson's claims
The judge's summary ran to 330 pages. The Australian constitution is 102 pages. The court transcript ran to 3600 pages. The Bible is about 1200 pages. There were expert witnesses aplenty, but perhaps they missed a trick by not calling a fashion guru. Patterson repeatedly testified that she suffered 'explosive diarrhoea,' yet she was filmed wearing white pants at the time. White pants for a misbehaving bottom are a red flag. Patterson was asked a million questions, but there were a couple I would have liked to have heard her answer. The beef Wellington recipe called for one large eye fillet. Patterson explained that she shopped at the Leongatha Woolworths, which only had pre-cut steaks, so she bought five double packs, making six individual Wellingtons and freezing the remaining two. Right across the road from Woolworths in McNamara Place is Leongatha Fresh Meat and Fish Supplies, where one of the friendly staff could have cut an eye fillet to size. A butcher there said she was not a regular customer, although she did visit once after the fatal lunch. 'She bought some loin chops.' Before marrying and moving to Leongatha, she was an air traffic controller. Applicants are told they need the following attributes: 'Good spatial awareness and strong mathematical skills, excellent communication skills, the ability to work well under pressure and make quick, accurate decisions, the capability to plan ahead, as well as adapt to changing situations, enjoying taking charge and being accountable for your actions and decisions.' Patterson said her decisions to lie and destroy evidence were based on panic and the belief she would wrongly be blamed for the deaths. So she could help land a Jumbo with a dead engine in the fog, but couldn't tell the truth to the cops. The jury was infected with colds – some wore masks – and at times struggled with the daily grind. Little wonder. The generally accepted psychological rule is that the average adult can concentrate for 10 to 15 minutes at a time, not 10 to 15 weeks. Professional speakers, comics, university lecturers and Bourke Street buskers know to deliver their best bits early. In December 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's war declaration of 'a date which will live in infamy' took four minutes. Winston Churchill's first address to the House of Commons as prime minister, 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat', took five minutes. The Gettysburg Address lasted two minutes and was 10 sentences long. Julius Caesar was even more succinct when describing a Roman war victory. 'Veni, vidi, vici' – I came, I saw, I conquered. Clearly, he was not a lawyer, as many (who are paid by the hour) have a different view. Put a witness in the box and ask them the same question as many times as possible, until they falter. Fatigue them until they make a mistake. Prosecutors are pythons that slowly squeeze their prey into submission. Or the legal version of Muhammad Ali's rope-a-dope: letting your opponent punch themselves out before attacking. In every court case, there are mysteries; with this one, it begins with location. Why was the case shifted to Morwell, a town 150 kilometres from Melbourne, to a court that had only six media seats and required lawyers, police and witnesses to complete the 300-kilometre round trip multiple times, eating into the sitting times, with the trial regularly ending early on a Friday to allow staff to return to the city? Morwell is the sister city to Japan's Takasago, remains an important part of the power grid and has reared many favourite sons, including world champion boxer Rocky Mattioli and Hawthorn cult figure Changkuoth 'CJ' Jiath. (An interesting, if irrelevant fact: Former Hawthorn star Jarryd Roughhead was at the Leongatha tip the same day Patterson dumped her dehydrator there.) But the citizens of Morwell are not renowned for their knowledge of the production of beef Wellingtons nor the rules of jurisprudence. With such a small population, it would be easier to identify the jurors who have disappeared from their jobs for 10 weeks. Loading If we work on the fact that 12 legal staff, four police, 30 witnesses and 50 media attended the trial from Melbourne (one crew even built a stage), it works out that they have travelled 211,000 kilometres to and from the Gippsland town by road or rail, accruing about $6697.32 in toll fees. It is the equivalent of travelling from the North to South Pole more than 10 times. With about 70 interested parties staying in Morwell five nights a week, it would have been a mini winter boom for hospitality, flushing more than $10 million into the economy. If everyone chose the pub dinner option, it would add up to 3500 roasts of the day, fisherman's baskets, chicken schnitzels and mushroom risottos. If everyone had a local pale ale or two glasses of wine with their meal, that would total 1487 litres of beer and 2133 bottles of wine.
