As it happened: Brisbane on Monday, October 20

The man charged with murdering his former wife Crystal Beale and dumping her body in the Brisbane River, hours after a family dinner, is due to apply for bail in the Supreme Court next week.

Jesse Wahlen Beale, 49, was charged with domestic-violence-related murder by police seven months after allegedly killing his former wife, whose body was found in the Brisbane River by a rower in the early hours of February 22 this year.

He was not required to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday morning when his case was mentioned before Magistrate Peter Saggers.

The court heard Mr Beale intended to apply for bail in the Supreme Court on October 29, with another mention set for November 24.

All bail applications for defendants charged with murder must be heard by the Supreme Court.

As health authorities warn Brisbane residents after five people suffered poisoning from rat bait at the weekend, an expert in infectious diseases says the symptoms can take days to be noticed.

Queensland Health issued an alert to staff on Saturday warning them to be on the lookout for symptoms related to the consumption of brodifacoum – a widely used rat poison.

It came after patients presented to the Queensland Children’s Hospital, Logan Hospital and Princess Alexandra.

Director of Infectious Diseases at Mater Health Professor Paul Griffin says symptoms of rat poisoning can take “many days” to be noticed, and he warns people not to be complacent.

“There’s a strong suggestion, from where these people are presenting, that the clustering is on the south side [of Brisbane],” he says.

“But because it can take a long time for the effects to be noticed, we certainly don’t want people in other areas to be complacent or assume that we won’t see a case somewhere potentially unexpected.”

A jewellery store has been raided by police over allegations fake Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels items that would have been worth more than $100,000 were on sale.

A safe filled with jewellery, gold bullion and cash was first searched at the business in Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast in December 2023.

The pieces were seized and an investigation determined they were frauds, and worth no more than $28,000.

A 40-year-old man was charged with 22 counts of possessing or selling goods with a false trademark, which carries a maximum penalty of five years behind bars or a $181,500 fine.

“Selling counterfeit items and products is a deception and fraud that preys upon the goodwill and the back pocket of the customers involved,” federal Detective Superintendent Adrian Telfer said.

Police are still trying to identify a man who was found with life-threatening injuries at a boat ramp south of Brisbane last night.

Police and paramedics were called to the boat ramp on the Logan River at Eagleby about 8.20pm on Sunday, where they found a man in his 40s with significant head and chest injuries.

Paramedics said the man was hit by a car and was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition.

Police said they are still working to identify the man and have asked anyone with information to come forward.

If you are still a little bleary-eyed on this Monday morning, this brainteaser – written by our resident data journalist Craig Butt – might help get the cogs moving.

We’ll reveal the answer at 9am.