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| UpdatedProsecutors argue South Africa's "blade runner" Oscar Pistorius should be convicted of murder and sent back to jail for shooting his girlfriend in an appeal hearing.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, south-africa
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| UpdatedA man is charged with trying to kill two people after a stabbing in the Perth suburb of Kewdale last week.
Topics: police, courts-and-trials, crime, kewdale-6105, perth-6000
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| UpdatedAn Indonesian court says two British journalists will be freed in two days due to time served over trying to make a documentary without the correct visas.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, piracy, indonesia, united-kingdom, asia
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West Australian courts look set to be given access to screening for brain damage and developmental delays caused by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Topics: babies---newborns, babies, infant-health, alcohol, alcohol-education, courts-and-trials, wa, perth-6000
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A man who stole an echidna from a Gold Coast wildlife sanctuary says he "had a big day on the alcohol" but admits it was "stupid" and has apologised in court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, currumbin-4223
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| UpdatedOne of the largest class actions in the history of the NT Supreme Court, brought by former residents of a home for Indigenous children in Darwin, will be in court for the first time in mid-November, according to the group's lawyer.
Topics: courts-and-trials, child-abuse, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedCriminologist Paul Wilson played hide and seek with a young girl while naked in his bedroom and encouraged her to undress, a District Court trial in Brisbane hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, brisbane-4000, southport-4215
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A man is facing attempted murder charges over a stabbing on the NSW South Coast
Topics: police, courts-and-trials, ulladulla-2539, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedA grandmother accused of trying to kill two children in a house fire north of Brisbane is committed to stand trial.
Topics: courts-and-trials, caboolture-4510, morayfield-4506
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| UpdatedManufacturers of button-sized lithium batteries must make them safe if swallowed, a Queensland coroner has recommended following an inquest into the death of four-year-old Sunshine Coast girl Summer Steer.
Topics: courts-and-trials, maroochydore-4558, qld, brisbane-4000
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Two Rebels bikie gang members who were hoping to make millions from importing amphetamines into Queensland's Gold Coast are sentenced to jail.
Topics: courts-and-trials, drug-offences, brisbane-4000, southport-4215, hobart-7000
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A man accused of murder in Mackay, in north Queensland, has been remanded in custody.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, mackay-4740
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A former member of the Rebels bikie club is sentenced to three years' jail for his part in the bashing and robbery of members of a rival gang outside a Canberra mall.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, belconnen-2617, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA 39-year-old Rockhampton woman has been convicted of fraudulently stealing more than $200,000 from her former employer.
Topics: courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, rockhampton-4700
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| UpdatedCy Walsh, the son of former Adelaide Crows coach, is ordered to enter a plea to a murder charge over the stabbing death of his father when he faces court again in December.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, somerton-park-5044, adelaide-5000, sa
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A teacher accused of indecently dealing with one of her students is remanded in custody after appearing in Bunbury Magistrates Court.
Topics: sexual-offences, teachers, courts-and-trials, bunbury-6230, south-bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedA magistrate sends a convicted sex offender back to jail after he was caught loitering near children at a Darwin playground.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAn official at the richest Aboriginal land trust in Australia appears in court unrepresented and is taken into custody for her part in the misappropriation of $34 million.
Topics: courts-and-trials, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAn Adelaide man who raped a woman more than 20 years ago finds it difficult to "face up" to the crime, a court hears. (A photo previously attached to this story was not of rapist John William Knight.)
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA young man who thought he was a "vampire-chasing werewolf" when he stabbed a homeless man to death is found not guilty of murder.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000, vic
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A man pleads guilty to assaulting a woman during the Fremantle Dockers preliminary final against Hawthorn at Subiaco Oval after she confronted him over his bad language.
Topics: assault, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, subiaco-6008
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| UpdatedA squeegee dripping with kerosene was found at a home north of Brisbane where a grandmother allegedly attempted to kill two children, a court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, morayfield-4506, caboolture-4510
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The jury in the trial of Paul Wilson is discharged just over an hour after being empanelled. Wilson faces four counts of indecent treatment of a girl under 12.
Topics: courts-and-trials, brisbane-4000, bond-university-4229
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| UpdatedA father who drowned his baby in the Logan River south of Brisbane while high on drugs and suffering a psychotic condition is sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, logan-central-4114, ipswich-4305, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA Canberra man drove back and forth ramming two police cars with a stolen four-wheel drive before being arrested, police say.
Topics: traffic-offences, courts-and-trials, lyneham-2602, canberra-2600, act