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Fatal crash claims family man
KIERAN BANKS DARWIN’S Greek community is mourning the loss of a renowned builder and family man who died in a horrific three-car collision on Vanderlin Dr
Gardens cordoned off by police
TAMARA HOWIE JINGILI water gardens had to be cordoned off by police after an ammunition case was found dumped in the park
Road rager slapped with jail sentence
KIEREN BANKS A VIOLENT road rage attacker was handed a one month prison sentence for striking a motorist in the face and smashing his glasses during a confrontation at a set of traffic lights
Buyers still spoilt for choice as prices rise
COURTNEY TODD DARWIN property values are up this quarter with the median home price sitting at a little over half a million dollars
Griggs keeps finger on the pulse with NT News
PHILLIPPA BUTT AS a politician, it’s Natasha Griggs’ job to know what’s happening in the Northern Territory
Pour more pressure on petrol prices, says RAA
DAVID NANKERVIS FUEL retailers should be forced to reveal their petrol prices online to help drivers find the cheapest service station in their neighbourhood, the RAA has urged the State Government.
We’re in a league of our own
Chris Garry QUEENSLAND is finally taking the fight to Victoria for top flight rugby league as the state Government pitches for the World Cup final, extra State of Origin games and NRL deciders.
Close is closing in as White blows it
JAMES BRESNEHAN Matt Close has been handed an almost unassailable Targa Tasmania lead after defending champion Jason White’s engine blew up.
Courts & Law
‘This is about as bad as it gets’
A JUDGE’S order to have a baby girl raised by a convicted sex offender has been slammed by a child protection campaigner.
Sex offender set to walk free
A NOTORIOUS female sex offender due for release has Queensland’s Attorney General so worried he’s asked she be kept behind bars indefinitely.
Jailed for ‘sad and pathetic’ case
A MAN who called his victim a “cockroach” has been jailed for at least 15 years after stabbing him, cutting off his legs and stuffing his body in a wheelie bin.
‘If they find out ... we’re both f***ed’
MURDER accused Glen McNamara has told a court he was concerned if triads knew he was gaining their “secret information” his life could be in danger.
How new background check works
AT RISK partners and their families can now find out whether their partners have violent backgrounds. Here’s how the new checks will work.
Court finds Gammy was not abandoned
A COURT has decided the biological parents of baby Gammy, the boy at the centre of an international surrogacy scandal, did not abandon him in Thailand.
Terror charges after ‘bomb’ found
A SYDNEY man has been charged by counter terrorism police over the alleged possession of firearms and explosive devices.
Woman jailed for ‘chink’ racist attack
A WOMAN who racially abused a teenage girl, calling her a “chink” in a drunken tirade across western Sydney, has been jailed for at least three months.
Retrial ordered over Cross rape conviction
THE son of a Sydney nightclub owner who allegedly raped a teenage girl behind his father’s venue will go back on trial.
Suicide attempt now a double-murder
MICHAEL Knowles set out to kill himself. Instead, he murdered two young friends in a head-on crash on a South Australian highway, a court has ruled.
‘Postcard Bandit’ already rearrested
ONE of the nation’s most notorious bank robbers, the ‘Postcard Bandit’, was released from prison this morning. His freedom didn’t last long.
Nine years for killing pregnant girlfriend
LOUD gasps in the courtroom as a judge sentences a violent man, who killed his partner with a kitchen knife, to a lengthy prison stint.
Law desperately needs changing
WAYNE Ruks was killed by two men for making an unwanted sexual advance, they said. The ridiculous justification is still available to killers.
Moment Jamie Gao was shot dead
INSIDE a Sydney storage unit a heated exchange was happening between alleged drug dealer Jamie Gao and former detective Roger Rogerson.
Neighbour feud led to triple murder
IT started as a neighbourly dispute over a dirt track. No one could have imagined it would end with the bloodshed police discovered.
‘When he abused me, I blocked it out’
FOR years a teenager was abused by his cricket coach. But how much did the club know about the abuse?
Wife watched as man raped girl, 8
AN eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her soccer coach, while his wife looked on and said, “It’s alright,” an inquiry has heard.
What it’s really like to sit on a jury
YOU are summoned to court for jury service. Then what? Are you really ready to pass judgment on a fellow citizen — because you may have no choice.
