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A man who was found not criminally responsible for beheading and cannibalising a fellow passenger on a Canadian bus is given an absolute discharge.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, canada
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| UpdatedA 52-year-old man is arrested over the alleged abduction and sexual assault of a European backpacker in South Australia's Murray Mallee region.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murray-bridge-5253, meningie-5264, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory's royal commission into youth detention travels to New Zealand to look at alternative approaches to youth justice that appear to be achieving results.
Topics: youth, law-crime-and-justice, nt
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US President Donald Trump says he is considering issuing a new travel ban executive order, while the White House says an appeal to the Supreme Court over the ban is still possible.
Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, donald-trump, immigration, united-states
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| UpdatedPolice handcuff a man on the road trying to get a party under control at Lake Macquarie, south of Newcastle. YouTube: KOFM
Topics: antisocial-behaviour, law-crime-and-justice, crime, newcastle-2300, nsw
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Four people — including a 16-year-old girl — are arrested in and around the southern French city of Montpellier on suspicion of planning an "imminent attack" in France.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, france
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| UpdatedThe White House says an appeal to the Supreme Court over Donald Trump's travel ban is still possible, while the US President says he is considering issuing a new executive order.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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| UpdatedA thief who stole hiking gear from the back of a ute returns one of the items after the Hobart victim posts a letter pleading for their return on a street pole — and now beer is on offer in exchange for the remaining goods.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, community-and-society, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedA woman and a man are shot in Gordon home in Canberra's south overnight, after two men entered the home about 9:30pm.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, gordon-2906, act
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An Australian man who pleaded guilty to carelessly driving his rented jet ski into his girlfriend in Phuket releases an emotional letter explaining his decision and his "unbearable sorrow".
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, community-and-society, thailand, australia
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Dr William Partlett, a senior lecturer at Melbourne Law School, tells Beverley O'Connor it could be many months before the legality of Donald Trump's immigration ban is resolved in the courts.
Topics: immigration, law-crime-and-justice, world-politics, united-states
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Justin Lynch, from think tank New America, discusses the Kenyan High Court ruling blocking the Government's plan to close the Dadaab refugee camp.
Topics: refugees, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, kenya
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A Sydney woman is charged with the murder of her two-year-old daughter, just months after charges were laid against her de-facto partner over the girl's death.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000, guildford-west-2161
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| UpdatedThe use of tasers on children should be eliminated, the National Children's Commissioner says, after seeing footage obtained by the ABC that shows an unarmed 12-year-old boy tasered by Northern Territory Police.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, community-and-society, children, nt
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| UpdatedThe driver, who tells the jury he is passionate about wrestling and very familiar with the DVD playing in the ute, says he knew when the "big twist" in the event was coming because of the music and commentary.
Topics: road, accidents, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, traffic-offences, port-germein-5495, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSouth Australian police appeal for anyone holding a European tourist against her will to let her go unharmed as they hold grave concerns following the backpacker's disappearance.
Topics: missing-person, law-crime-and-justice, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, sa
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Police doorknock homes in Port Adelaide after a 43-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in her front yard.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, port-adelaide-5015, sa
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Sales of drones are booming, but many of features on the miniature aircrafts can only be used under strict conditions here in Australia. Do you know what the rules are?
Topics: human-interest, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedThe Anglican Church expresses surprise and victims' families are outraged as an 85-year-old former priest is sentenced to two years in prison for sexually abusing five boys over a 30-year period in Western Australia.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, wa, perth-6000
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A man who threw a police officer through a glass window during an arrest was "doomed to fail" from birth, his lawyer says, as a judge sentences him to five years in prison.
Topics: courts-and-trials, police, assault, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedA Bega woman has pleaded not guilty to murdering a TAFE student whose body was found under a bridge on the NSW far-south coast.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, bega-2550, tathra-2550
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Documents obtained by the ABC show the Australian Tax Office is chasing more than $3.5 million in unpaid tax from companies controlled by a Melbourne-based "pre-insolvency adviser", Philip Whiteman.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, corruption, tax, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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A man convicted of murdering Adelaide teenager Deborah Leach more than 40 years ago is granted permission to appeal against his conviction in the High Court.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, adelaide-5000, sa
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A Wilcannia man acquitted of assaulting a police officer successfully appeals all remaining charges stemming from an altercation at the town's golf club.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, wilcannia-2836
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| UpdatedA Queensland Police Service senior constable is fined $1,500 over an incident in which he pulled a gun on a couple for allegedly speeding along an outback highway near Longreach.
Topics: police, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, longreach-4730, qld, australia