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Savannah Meacham

State will fight for harsher sentences in two cases

Three people were killed in a crash caused by a 13-year-old driver in a stolen Mercedes. (Rob Maccoll/AAP PHOTOS)

Two sentences would have been harsher under a government's centrepiece youth crime laws as the state seeks to appeal the court decisions, the premier says.

Queensland's Attorney-General Deb Frecklington has lodged notices of appeal on two cases including the sentence of a juvenile who crashed a stolen car, killing three people and seriously injuring another in Maryborough in 2023.

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