Man charged over police murder
COUNTER-TERRORISM police have charged a 23-year-old man in connection with the murder of NSW Police accountant Curtis Cheng.
‘We don’t want a postcode lottery’
THE proposal of 227 solutions to Victoria’s domestic violence problem is great news for the state. But what about the rest of Australia?
Outback nurse accused killer named
THE man charged with violently killing Gayle Woodford requested his identity be kept under wraps to avoid retribution in his community. The request was denied.
Man’s death dividing a city
BEN Batterham, charged with the murder of a home invader, will remain in jail. Now thousands have signed petitions to free him.
How citizen’s arrest led to murder charge
HOW can someone defending their own home end up charged with murder? This is how a citizen’s arrest turned fatal.
How billionaire tradie got ‘rich’
EVERYONE wants to know how this tradie made hundreds of millions of dollars. Well, here you go. This is how.
Hostages saved lives with hand signals
ROSEMARY Birt tried to get into the Martin Place building after the Sydney siege began, she said, but people inside did something that may have saved her life.
Mystery ute in gangland murder
AS LOVED ones bid farewell to gangland lawyer Joseph Acquaro at his funeral, police extend their investigation beyond mafia connections.
Shocking unseen siege footage
UNSEEN CCTV footage from inside the Lindt cafe siege has emerged of the moment police stormed the premises.
Facebook beheading threat fail
AFTER his Middle Eastern friend was racially abused, a man took to Facebook to find the culprit. But his threat of beheading was sent to the wrong person.
Life sentence for junk mail killer
SHE was a lonely old woman befriended by a junk mail delivery man who withdrew $24,000 from her account before killing her with a hammer.
Masa Vukotic’s killer jailed for life
BREAKING: Sean Price jailed for life with 38-year minimum term for the murder of Masa Vukotic.
Accused baby killer’s defiant protest
A NSW woman charged today over the alleged 2001 murder of her daughter swore her innocence when we interviewed her.
Murder scene like ‘a slaughterhouse’
THEIR deaths were violent and extreme — and despite the promise of $100,000 rewards and eight years there has been nothing but silence.
Man walks free over girl’s manslaughter
A BRISBANE court has freed a man who ignored the dire health of a three-year-old girl, who later died from her injuries.
How cops crack unsolvable crimes
WHEN police hit a dead end with a nasty case and the leads have run dry, there’s one more tactic they can pursue.
Harriet: I’ll be haunted all my life
LONELY in an isolated jail cell, Harriet Wran penned heartfelt letters that chart her descent from privileged premier’s daughter to ice addiction and a murder charge.
The women failed by our system
SYDNEY woman Jean Lennon was shot five times by her abusive husband 20 years ago. The laws failed her then and they are still failing women today.
Bill Bayeh’s bizarre sex toy threat
FORMER Kings Cross identity Bill Bayeh made a threat involving a sex toy to Geoffrey Edelsten’s ex-wife, court documents reveal.
Home and Away star charged with rape
FORMER Australian TV star Martin Lynes has been charged with the rape and assault of a woman in her NSW home.
Texts: ‘I can be a cruel c***’
FRANK Lowy’s adopted grand-nephew has been sent to rehab after hitting a pedestrian and sending threatening texts.
Cat-killer avoids jail over slaughter
WARNING: Disturbing content. The black and white moggy was found with its head and paws decapitated. Its blood was used to write a message.
Teen terror suspect ‘frightened’
TEENAGE Sydney terror suspect Alo-Bridget Namoa was being held in “awful and inhumane” conditions and isolated from her family, her lawyer says.
Man who ‘bit head off’ rat on charges
“MAD Matt”, the man who allegedly bit the head off a live rat and posted the footage on Facebook, has faced court.
Man accused of raping six, contacting 72
A MELBOURNE man is accused of raping six women he met via social networking and dating websites.
Where Cardinal Pell’s future lies
CARDINAL George Pell’s late-night testimony has seen details of sex abuse involving the Catholic clergy explode globally on the Vatican’s doorstep.
Clergy abuse can not be forgotten
FOR the victims of clergy sex abuse who flew to Rome for the royal commission the physical trauma lasted years and the mental trauma never dies.
Fact or fiction? Australia’s weirdest laws
AUSTRALIA is home to some of the strangest laws in the world. But surely some of them are too bizarre to be real — so we decided to find out.
