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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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| UpdatedPolice in Western Australia's north are concerned about an increase in children committing sexual assaults, a trend child advocates say is being seen nationally.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, broome-6725, wa
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| UpdatedA man is shot in the leg after two men force their way into his St Clair home in Adelaide's north-west in what police consider to be a targeted attack.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, woodville-5011, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedPolice say a man and two boys who allegedly killed eight emu chicks in a South Australian national park were cultivating cannabis at two locations in the park.
Topics: animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, port-lincoln-5606
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| UpdatedA mortgage broker and a property developer are among the four men charged with more than 650 offences over an alleged Hells Angels-linked cocaine and ice operation on the Gold Coast.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, southport-4215
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As the number of Australian prisoners continues to rise, a judge calls for more support of programs that break the cycle of reoffending and protect the growing number of children left behind.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, charities-and-community-organisations, adelaide-5000, sa
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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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Germany bans a children's doll capable of listening to children's conversations and responding in real time, with the country's telecommunications watchdog labelling the toy a "concealed surveillance device".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, information-technology, germany
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| UpdatedAn Indonesian woman detained in Malaysia over the apparent assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader may have thought she was part of a reality television show, according to Indonesia's Vice-President.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, world-politics, indonesia, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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Thai police searching a sprawling temple complex for the fugitive founder of a controversial Buddhist sect find his hospital bed filled with pillows, arranged to resemble a person sleeping under a blanket.
Topics: buddhism, religion-and-beliefs, police, law-crime-and-justice, thailand
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Teenage detainees at Victoria's maximum-security Barwon prison have been pinned down in their cells, punched and kicked by adult prison guards, human rights lawyers claim.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, youth, crime, judges-and-legal-profession, human, anakie-3221, vic
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| UpdatedGabby Wanambi should not have died from septicaemia and a hospital could have prevented it had it given her appropriate treatment, the Northern Territory coroner says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, death, community-and-society, health-policy, child-health-and-behaviour, nhulunbuy-0880
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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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| 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 54-year-old man appears in court accused of trying to kill a woman with a claw hammer in far west New South Wales.
Topics: crime-prevention, crime, law-crime-and-justice, broken-hill-2880
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A 60-year-old man who had a blood alcohol reading almost six times the legal limit and was using his mobile phone when he crashed his vehicle, seriously injuring another driver, is jailed for 18 months.
Topics: road, law-crime-and-justice, tas
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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 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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| 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