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Nick Ralston

Nick Ralston is the Crime Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Rifle found in bushes linked to Brothers 4 Life

Brothers 4 Life

Nick Ralston An assault rifle has allegedly been found hidden in the backyard of a south-western Sydney home linked to street gang Brothers 4 Life.

Ray Hadley in hot water over missing emails in 2GB bullying case

Hadley

Nick Ralston Talkback host Ray Hadley has been accused of failing to comply with a court order by not handing over "damaging emails" relating to his alleged bullying of a staff member at Sydney radio station 2GB.

150 kilograms of cheese found in car, police say

Woman's body discovered after police siege (Thumbnail)

Nick Ralston A man has been charged after police allegedly found 150 kilograms of cheese in his car in Sydney's north-west.

Love triangle link to Darling Point stabbing

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Nick Ralston A man has been stabbed to death and a woman injured in an apartment in Darling Point in an attack that police believe may have been sparked by a love triangle.

Brothers 4 Life victim charged with shooting fellow gang member

Bars

Nick Ralston A week ago he was lucky to be alive when he was shot as bullets were sprayed in the garage of a south-western Sydney home in an attack that killed his mate.

Brothers 4 Life on the brink of collapse, says Kaldas after 10 arrested

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Nick Ralston, James Robertson They go by the moniker ''Brothers 4 Life'' but for more than a year members of the notorious crime gang have allegedly shot and killed each other, injured innocent family members and terrorised...

Ten Brothers 4 Life members arrested over Sydney shootings

Nick Ralston Ten members of the gang Brothers 4 Life have been arrested over the shooting deaths and woundings of their own members in a spate of incidents spanning more than a year in Sydney.

Two seconds that destroyed two families: woman who ran over Kevin Quintal found not guilty

Kevin Quintal

Nick Ralston It took less than two seconds for a series of unfortunate events to unfold that caused the death of a five-year-old boy and destroyed the lives of two families.

'She'll never be the same person': Lidija Sutevska cleared after fatally running over Kevin Quintal

Sutevska

Nick Ralston A Sydney mother who fatally struck a five-year-old boy as he walked to school has been found not guilty of negligent driving.

Suspect jumps in bath in bid for clean getaway

Nick Ralston It was meant to be a clean getaway.

Suspected gang shooting puts 13-year-old in hospital

Blacktown shooting

Nick Ralston, Lisa Davies A 13-year-old girl has been caught up as collateral damage in what is believed to be an escalating feud within criminal gang Brothers 4 Life and a bid by its founder and one of the state's most...

Girl, 13, shot in the back in targeted attack

187 Sunnyholt rd , Blacktown. A 13 yr old girl was shot in the back last night.

Megan Levy and Nick Ralston A 13-year-old girl has been shot in the back in what police say is a targeted attack at a home in Sydney's west.

Police brace for tit-for-tat shootings after Brothers For Life member shot dead in Revesby

Two men shot in suspected drive-by (Thumbnail)

Emma Partridge, Nick Ralston Police are bracing for the possibility of tit-for-tat shootings after the cousin of Brothers For Life founder Bassam Hamzy,was shot dead in Sydney’s south-west.

Man charged over robbing banks with sledgehammer

Court

Nick Ralston A man has been charged over the daring daylight robbery of two Sydney banks with a sledgehammer.

Sex abuse accused sues landlord from jail

Grant Davies

Nick Ralston A Sydney dance teacher charged with sexually abusing his students has launched legal action from jail in a bid to recoup thousands of dollars from the landlord of his former dance studio.

Air freshener used to conceal mother's death, court told

Melissa Peacock, whose mother's body was left in a bedroom for six months.

Nick Ralston A woman allegedly left her mother dead in bed in their Sydney home for up to six months, changing sheets and using air freshener to mask the smell while using her money to stay at luxury hotels, a...

Threat flares again as bushfires remain uncontained

NEWS-NCH  Firefighters backburning near houses on Redhead Road at Redhead.
Photo by PHIL HEARNE  Thursday 24th October 2013.

Nick Ralston, Sarah Whyte and Peter Hannam The volatile nature of the bushfires still burning across NSW was again underlined on Thursday night, with two massive fires raging uncontained on the western side of the Blue Mountains flaring again...

UTS chemical scare sees 5000 evacuated

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Nick Ralston and Sophia Phan A chemical scare at the University of Technology Sydney has forced the evacuation of 5000 people, Fire and Rescue NSW says.

NSW bushfires: 'Aggressive and high-risk strategies' avert catastrophe

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Nick Ralston and Sarah Whyte A high-risk gamble by firefighters has paid off, with NSW escaping from one of its most threatening bushfire days on record mostly unscathed.

'This will be as bad as it gets': Blue Mountains fire crews prepare for the worst

Burning Banksia

Nick Ralston, Sarah Whyte and Peter Hannam A worse than expected weather forecast combined with four large out-of-control bushfires and extreme conditions conducive to more flaring up have prompted a grim warning for Wednesday.