5 questions Pell needs to answer
THE Cardinal is finishing his week with another round of questioning, this time from Andrew Bolt. Here are the questions we want to hear.
‘Best developed narcissist I’ve ever met’
A SYDNEY priest has slammed Cardinal George Pell’s “appalling” performance in a damning radio interview, labelling the Catholic heavyweight a “big bully”.
Pell’s promise to sex abuse survivors
CARDINAL Pell has had an “honest and emotional” meeting with child sex abuse survivors in Rome, vowing to finally make things right.
Pell: It’s been a hard slog for me
CARDINAL George Pell has addressed the media after his final day of evidence, saying he hopes his appearance has “contributed a bit to healing”.
Truth behind that Pell photo
GEORGE Pell has explained why he walked into court with Gerald Ridsdale when he knew the paedophile priest was pleading guilty.
Pell reveals toughest moment
BREAKING: Cardinal George Pell has addressed media following “a hard slog” on the stand at the royal commission into child sex abuse.
‘Stop mummy, stop daddy’
THE first pictures have emerged of the tragic toddler who was heard screaming “stop mummy, stop daddy” days before she died.
Why’s this accused rapist smiling?
THE Sydney man accused of raping a teenager just hours after he was released on parole arrived at court with a grin on his face.
Massacre that tore a family apart
WAYNE and Judy Anderson were waiting for their family to arrive for Christmas. One family member did — with a gun.
Survivors plea to meet the Pope
CARDINAL George Pell has agreed to meet survivors of clergy abuse but a set of ground rules about the meetings has prompted calls for Pope Francis to intercede.
Pell very much a unique character
IF THERE was a single line that attracted unanimous nods of agreement in Cardinal Pell’s third day testimony, it was he was ‘not cut from the same cloth’.
Pell accused of ‘designing’ evidence
CARDINAL Pell was accused of “designing” his evidence to deflect blame as the “extraordinary world of crimes and cover ups” within the Catholic Church were exposed.
Why more women are going to jail
THE number of Australian women in prison is on the rise — and a criminologist says it’s because women are getting in trouble for things they never would have before.
The depraved monster who got away
HE WAS called “Mr Cruel”. For years, he stalked the streets of Australia, preying on children. And he was never caught.
Pell says no to abuse compensation
CARDINAL George Pell formally declines to make available church funds in restitution to sexually abuses victims, saying he had no sway in the Vatican.
‘Implausible’ Pell a different man
CARDINAL George Pell was upright and of strong voice at the start of his evidence. On day two, he was slumping, fidgeting and his words incoherent.
The key question Pell can’t answer
HE’S Australia’s top Catholic with a critical job in the Vatican, and today he was confronted by a man whose daughters were raped by a priest.
‘It was the smooth Pell on the stand’
THE father of two girls who were raped by a priest while in primary school said he’d given up hope that Cardinal Pell would fix the Church’s response to institutional paedophilia.
Eternal shame of silence on abuse
THERE was a clergy with a penchant for bathing with boys, another for camping trips of abuse or late night skinny dips, boys bed sharing with priests.
‘Prison Houdini’ they won’t let out
MARK DeFriest was supposed to have been freed 22 years ago but is still behind bars because of his extraordinary antics.
Victim’s plea: ‘Be a man, tell the truth’
CARDINAL George Pell today comes face to face with child abuse victims who have travelled the globe for answers as the royal commission sets up in Rome.
‘Nobody kept this child safe’
CLERGY abuse victim Peter Blenkiron is in Rome wearing a T-shirt with a smiling boy full of dreams and promise: his younger self. He has one plea for George Pell.
When even DNA can’t save you
FOR 18 years, Devonia Inman said he wasn’t guilty. Then came the breakthrough he’d been waiting for — or so he thought.
‘Never should have been released’
ANTHONY Dent loved to kill. He said so himself. So, how could a double killer have been allowed free from jail to murder again?
What Sydney IS terror plotters planned
A TEENAGE bride on terror charges was “up to her eyeballs in what her husband was up to”, with police alleging the pair were plotting an attack.
He heard his wife’s murder over the phone
A MELBOURNE man called his wife from interstate last week and heard “distressing noises” on the other end. Soon after she was found murdered.
Why sister thanked axe murderer
WHEN Evalyn Clow met the man who killed four of her family members, she made him a promise: “I will do everything I can to keep you in jail.”
