Law, Crime and Justice

• Police refuse to brief Rayney on wife's murder case review

  By Joanna Menagh

  Posted March 03, 2017 16:04:47 | Updated March 03, 2017 17:13:07

  WA police are refusing to provide Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney with a report on the cold case review into the unsolved murder of his wife, a Supreme Court hearing his defamation action against the state is told.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa

• Man who killed nurse 'in prime of her life' sentenced to 20 years in prison

  By Sarah Hawke

  Posted March 03, 2017 15:33:34 | Updated March 03, 2017 15:59:16

  Robert Adams, 64, will serve at least 15 years in jail for the murder of Sydney nurse Mary Wallace more than 30 years ago.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crows-nest-2065

• Amber Harrison could have 'scandalous material' against Seven West Media

  By senior business correspondent Peter Ryan

  Posted March 03, 2017 13:51:58

  Amber Harrison's planned counter claim against Seven West Media could contain "scurrilous and scandalous material", the NSW Supreme Court is told.

  Topics: media, industry, business-economics-and-finance, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, nsw

• Man in hospital after home invasion 'fist fight'

  Posted March 03, 2017 13:30:43 | Updated March 03, 2017 13:33:57

  A woman and two children witnessed a fist-fight between a man and two intruders.

  Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, mount-pleasant-5235

• Accused Family Court bomber formally pleads not guilty over murders and bombings

  By court reporter Jamelle Wells

  Posted March 03, 2017 11:05:03 | Updated March 03, 2017 12:55:08

  Leonard John Warwick formally pleads not guilty to a string of murders and bombings in Sydney in the 1980s.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000

• Crime kingpin Rocco Arico sentenced to 14 years' jail, facing deportation

  By Emma Younger

  Posted March 03, 2017 10:50:35 | Updated March 03, 2017 11:36:30

  High level drug dealer and standover man Rocco Arico is sentenced to 14 years' jail for extortion and drug trafficking, and will likely be deported back to Italy when he is released.

  Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, brunswick-3056, vic, melbourne-3000

• What happens when a politician is referred to the AFP?

  By political reporter Stephanie Anderson

  Posted March 03, 2017 10:38:28 | Updated March 03, 2017 15:56:53

  The Human Services Minister has been referred to the Australian Federal Police, but what does this actually mean? ABC News political reporter Stephanie Anderson explains.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, law-crime-and-justice, police, australia

• Third of youths in WA detention have foetal alcohol disorder: study

  By Charlotte Hamlyn

  Posted March 03, 2017 08:31:59

  At least one in three young people in detention in Western Australia suffers from foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, according to findings from an Australian-first study.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, alcohol, prisons-and-punishment, perth-6000, wa

• Financial planner jailed for stealing millions from client

  Posted March 03, 2017 08:10:05

  A Tasmanian financial planner who stole more than $2.3 million from a client to fund his own extravagant lifestyle is jailed for eight years.

  Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000, tas

• Would you sponsor a prisoner to keep them out of jail?

  By Philippa McDonald

  Posted March 03, 2017 06:46:27 | Updated March 03, 2017 12:18:16

  Ally Colquitt is a first time offender who has just been released from prison and is the beneficiary of a program that is knocking on the doors of corporate Australia for funding.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, nsw

• Royal commission into alleged abuse of people with disabilities ditched

  By political reporter Matthew Doran

  Posted March 03, 2017 05:38:41 | Updated March 03, 2017 07:03:39

  The Federal Government refuses to bow to a parliamentary committee's calls for a royal commission into alleged abuse, neglect and violence against people with disabilities.

  Topics: disabilities, health, carers, community-and-society, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, human, australia

• Canberra inmate's death after 30mg methadone dose 'unlikely', doctor says

  By Jana Black

  Posted March 02, 2017 21:34:34

  The doctor who gave methadone to an inmate at Canberra's jail two days prior to his death tells an inquest that it is "very unusual and unlikely" to die from such a small dosage.

  Topics: drug-use, health, drug-education, drugs-and-substance-abuse, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, black-deaths-in-custody, canberra-2600, act, australia

• PNG governor calls for AFP intervention to quell gun 'crisis' (audio)

  Pacific Beat

  Posted March 02, 2017 20:44:21 | Updated March 03, 2017 17:55:22

  The governor of Papua New Guinea's Hela province is calling for an Australian Federal Police intervention to quell an outbreak of lawlessness he says has reached crisis point.

  Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea, australia, asia, pacific

• Shotgun killer who wrote victim's name on shell jailed

  By Nicolas Perpitch

  Posted March 02, 2017 19:12:53 | Updated March 03, 2017 00:01:18

  A man who shot his girlfriend using a cartridge bearing her name and stole drugs from her as she lay dying in a West Perth car park is sentenced to at least 20 years' jail.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, perth-6000, wa

• Sentencing hearing told DVO lodged by murdered wife could have been 'catalyst'

  By Jaqueline Breen

  Posted March 02, 2017 18:01:45

  A domestic violence order filed by a woman the day before her partner murdered her could have been the catalyst for the violent attack, a prosecutor tells the sentencing hearing of Darren Ashley.

  Topics: domestic-violence, law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870

• Clerical abuse victim walks out on 'shameful' Vatican commission

  By Anne Barker

  Posted March 02, 2017 17:10:32

  A survivor of clerical sexual abuse leaves the Vatican's commission, accusing those involved of hiding behind "silence and secrecy" to avoid dealing with the issue.

  Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, religion-and-beliefs, child-abuse, catholic, holy-see-vatican-city-state

• Man scammed in online dating details months of seduction to warn others

  ABC South East SA

  By Kate Hill

  Posted March 02, 2017 16:50:47

  As a warning to others, a Mount Gambier man shares his three months of dialogue with scammers who assumed the alias of a Russian woman on a popular Australian dating website.

  Topics: internet-culture, information-and-communication, human-interest, law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, crime, community-and-society, relationships, mount-gambier-5290, sa, russian-federation

• Dating scam victims not reporting incidents, ACCC says

  ABC South East SA

  By Kate Hill

  Posted March 02, 2017 16:50:47

  Australians are delivering millions of dollars into the hands of scammers each year in the hope of romance and love, but many incidents are going unreported.

  Topics: human-interest, law-crime-and-justice, internet-culture, community-and-society, information-and-communication, mount-gambier-5290, sa, russian-federation

• 'I am guilty': Canberra man owns up to murder

  By Elizabeth Byrne

  Posted March 02, 2017 16:45:27 | Updated March 02, 2017 17:40:20

  A 41-year-old Canberra man changes his plea over the death of another man at the Stuart Flats in Griffith last year.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, griffith-2603, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Minister referred to police over release of Centrelink details

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted March 02, 2017 16:34:04 | Updated March 03, 2017 09:58:29

  Labor MP Linda Burney asks the Australian Federal Police to determine whether Human Services Minister Alan Tudge broke the law by disclosing a welfare recipient's personal information to a journalist.

  Topics: welfare, community-and-society, police, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, australia

• Truck blitz finds unsafe vehicles and bikie links

  By Jessica Kidd

  Posted March 02, 2017 16:17:53 | Updated March 02, 2017 17:26:22

  Contractors' links to bikie gangs are discovered alongside dozens of major safety breaches and defects during a police safety blitz on vehicles involved in Sydney's WestConnex project.

  Topics: road-transport, road, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000

• Judge Geoffrey Chettle sentences Christian Brother Robert Best 10 years and five months in jail Video

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  ABC News

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  Posted March 02, 2017 14:29:30

  Judge Geoffrey Chettle described Robert Best's child abuse as "disgusting and abhorrent" as he imposed the sentence.

  Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, australia, geelong-3220, ballarat-3350

• Reporting crime in Tasmania goes online

  By Aneeta Bhole

  Posted March 02, 2017 13:08:41

  Tasmanians are now able to report crime at the click of a button after the launch of a local Crime Stoppers website, with the potential for video to be uploaded down the track.

  Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, tas

• 'Thoroughly dishonest' lawyer jailed after billing client's mother in Legal Aid case

  By Elizabeth Byrne

  Posted March 02, 2017 12:48:26 | Updated March 02, 2017 12:53:15

  A Canberra lawyer "motivated by greed" is given a three-year jail term for charging private fees of more than $25,000 in a Legal Aid case.

  Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Christian Brother Robert Best sentenced to 10 years' jail

  By James Hancock and Margaret Paul

  Posted March 02, 2017 11:32:18 | Updated March 02, 2017 14:29:30

  Convicted paedophile and Christian Brother Robert Best is sentenced to 10 years and five months in jail after admitting to the sexual abuse of a further 20 boys in his care.

  Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, ballarat-3350, geelong-3220, essendon-3040

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