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‘I didn’t do it’ accused killer tells police after girlfriend’s disappearance

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By Cloe Read 
| Sydney Morning Herald
June 10, 2026 — 7:56pm You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. A Zumba instructor accused of killing his girlfriend and possibly dumping her body in a suburban Brisbane tip told detectives “I didn’t do it” during his police interview, moments after being shown photos of authorities excavating his front yard. Priscilla Brooten, a US citizen, disappeared in 2018 from the Brisbane home she shared with her boyfriend, Mark Sheridan Waden.
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Identity of high-profile married man to remain suppressed for weeks Original

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By Cloe Read 
| Brisbane Times
BreakingNationalQueenslandCourts June 10, 2026 — 1:21pm You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The identity of a high-profile married Queensland man named as part of an extortion case will remain suppressed for almost two months, after a media challenge of a magistrate’s ruling was pushed back. The man, known only as “MM”, who is not facing any charges himself, has been named as part of an extortion case in Cairns Magistrates Court.
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Court to hear bid to unmask high-profile man embroiled in extortion case

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By Cloe Read 
| The Age
June 8, 2026 — 5:00am You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. A far north Queensland court will hear a challenge to an order that suppresses the identity of a high-profile man involved in an extortion case. The high-profile man is not facing any charges, but his name has been mentioned in the case of another man, accused of extorting his former partner in an act of domestic violence.
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