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CrimeViolent crime 12Sexual offences 3Drugs 1Fraud & financial crime 1Cybercrime 1
CourtsInquests & inquiries 4Trials & verdicts 3Sentencing 3Appeals & rulings 1
Policing and justicePolicing 4Prisons 2Missing persons 2
Violent crime 5 More in Violent crime
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Man charged with attempted murder after Sydney CBD hostel stabbingA 39-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a man multiple times at a…
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Dargaville supermarket break-in: Burglars evade police and community patrol, force Woolies closureTwo men allegedly struck just after the community patrol finished their overnight shift.
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Police seeking witnesses after violent home invasion in CanberraThree men armed with a firearm, knife, sword and baseball bat, broke into the home, allegedly assaulting a…
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Melbourne's 'liveable city' reputation questioned after fatal stabbingThe death of a Chinese delivery rider has fuelled debate on Chinese social media about whether Melbourne deserves…
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Kate Atkinson’s new novel shouldn’t work. Somehow it doesPart murder mystery, part postwar history, the British writer’s latest is a dizzying literary juggling act that somehow… 2 sources · The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald
Policing 4 More in Policing
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Motorcyclist dies in collision with car while fleeing policeThe collision occurred on the corner of Bank and Grey streets in Whangārei this afternoon.
3 sources · 1News, RNZ, Stuff
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Man spends nearly 12 hours up tree during stand off with Whangārei policeA 40-year-old man was arrested after a lengthy police stand-off which involved the Eagle helicopter and specialist negotiators.
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Paul got a $70 parking ticket. He’s refusing to pay because he says council got it wrongPaul Freeman got a $70 ticket but says it is not valid because it does not include a…
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UK Police probe David Walliams over alleged ‘serious sexual offences'Metropolitan Police said the force received "a number of allegations of non-recent serious sexual offences involving a man…
5 sources · 1News, BBC News, Evening Standard, LBC +1
Inquests & inquiries 4 More in Inquests & inquiries
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Litany of missed opportunities in Floreat murder tragedyA coronial inquest into the deaths of Jennifer Petelczyc and daughter Gretl puts police errors under the microscope…
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Wife of Perth double murderer breaks her silenceMark Bombara’s wife detailed her heartbreak at the murder of her best friend and her friend’s daughter on…
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Wife of Perth double murderer breaks her silenceMark Bombara’s wife detailed her heartbreak at the murder of her best friend and her friend’s daughter on…
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Floreat gunman's daughter condemns 'entitled' father intent on controlAriel Bombara delivers a devastatingly powerful apology for her father's actions at an inquest into the 2024 shooting…
Sentencing 3 More in Sentencing
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Ethan Jessop, Daziea Huia sentencing: Crips jailed over South Auckland Peter Rasmussen killingA revenge plot was hatched from prison. It ended with an innocent grandfather's death.
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Auckland gang member Tama Erueti jailed for theft of Range Rover outside Ponsonby Woolworths, child inside vehiclePolice described the boy's ordeal as 'incredibly startling'.
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Cop’s Killer Beez boyfriend Jordan William Bridger jailed for laundering $1 million in drug moneyConstable leaked sensitive police information to Killer Beez member she met on Tinder.
Sexual offences 3 More in Sexual offences
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Former NT administrator opens up about being groomed as a childFormer Northern Territory administrator Hugh Heggie was just 14 years old when an older church youth group leader…
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Sydney Swans players will not face charges over hotel sexual assault investigation
3 sources · Irish Independent, ABC News Australia, The Independent
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Registered psychologist accused of recruiting for Universal Medicine cultA Victorian survivor of childhood sexual abuse went to a psychologist seeking help. Instead, she alleges she was…
Trials & verdicts 3 More in Trials & verdicts
- The Mirror Former NSW MP Rory Amon found guilty of sexually assaulting 13-year-old boy
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Former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon found guilty of raping 13-year-old boyThe 37-year-old was convicted in the state’s supreme court months after a different jury failed to reach a…
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Six more women accuse Russell Brand of sexual offencesConvicted rapist Russell Brand is facing fresh allegations of predatory behaviour and committing sexual offences, after six new…
Missing persons 2 More in Missing persons
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Al Jazeera
Missing Australian teenager reunites with his motherA 17-year-old Australian teenager who went missing for six days has been reunited with his mother.
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Missing teen 'kept his wits' in the bush and saved his own lifeStaying hydrated and warm, and in easy sight of rescuers, were all factors that helped rescuers find 17-year-old…
Fraud & financial crime 1 More in Fraud & financial crime
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RNZ
Wellington police raid nets coins, cars, copper, cannabis and moreThe seizure was "a long time coming", police said.
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Real estate boss’ company owes couple $9129 after Disputes Tribunal ruling nearly 18 months agoThe pair won a Disputes Tribunal from a company directed by real estate boss Luke Nutting.
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Prisoner who bolted from brother's funeral caught after months on the runOrijol Rukaj was in handcuffs when he fled the funeral in Melbourne after helping to carry the casket…
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Man charged after 10-hour rooftop standoff in SydneyA man has been charged after an almost 10-hour rooftop standoff in Waterloo forced Sydney residents from their…
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Man charged after 10-hour rooftop standoff in SydneyA man has been charged after an almost 10-hour rooftop standoff in Waterloo forced Sydney residents from their…
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