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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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| UpdatedThe dose of nerve agent given to North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un's exiled half brother was so high that it killed him within 20 minutes and caused "very serious paralysis", Malaysia's Health Minister says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, world-politics, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia
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| UpdatedAn Indonesian woman detained in Malaysia in connection with the assassination of Kim Jong-nam says she was paid about $120 to take part in what she thought was a prank television show.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, world-politics, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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A man who shot dead his estranged wife on a busy Hobart road shows no remorse, continually outlining a litany of complaints about her to police, a court hears.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, tas
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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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| UpdatedA Horsham man is sentenced to nine years and six months' jail for killing his ex-partner's three-year-old daughter by stepping on her in a spontaneous act of violence.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, horsham-3400
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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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| 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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| UpdatedA judge describes the actions of Marcus Rappel, who killed his ex-partner Tara Costigan with an axe in her Canberra home while she held their week-old daughter, as being "vicious and cowardly".
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, crime, domestic-violence, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA preliminary report shows the murder of Kim Jong-nam was carried out with a highly toxic chemical known as VX nerve agent, Malaysian police say.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, world-politics, crime, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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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
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| UpdatedNorth Korea blames Malaysia for the death of a "DPRK citizen", and accuses it of having an "unfriendly attitude" in the Kim Jong-nam murder investigation.
Topics: world-politics, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, malaysia
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| UpdatedAllison Baden-Clay's former husband Gerard Baden-Clay will not get any of her money and her father Geoff Dickie has been made executor of her estate, the Supreme Court rules.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedMalaysian police say they are now seeking a North Korean diplomat in connection with the fatal attack on Kim Jong-nam, as they release more details about the murder.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, police, malaysia, korea-republic-of
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Prosecutors downgrade charges against three men accused of kidnapping, robbing and killing Peta Fairhead, who was dumped outside a Perth hospital last year.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, perth-6000, joondalup-6027
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An Israeli court sentences a soldier to 18 months in prison for killing a Palestinian attacker who was lying injured on the ground, capping one of the most divisive trials in Israel's history.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, prisons-and-punishment, unrest-conflict-and-war, territorial-disputes, israel
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Lawyers for Byron Bay woman Sara Connor say they are shocked by a request from Indonesian prosecutors that their client be jailed for eight years for her role in the killing of a police officer.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, bali
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| UpdatedByron Bay woman Sara Connor should be jailed for her involvement in the killing of a police officer involving her British boyfriend, Bali prosecutors say, but her lawyers argue the demand is incredible as she did not deliver the fatal blows.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, bali
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Gordon Wood is suing the state of NSW for malicious prosecution and wrongful imprisonment over the death of Caroline Byrne, so what does he need to prove?
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, sydney-2000
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The death of a Cairns pensioner, who lived with a disability, is being treated as suspicious after his body was found in his bedroom up to three days after he died.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, mooroobool-4870, qld, cairns-4870