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The Schippan family cottage still stands but it is not the house where the murder took place.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, sedan-5353
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| UpdatedThe Towitta murder mystery that took place in regional South Australia during 1902 gripped the nation, and more than 100 years later the case remains as compelling as ever.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, sedan-5353, sa
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| UpdatedPolice charge a man with the murder of his partner, who was fatally stabbed in Sydney's west overnight in what is being described as a case of domestic violence.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, police, domestic-violence, parramatta-2150
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| UpdatedA fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Kim Jong-nam, who died on Monday after allegedly being poisoned by two women in Kuala Lumpur.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, police, death, malaysia, asia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, indonesia
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| UpdatedA woman is charged with murder after a man was fatally stabbed in the neck at a Padstow home in Sydney's south-west after an alleged argument.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, padstow-2211
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North Korea says it will "categorically reject" Malaysia's autopsy report on the death of the man identified by Malaysian authorities as Kim Jong-nam, as South Korean and US officials maintained he was assassinated by North Korean agents.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, world-politics, korea-republic-of, malaysia
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A woman is charged with the murder of a mother whose body was found on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula more than six months after she was reported missing.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, sorrento-3943, vic
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| UpdatedIt will likely be 18 months before the man accused of the deadly Bourke Street rampage faces a Supreme Court trial, with prosecutors telling the court there are more than 1,000 witnesses.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedPolice missed multiple opportunities to prevent Liam Humbles, who was believed to have been in possession of a gun and selling drugs at a high school, from killing teenager Lewis McPherson, a South Australian coroner says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, warradale-5046, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedA man is charged with murder following the discovery of another man's body at Goodwood, in Adelaide's inner south.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, goodwood-5034, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA parolee who murdered a Victorian jeweller while high on drugs during a botched robbery in 2013 would not be released under changes to the parole system, an inquest hears.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, judges-and-legal-profession, courts-and-trials, drug-offences, hastings-3915, vic
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Two men accused of killing another man after one held him in headlock are acquitted of murder, with an Adelaide judge deciding they did not intend harm.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, woodville-5011, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedMalaysian police detain the boyfriend of a second woman arrested over the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, world-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, korea-republic-of, malaysia
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| UpdatedThe father of Socceroo defender Ryan McGowan and Adelaide United's Dylan McGowan is found guilty of murdering his former brother-in-law in Scotland in 1999.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, adelaide-5000, scotland
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| UpdatedRicky Ciano, who survived an attempt on his life and subsequently relocated to Queensland, is found dead in a car in the NSW Central Tablelands, the ABC understands, with a friend saying he "ran out of places to hide".
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, death, police, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedNew 'no body, no parole' legislation means prisoners convicted of murder or manslaughter will need to identify the location of their victim's body before being eligible for early release under sweeping changes announced to the Queensland parole system.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, state-parliament, public-sector, laws, brisbane-4000, townsville-4810, qld, australia
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Daniel Pinkston on the current state of North Korean politics.
Topics: government-and-politics, murder-and-manslaughter, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, malaysia
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| UpdatedSome officers have been directed not to tie up Victoria Police response vehicles by taking prisoners to Melbourne's new night court, according to an internal memo obtained by the ABC.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedProperty developer Ron Medich wanted to go "all the way" in regards to harming a former associate he is accused of murdering, a Sydney court hears.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA Hobart jury takes less than two hours to find Klaus Dieter Neubert, 74, guilty of murdering his estranged wife Olga as she sat in a car on a busy Hobart road.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, new-town-7008
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| UpdatedAlthough details are still unclear over how and why the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was killed, government officials and independent experts all say the assassination looks like the work of North Korean agents.
Topics: death, murder-and-manslaughter, world-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, korea-republic-of, malaysia, united-states
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| UpdatedNorth Korea expert Aidan Foster-Carter said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, did not pose a threat to the regime and his suspected assassination in Malaysia has come as a surprise to some experts.
Topics: word-or-number-games, murder-and-manslaughter, forms-of-government, law-crime-and-justice, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, malaysia
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| UpdatedThe half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is dead after being reportedly assassinated by two chemical-wielding female North Korean agents in Kuala Lumpur airport.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, forms-of-government, government-and-politics, murder-and-manslaughter, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia
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| UpdatedCarl Williams organised for underworld figure Graham Kinniburgh to be killed 13 years ago after a failed bid to have gangland rival Lewis Moran murdered, a court hears, as Stephen Asling stands trial for murder.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, kew-3101
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| UpdatedKlaus Dieter Neubert, who allegedly shot his wife dead on a busy Hobart road, was not in a "murderous rage" his lawyer tells court in closing statements at his trial.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000, tas