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| UpdatedA Hong Kong man caught with 315 kilograms of methylamphetamine in Perth was recruited in a billiards hall and sent "over the trenches first" by a "sophisticated" drug ring most likely run out of China, a court hears.
Topics: drug-offences, drugs-and-substance-abuse, courts-and-trials, police, perth-6000, wa, canning-vale-6155, south-hedland-6722
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A woman who was sexually assaulted by her stepfather 47 years ago has welcomed a sentence putting the now 80-year-old in prison for at least 10 months.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, lismore-2480
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Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, lismore-2480
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Childhood sexual assault victim Debbie McDonald speaks to ABC North Coast's Bruce MacKenzie about her stepfather's prison sentence.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, lismore-2480
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A teenager who stole a ute which was then involved in a fiery crash that killed an Adelaide mother has an extensive criminal history and was out on bail at the time of the incident, the Youth Court hears.
Topics: traffic-offences, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, bedford-park-5042, sa, australia
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Home detention bail is granted to a man charged over a two-year-old boy's death in an alleged hit-run at Dover Gardens in Adelaide.
Topics: courts-and-trials, traffic-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, dover-gardens-5048, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA legal challenge by Uber that would have seen its drivers exempt from paying GST has failed after a Federal Court ruled they were a "taxi" service.
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000
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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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| UpdatedNews organisation Yahoo7 is fined $300,000 after one of its journalists published a story that prejudiced a Melbourne murder trial.
Topics: courts-and-trials, journalism, information-and-communication, melbourne-3000, vic, nsw, sydney-2000
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Topics: police, courts-and-trials, morwell-3840, lindenow-south-3875
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| UpdatedA former Bairnsdale dentist is expected to face deportation after being jailed for a crash that killed an off-duty police officer.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, police, morwell-3840, lindenow-south-3875
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| UpdatedA 21-year-old man is charged with 92 offences after a fire at a bank in Springvale last year that injured 36 people.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, springvale-3171, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedJackson Anni applies for bail so he can study law after being banned by the ACCC from entering Indigenous communities for "deceptive conduct".
Topics: courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800
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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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| UpdatedA 19-year-old man on trial for allegedly throwing a bottle at teenager Kuol Akut, who was also hit over the head with a brick and died, denies his involvement.
Topics: courts-and-trials, girrawheen-6064
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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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| UpdatedA "wickedly manipulative" serial paedophile priest is sentenced to stay behind bars until at least 2026 for the sexual abuse of boys at St Stanislaus College in Bathurst in central west NSW.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, religion-and-beliefs, catholic, sydney-2000, bathurst-2795
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| UpdatedClive Palmer tells the Federal Court in Brisbane it is unfair to blame him for the collapse of Queensland Nickel, as he defends speaking to his nephew Clive Mensink despite the company's director being the subject of a court summons.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, company-news, clive-palmer, brisbane-4000, qld, townsville-4810
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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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| 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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| UpdatedAustralian entertainer Rolf Harris will be retried in relation to charges of indecent assault after the jury could not reach an agreement regarding three allegations.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, england, united-kingdom
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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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An Uber driver is found guilty by a Sydney court of raping a female passenger, after picking her up at a Kings Cross nightclub in 2015.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, sydney-2000, kings-cross-2011
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| UpdatedClive Palmer tells a Brisbane court he cannot remember details of multi-million-dollar payments made by his mining empire while he was chairman.
Topics: clive-palmer, courts-and-trials, mining-industry, brisbane-4000, townsville-4810
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A senior Ballarat criminal lawyer warns the Coalition's proposal to crack down on disrespectful behaviour in the courts could inadvertently give future governments a new tool to further their political agenda.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, ballarat-3350, ballarat-north-3350, ballarat-west-3350, warrnambool-3280, maryborough-3465