Court backlog concerns

Court backlog concerns
TASMANIA’S  legal fraternity fears Family Court case lists will blow out if a new family law judge is not appointed to the North soon.

Stolen utes used in robbery attempt

Stolen utes used in robbery attempt
TWO utilities stolen from a Devonport car yard were used in an attempted ram-raid robbery in Latrobe, police say.

Role in pub brawl leads to jail term

Role in pub brawl leads to jail term
A SOUTHERN Tasmanian man who helped a work colleague engage in a pub brawl in Devonport two years ago has been jailed.

Peaceful street woken by gunfire

Peaceful street woken by gunfire
TWO people were woken by gunshots fired at their northern suburbs home on Friday night.

Jail for city assault

Jail for city assault
A 22-YEAR-OLD painter who broke the jaw of a stranger outside a Hobart CBD nightclub has been jailed for assault.

Cops probed disgraced ex-priest

Cops probed disgraced ex-priest
A FORMER Tasmanian priest has been linked to one of Australia’s most notorious and heart-wrenching missing persons cases — the disappearance of toddler William Tyrrell.

Baby dies in hospital

Baby dies in hospital
POLICE are investigating the death of an 11-week-old baby, who has died in the Royal Hobart Hospital

Stirling car theft charge

Stirling car theft charge
A MAN has been charged with stealing the car of Daniel Stirling whose pregnant partner was tragically killed just a month ago.

Missing woman mystery

Missing woman mystery
POLICE are still seeking public help in relation to missing Toowoomba woman Barbara Troughton, who was last seen at in New Town late last month.

Notorious murderer paroled again

Notorious murderer paroled again
A MAN convicted of one the state’s worst murders has been paroled again just months after he was on the run.

Abortion clinic laws tested

Abortion clinic laws tested
THE outcome of a test case on laws protecting Tasmanian abortion clinics from protesters will be known in May.

Push to stop Glenorchy council inquiry

Push to stop Glenorchy council inquiry
MOVES to stop an investigation into the Glenorchy City Council will be heard in the Supreme Court today.

Victim in record $40 million compensation bid

Victim in record $40 million compensation bid
A YOUNG woman who suffered catastrophic injuries in a quad bike rollover is seeking $40 million in damages in one of the largest personal injury claims Tasmania has ever seen.

11-week-old baby critical

11-week-old baby critical
A MAN has appeared in a Hobart Court charged with causing serious injuries to his 11-week-old daughter, police said.

Man helped dig grave, court told

Man helped dig grave, court told
A man who helped bury the body of mother-of-two Jodi Eaton has pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to her murder.

Police treat shop fire as arson

Police treat shop fire as arson
POLICE in Launceston are treating as arson a fire that began after a car was deliberately rammed into a takeaway shop.

Ambo attacker loses appeal bid

Ambo attacker loses appeal bid
A VERY drunk man who kicked and abused an ambulance officer was acting voluntarily and intentionally, Tasmanian Chief Justice Alan Blow has found.

‘This is a terribly serious crime’

‘This is a terribly serious crime’
A MAN who bashed his four-year-old stepdaughter so severely he perforated her bowel and left an imprint of a shoe on her face has been sentenced to three years in jail.

Man charged over Risdon Vale assault

Man charged over Risdon Vale assault
A MAN has been arrested at the scene of a serious assault on Hobart’s Eastern Shore.

Charges over Launceston shooting

Charges over Launceston shooting
POLICE have arrested a 21-year-old Prospect man for discharging firearms in the Launceston suburbs of Mayfield and Invermay on Tuesday night.

Drug hoon’s jail warning

Drug hoon’s jail warning
A STONED and unlicenced driver who tried to hide his his car in parkland shrubbery after police spotted him driving at twice the speed limit has been warned he will go to jail if he offends again.

Tip death case decision due in April

Tip death case decision due in April
A HOBART court has heard closing submissions from lawyers in the case of a pile-driving excavator operator — considered the best in the business — who was killed on the job in 2013.

Safety zone breach claimed in tip fatality

Safety zone breach claimed in tip fatality
THE manager of a South Hobart construction site where a worker was killed three years ago said he was not informed of a new method being used by a subcontracting company to drive metal piles.

Ice habit factor in online nan scam

Ice habit factor in online nan scam
A HUON Valley woman has admitted using her gran’s debit card to fraudulently run up tens of thousands of dollars in online transactions — in part to fund her $600-a-day ice habit.