6.35am

Killer dad sentence due over omelette row

A Melbourne father who killed his son after an argument about a burnt omelette will find out how long he will spend behind bars for the crime.

Peter John Smith pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court in August to fatally shooting his son Andrew Thomas Smith.

The pair fought after Smith’s son tossed a burnt omelette on the ground, upsetting the older man who thought the dog might get sick.

The pair wrestled on the ground before Smith, aged in his 70s, grabbed a shotgun and fired twice at his son’s chest while he was lying in bed.

He is due to be sentenced for the murder, which happened a week before Christmas in 2017, later today.

— AAP

6.00am

Ghost lover getting hitched to ‘Aussie’

THEY say love knows no boundaries and that certainly seems to be the case with Amethyst Realm — who finally met her dream “man” right here in Australia.

The Englishwoman from Bristol in the country’s southwest made global headlines when she revealed she had cheated on her fiance by having sex with a ghost — and went on to say she had 15 ghost lovers.

Now, she has now revealed she has found true love and is planning to marry a poltergeist.

And the 30-year-old bride-to-be reckons they have already consummated their relationship on the flight back from a working trip to Australia, where they supposedly met.

Amethyst Realm met her dream phantom hubby in Australia. Picture: The Sun

Amethyst Realm met her dream phantom hubby in Australia. Picture: The SunSource:Supplied

“I’d not had a phantom fling for a while and as I was away on business, starting a new relationship was the last thing on my mind,” she told The Sun.

“Then one day, while I was walking through the bush, enjoying nature, I suddenly felt this incredible energy. A new lover had arrived.”

When it was time to return home, she was heartbroken, as she thought she would have to leave her new love.

She says: “From experience, I knew spirits tend to stay in one place, but something amazing happened.”

On the plane, as she fastened her seatbelt, she felt the presence of her lover. She couldn’t believe it.

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“I was happy and excited — so excited that we had to do something about it. So we headed to the plane loo and, well, I am now a member of the Mile High Club.”

Nine months after that raunchy meeting, her ghostly lover popped the question last weekend

Ms Realm said she now wants a baby with her spook hubby-to-be.

She admits the idea “sounds crazy” but adds: “I looked into it and I don’t think it’s totally out of the question.”

— with The Sun , read more

5.35am

Police officer injured after wild car chase in Queensland

A quick-thinking cop has been injured while stopping a trio from stealing a car after a wild police chase in north Queensland.

The chase began when a stolen Mazda sped off after police tried to pull it over in Townsville at 2pm on Tuesday.

The car was driven over police road spikes, puncturing two tyres, before it was steered onto the wrong side of Bundock Rd.

The three occupants then allegedly pulled a woman out of her car and used her vehicle to ram a police car head on.

A police officer jumped into the driver’s seat of the stolen car and stopped the trio, injuring his lower leg. The three were assisting detectives with inquiries.

— AAP