The foster brother of slain Queensland schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer has applied for bail.
Trent Jordan Thorburn, 19, is charged with incest, perjury and attempting to pervert the course of justice over Tiahleigh's suspected murder. Thorburn, who has been in custody since his arrest in September, lodged an application for bail in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Friday, which is set to be heard on December 14.
Corrections Minister Bill Byrne confirmed Thorburn had told guards he'd twice been bashed in jail by fellow prisoners only after the officers saw the second assault.
"The truth or otherwise of that is being established in an investigation," Byrne said.