Police officer killed herself after affair
A MARRIED junior policewoman killed herself after having an affair with a senior officer who was friends with her husband, an inquest has heard.
Retrial for accused Kings Cross rapist
BREAKING: The son of a Sydney nightclub owner convicted of raping a teenager in a Kings Cross alley has been granted a retrial.
Police to extradite HIV sex worker
A TRANSGENDER sex worker who contracted HIV then allegedly infected a WA man through unprotected sex will be extradited to Perth.
‘Come home Pell, you pompous buffoon’
COMEDIAN Tim Minchin has used his razor sharp wit and considerable musical talent to take aim at a new target: Cardinal George Pell.
Innocents locked up, guilty walk free
IT’S anyone’s worst nightmare - in a grim cell somewhere in Australia sits a prisoner who is innocent of the crime they’re locked up for.
Father charged with killing son
A YOUNG boy has been murdered in Canberra overnight, with his father charged over the incident. He hasn’t applied for bail.
Man was ‘spooning’ murder accused
A MAN claims he popped Xanax “like candy” and spooned one of Max Waller’s alleged killers the night the Bandidos associate was stabbed to death.
‘He used her for his gratification’
A WOMAN who was drugged and anally raped by her high-profile businessman husband says she still “bursts out crying at the drop of a hat”.
New twist in phone tap saga
EXPLOSIVE phone taps of conversations between Margaret Cunneen and a tow truck driver will not be released for two weeks.
Heroes or crims? The Aussies fighting IS
THEY volunteered to take on one of the most sinister forces on Earth. But instead of being hailed as heroes, they were left facing a potential jail sentence.
Killer’s birthday freak out in jail
SEAN Price, the killer of Melbourne schoolgirl Masa Vukotic, got tear gas and the riot squad for his 32nd birthday.
Father’s tragically tender moment
AN 11-year-old boy, believed to be the youngest person ever charged with murder in Australia, faced court with his father by his side.
Question haunting those left behind
COULD the lives of two daughters and their mother have been saved before their brutal deaths? The warning signs were there.
ANZ fees fight goes to High Court
AUSTRALIA’S biggest consumer class action is having its day in the High Court. Who will win — the ANZ, or thousands of the bank’s customers?
‘Please God, let me out. Please help me’
THE doctor accused of bludgeoning her husband to death over their relationship with a teenager claims she feels freer in jail than she did at home.
Can the PM really turn his back?
THE High Court has thrown out a challenge, leaving the lives of 37 babies born in Australia in limbo. Are we turning our backs on them?
No one saw killer mum coming
EVERYONE knew Heather Glendinning had issues, but no one expected them to explode so violently. As a result, two young girls wound up dead.
Man ‘kicked, stomped toddler’
A TODDLER was routinely neglected and abused, left unwashed, and fed a diet of milk and noodles before being bashed to death, a court has heard.
‘My blood is boiling’: Rape victim’s rage
A RAPE victim has posted an online video pleading for authorities to stop releasing repeat sex offenders into the community after her attacker was set free.
Teen’s Oz Day on terror charges
A SYDNEY teenager is spending Australia Day behind bars after being charged with terror offences following a joint counter terrorism operation.
Crash mum was due to see final baby scan
SARAH Paino had been “really excited” about seeing her unborn baby before being killed in a horror joyride crash that has devastated Hobart.
Making the other murderers
STEVEN Avery’s case has millions around the world shaking their heads in disbelief at his treatment. He’s not alone — these cases will make your blood boil.
Did teen commit ‘practice kill’?
MONTHS after the callous murder of John Clark, his teenage neighbour was charged with planning an ISIS-style attack. But are the two cases linked?
Fake police officer ‘raped’ escort
SHE thought she was being taken to a hotel to be interrogated, a court has heard. Now a prostitute is set to be grilled on why she didn’t scream.
Why a Carnival cruise went south
THE cruise line facing a class action for going to Tasmania instead of Noumea has revealed its defence as cruise lovers fight for refunds and compensation.
Is this Australia’s drunkest driver?
ANGELA Bisson may have just set a national record. She was allegedly found slumped over with a blood alcohol level that should have been fatal.
Boy charged over Opera House threat
A TEENAGER boy has been charged over alleged social media threats that triggered the mass evacuation of the Sydney Opera House.
