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| UpdatedSupreme Court Justice Debra Mullins sentences former Bandido bikie Lionel Patea to life in jail for the bashing murder of his ex-partner Tara Brown on the Gold Coast.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, domestic-violence, brisbane-4000
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As Gordon Wood takes the stand in his case against the state of NSW, take a look back at the main events which led to his conviction and later acquittal of the murder of Caroline Byrne.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, sydney-2000
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An Adelaide man was stabbed in the neck and killed by his brother after intervening in a domestic violence incident, a Supreme Court trial is told.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, gilles-plains-5086, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedGordon Wood was paranoid police would try to "stitch him up again" after he was acquitted of murdering his former girlfriend Caroline Byrne, the Supreme Court is told.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, suicide, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedFormer Bandido bikie Lionel Patea pleads guilty to murder after running his ex-partner's car off the road and bashing her with a metal plate while she was trapped in the wreckage.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, domestic-violence, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, molendinar-4214, southport-4215
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A 31-year-old Canberra man is charged with assaulting his former partner three times over the past month, all witnessed at close range by their sons aged two and four.
Topics: domestic-violence, courts-and-trials, assault, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedPolice accuse a Brisbane man of deliberately grabbing the steering wheel of his ex-girlfriend's car, causing it to crash head-on into a ute and leaving her seriously injured.
Topics: courts-and-trials, assault, domestic-violence, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedIt would be unreasonable to expect former Queensland Nickel director Clive Mensink to fly in an economy-sized seat to Australia to face a public examination into the refinery's collapse, a Brisbane court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, company-news, clive-palmer, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedFormer doctor Graeme Reeves, who is on trial for manslaughter, says he made a mistake when he misdiagnosed a mother who later died, but was not criminally negligent.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, doctors-and-medical-professionals, courts-and-trials, baulkham-hills-2153, sydney-2000, nsw
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A Perth taxi driver is jailed for sexually assaulting a female passenger who fell asleep in his cab.
Topics: sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA woman is rushed to hospital after taking a potentially deadly drug, similar to the substance that killed three people in Melbourne last month, that was falsely sold as MDMA.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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Singer Shannon Noll is excused for not attending his first court hearing after being arrested for allegedly assaulting a bouncer outside an Adelaide strip club.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, assault, crime, music, arts-and-entertainment, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedAcquitted of the murder of his girlfriend, Gordon Wood is back in court in Sydney, suing the state for malicious prosecution. But what is the basis for his case and what has happened so far?
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, watsons-bay-2030, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe "crisis of violence in Aboriginal families" must stop with the current teenage generation, says a judge who has sentenced a young man for murdering his girlfriend.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, port-augusta-5700, yalata-5690, sa, australia
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| UpdatedBarry York and Brian Pola were thrown into a maximum security prison for protesting against the Vietnam War, but almost five decades on they still say they have no regrets and they're certainly not after any apologies.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, university-and-further-education, education, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, coburg-3058, vic, australia
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A lawyer for an Adelaide mother who was high on methylamphetamine when she caused the death of her four-year-old daughter in a freeway crash asks a sentencing judge for "mercy and compassion".
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, mount-barker-5251, sa
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| UpdatedA New Zealand man faces a Brisbane court after being extradited for allegedly abusing a boy offered by his fathers.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedThe violent murder of Tara Costigan at the hands of her former partner Marcus Rappel shocked and devastated Canberra. But what has changed in the years since her death?
Topics: domestic-violence, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedMore than a dozen charges are laid against those involved in the alleged illegal demolition of a 159-year-old Irish pub, the Corkman, in Carlton.
Topics: courts-and-trials, local-government, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedIndonesia's Child Protection Commission demands the Australian Government pay compensation to a group of Indonesians allegedly jailed in adult prisons while they were minors.
Topics: courts-and-trials, immigration, world-politics, indonesia, australia
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A pug dog that was reported missing by its Sydney owner, who allegedly spun a bizarre tale of violent robbery, died and was buried at the man's home, according to police.
Topics: human-interest, animals, law-crime-and-justice, animal-welfare, courts-and-trials, crime, police, homebush-2140
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| UpdatedFormer Queensland Nickel director Clive Mensink has been diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety and returning to Australia to face a public court examination would prove difficult, a Brisbane court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, clive-palmer, company-news, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, qld, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedTwo teenage brothers from Canberra remain behind bars over an alleged social media blackmail scam that police say lured in victims on Grindr and Facebook.
Topics: social-media, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA Perth doctor is found guilty of professional misconduct for prescribing large amounts of steroids and other drugs for "no proper therapeutic reason" — with some of his patients having suffered adverse effects.
Topics: courts-and-trials, doctors-and-medical-professionals, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedA man accused of killing remote outback nurse Gayle Woodford in South Australia's APY Lands pleads guilty in the Port Augusta Magistrates Court.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, fregon-872, port-augusta-5700, sa