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  1. Man jailed for fatally amputating man's foot using circular saw
    By Christopher Testa

    Kalman Tal's loved ones have told of their distress at how the 66-year-old's leg was amputated in a public park. Farm worker John Yalu has today been sentenced for manslaughter.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/joh

    #Courts #Crime #MentalHealth #ChristopherTesta

  2. Man jailed for fatally amputating man's foot using circular saw
    By Christopher Testa

    Kalman Tal's loved ones have told of their distress at how the 66-year-old's leg was amputated in a public park. Farm worker John Yalu has today been sentenced for manslaughter.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/joh

    #Courts #Crime #MentalHealth #ChristopherTesta

  3. Man jailed for fatally amputating man's foot using circular saw
    By Christopher Testa

    Kalman Tal's loved ones have told of their distress at how the 66-year-old's leg was amputated in a public park. Farm worker John Yalu has today been sentenced for manslaughter.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/joh

    #Courts #Crime #MentalHealth #ChristopherTesta

  4. Farm worker 'felt sorry' for pensioner who wanted his leg amputated, court hears
    By Christopher Testa

    A jury hears a recording of John Yalu explaining to police that he panicked after he amputated the leg of a 66-year-old man he then realised was dying. The 41-year-old is standing trial for murder.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-21/jur

    #Courts #ChristopherTesta

  5. Pensioner offered cash for amputation weeks before death, court told
    By Christopher Testa

    Witnesses have given evidence about a 66-year-old Queensland man shopping around for someone in his town to amputate his leg in the weeks before he died at a public park.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-20/kal

    #Courts #ChristopherTesta

  6. Farm worker given $5,000 cash to perform fatal amputation, court hears
    By Christopher Testa

    Kalman Tal, 66, died soon after he asked for his left foot to be cut off in a public park with a battery-powered saw, a court has heard, but the man who performed the amputation has pleaded not guilty to murder.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-19/kal

    #Courts #ChristopherTesta

  7. Farm worker given $5,000 cash to perform fatal amputation, court hears
    By Christopher Testa

    Kalman Tal, 66, died soon after he asked for his left foot to be cut off in a public park with a battery-powered saw, a court has heard, but the man who performed the amputation has pleaded not guilty to murder.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-19/kal

    #Courts #ChristopherTesta

  8. Man's leg amputated in public park, court told
    By Christopher Testa

    The trial of a man who allegedly performed an amputation on a 66-year-old, causing his death, is likely to focus on the accused's "state of mind" and intention, a court hears.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-18/joh

    #Courts #ChristopherTesta

  9. Anxious prisoner sentenced for using tractor to escape from custody
    By Christopher Testa

    The Queensland man's escape triggered a month-long manhunt that ended when he was found at a remote campsite near a rainforest.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/mic

    #Prisons #Courts #ChristopherTesta

  10. Domestic violence charges against long-serving Qld mayor dropped
    By Christopher Testa

    The long-serving mayor of Lockhart River on eastern Cape York was facing seven domestic violence charges but the case against him won't proceed.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/dom

    #Courts #DomesticViolence #LocalGovernment #ChristopherTesta

  11. Crocodile killed following disappearance of NSW fisherman near Queensland's Cooktown
    By Christopher Testa, Conor Byrne, and Adam Stephen

    A crocodile has been euthanased following the disappearance of a fisherman in Far North Queensland on Saturday. It follows videos emerging on social media of people feeding crocodiles in the area.

    abc.net.au/news/2024-08-05/peo

    #CrocodileAttacks #AnimalAttacks #ChristopherTesta #ConorByrne # #AdamStephen

  12. Government offers flood-affected small sugar town $12m lifeline as mill faces liquidation
    By Christopher Testa, Bridget Herrmann, Charlie McKillop, and Kristy Sexton-McGrath

    With creditors voting on liquidation at a meeting today, Queensland's premier and cabinet offers canegrowers and concerned Mossman community members an unexpected funding package as they protest on the doorstep of a town hall meeting.

    abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-02-

    #Sugar #Work #ChristopherTesta #BridgetHerrmann #CharlieMcKillop # #KristySextonMcGrath

  13. Surprise 458mm downpour washes out Australia's wettest town
    By Christopher Testa and Charlie McKillop

    The people of Tully are accustomed to wet weather, but the flooding rains on the weekend still came as a shock.

    abc.net.au/news/2024-02-26/aus

    #Floods #DisasterandEmergencyResponse #Rain #ChristopherTesta #CharlieMcKillop