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Victoria Police "did not parent" violent youth offenders but are the ones being forced to deal with them, Commissioner Graham Ashton says, dismissing claims the force is being "soft on crime".
Topics: crime, police, states-and-territories, vic
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NSW police are looking for two teenagers involved in an alleged attack on an Uber driver, who was punched and kicked and then had his car stolen and crashed near Newcastle this morning.
Topics: crime, community-and-society, charlestown-2290, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedFour days into a new century, Marc Mietus left Melbourne to move to Queensland to begin a new life, but his family never saw him again and still don't know what happened.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, missing-person, booyal-4671, qld, australia, bundaberg-4670, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA teenage boy and three girls, aged between 14 and 16, are arrested and charged after allegedly stealing a bus and using it during a crime spree in Melbourne's west.
Topics: crime, west-footscray-3012, williamstown-3016, laverton-north-3026, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedThe white woman who testified black boy Emmitt Till had physically and verbally harassed her, resulting in the boy's brutal murder, has confessed she lied.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, rights, united-states
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| UpdatedA father who tortured and killed his newborn daughter in her home in Gympie in south-east Queensland is sentenced to nine years in jail.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, gympie-4570, qld, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedMen using gay hook-up apps and forums are being blackmailed by a group of three or four people in Canberra, the AIDS Action Council warns.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, crime, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA man charged with murdering a mother and her two young children in Adelaide's north may not be mentally fit to instruct his legal team, his lawyer tells the Magistrate.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe family of a man killed by former fugitives Gino and Mark Stocco break down in a Sydney court as they describe the impact of the murder by the father and son, who were on the run from police for eight years.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, nsw, wagga-wagga-2650
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| UpdatedPolice round up the last of the 15 teenagers who escaped from Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre after a 24-hour manhunt across Victoria.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, youth, colac-3250, malmsbury-3446, vic
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A man who beat his partner to death with a metal pole and left her body in a car park storeroom is sentenced to at least 20 years in jail.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, domestic-violence, drugs-and-substance-abuse, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedSeven inmates are on the run after escaping from a youth correction facility in Malmsbury and stealing several vehicles north-west of Melbourne.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, youth, malmsbury-3446, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe driver of a stolen car that crashed in far north Queensland this morning, critically injuring two of its occupants, is on the run.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, cairns-4870, qld
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| UpdatedVictoria Police again defends its actions during the Bourke Street rampage after revelations officers were warned late last year to take extra care when trying to intercept stolen vehicles.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA man is in a critical condition in hospital after he was set alight by a neighbour during a dispute at Mangerton, near Wollongong, NSW police say.
Topics: fires, animal-attacks, crime, mangerton-2500, wollongong-2500, nsw
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The trial of a Byron Bay woman and her British boyfriend over the alleged murder of a Bali police officer continues, with the court hearing she cut up the officer's identification to protect him from identity theft.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, bali
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| UpdatedNo live ammunition was loaded in the weapon which killed stuntman and actor Johann Ofner during filming of a music video for Australian hip hop group Bliss n Eso in Brisbane's CBD, management for the group says.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000
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An Adelaide taxi driver who says he was pushed to the ground and robbed by AFL player Trent Dumont and another man "presumed" they took his money, a court hears.
Topics: assault, crime, australian-football-league, sport, adelaide-5000, north-melbourne-3051
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| UpdatedThe trial of Muhammad Naveed begins today, with the court hearing he allegedly raped a heavily intoxicated woman after picking her up outside a Kings Cross nightclub in 2015.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, community-and-society, crime, kings-cross-2011
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| UpdatedPolice are investigate the death of a young western Sydney girl from a suspected overdose of methadone — the substance used to treat heroin addicts.
Topics: crime, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-use, drug-offences, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, quakers-hill-2763
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| UpdatedDNA testing will be carried out on a set of car seat covers found in a disused septic tank in Brisbane's north where the 30-year-old human remains of Wayne Youngkin were discovered late last year.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, brighton-4017
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| UpdatedCCTV footage of a man swapping two valuable watches, including a $15,000 Rolex, with fakes is released by Queensland police ahead of the anniversaries of the thefts.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedMembers of the public donate almost $500,000 to go with $200,000 from the federal and Victorian governments to help the victims of last week's tragedy in Melbourne.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, road, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe three-month-old victim of Melbourne's Bourke Street rampage is identified as Zachary Bryant, a "beautiful, loving, happy and perfect little baby" who his family say was the light of their lives.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, melbourne-3000
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North Melbourne Football Club player Trent Dumont faces trial after being accused of pushing over a taxi driver in Adelaide, holding him to the ground and stealing $70.
Topics: assault, crime, australian-football-league, sport, adelaide-5000, north-melbourne-3051