Crime - Australia
Latest news on crime in Australia from the Guardian
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'What law am I breaking?' How a Facebook troll came undoneOf the millions of perpetrators of online harassment, Zane Alchin of Sydney is among the few to have been prosecuted – and his victim says it took a media campaign -
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Sydney siege: policeman who stormed Lindt cafe accused of not telling the truth‘Officer B’ rejects accusation, saying he gave conflicting accounts about how and when he fired his gun due to trauma and shock
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Drug crime informer identified on court website threatened with murderExclusive: Man in witness protection until drug boss Piet Ta, who fled bail before his sentencing of up to 14 years in jail, is found
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George Brandis warns against assuming all attacks are terrorism after Munich shootingAttorney general says it is too early to be definitive about gunman’s motives after search fails to find Islamist-related material
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Stephen Dank shooting: sports scientist says he 'will not be silenced' as gunman still at largePolice reportedly investigating Dank’s financial links and associates as sports scientist gives statement to Channel Nine
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Merrylands police station attack: officers prevented a tragedy, says police chiefAndrew Scipione says police put themselves in harm’s way when they responded to a man who set himself alight and rammed his car into a roller door
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Northern Territory political parties called upon to address 'justice crisis' With the NT election next month, the social services sector wants high rates of crime and jailing to be a campaign issue
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Sydney siege inquest: three people died because of me, police commander saysCommander says he will never know if acting differently could have saved lives and denies officers were waiting until someone died before entering Lindt cafe
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Sydney siege inquest: Tori Johnson's mother calls police commander 'an absolute disgrace'The forward commander in charge when officers stormed the cafe described the events of the siege as ‘high stakes games’
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Private school boys accused of running ‘sluts’ Instagram accountMelbourne police investigate after account, reportedly run by Brighton Grammar students, said to contain photos of local girls as young as 11
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Man charged with rape and torture after two women attacked in CairnsKorean woman allegedly raped in heart of the tourist city, and an hour later a Japanese woman was punched in the head and face
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Alanah Rowe death: baby allegedly murdered by father died from shaking, says expertBendigo court told the three month old had signs of brain damage and subdural haemorrhages
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Pokémon Go players mugged at gunpoint in park south of SydneyTwo men wearing balaclavas allegedly threatened players in Tahmoor park with rifle before fleeing empty-handed
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Harriet Wran tells court hearing of mental illness and ice addictionDaughter of late NSW premier Neville Wran was due to be tried for murder, but is being sentenced after guilty plea to lesser charges
Government officials of secretive Citizenship Loss Board named