Courts and Trials

• Stephen Asling found guilty of Graham Kinniburgh's 2003 murder

  Posted March 18, 2017 16:42:20

  Stephen Asling is found guilty of the murder of the gangland figure known as 'The Munster', an act the court heard was ordered by underworld kingpin Carl Williams.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, kew-3101, vic, melbourne-3000

• Australian-Bulgarian's terror case delayed due to tape recording problems

  By Europe bureau chief Lisa Millar

  Posted March 18, 2017 06:51:23

  Australian-Bulgarian John Zakhariev continues to stress his innocence after another court appearance in Sofia on terrorist-related charges.

  Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, bulgaria, australia

• Oakey residents given final clearance for class action against Department of Defence

  By Katherine Gregory

  Posted March 17, 2017 20:35:17

  Lawyers representing residents in Oakey say they have the final clearance to commence a class action against the Department of Defence.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, oakey-4401, qld, australia

• Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney's sister says family's name 'tainted'

  By Joanna Menagh

  Posted March 17, 2017 20:10:30 | Updated March 17, 2017 21:16:52

  Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney's sister says her family's name has been "irreparably tainted" by him being named as the "prime" and "only" suspect in his wife's murder.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, police, murder-and-manslaughter, perth-6000, wa

• Rodney Kenyon sentenced to life for murder of Fabian Brock

  By Avani Dias

  Posted March 17, 2017 19:52:54

  Darwin man Rodney Kenyon will spend at least 25 years in prison after being sentenced to life with an extended non-parole period for the shooting murder of Fabian Brock.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, australia, palmerston-0830, nt

• Police failed duty of care in leaving teen to die, family tells inquest

  By Tom Forbes

  Posted March 17, 2017 19:48:16

  A teenager found unconscious in a Gold Coast apartment during a police raid would still be alive if officers at the scene called for medical help, an inquest hears.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, police, southport-4215

• Alleged Salt Creek attack victim looked like she'd 'seen the devil'

  By court reporter Rebecca Opie

  Posted March 17, 2017 17:43:21 | Updated March 17, 2017 18:18:25

  A Brazilian backpacker came running — naked and screaming for help — toward her rescuers "as if there was someone right behind her" and with bruising, scratches and a black eye, the South Australian Supreme Court is told.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, adelaide-5000, sa

• Former Canberra teacher charged with acts of indecency goes on trial

  By Elizabeth Byrne

  Posted March 17, 2017 14:26:20 | Updated March 17, 2017 18:04:57

  A former Canberra teacher accused of two acts of indecency on a student in the 1980s, including one at the old Canberry Fair site, goes on trial in the ACT Supreme Court.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, education, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Man who paraded naked near War Memorial jailed

  By Elizabeth Byrne

  Posted March 17, 2017 11:45:38 | Updated March 17, 2017 12:06:21

  A meth user who surprised visitors to the War Memorial in Canberra by parading naked nearby was driven to do so by a combination of poor mental health and drug abuse, the ACT Supreme Court hears.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, drug-use, crime, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Amber Harrison hires Julian Burnside in battle against Seven West Media

  By senior business correspondent Peter Ryan

  Posted March 17, 2017 11:06:39 | Updated March 17, 2017 12:12:15

  Amber Harrison hires prominent barrister Julian Burnside QC, who confirms she will now counter-sue Seven West Media as her high-profile battle against her former employer moves to a new level.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, media, industry, courts-and-trials, australia

• NZ man jailed for killing pedestrian in Melbourne hit-and-run

  By Karen Percy

  Posted March 17, 2017 10:50:09 | Updated March 17, 2017 11:19:45

  A man who sped through a red light in a stolen car and fatally ran down 24-year-old Tanami Nayler (pictured) is sentenced to 11 years in jail, with a non-parole period of seven years.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, west-melbourne-3003, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, vic

• Horse trainers Kavanagh, O'Brien have cobalt doping bans overturned

  Posted March 17, 2017 10:02:54 | Updated March 17, 2017 15:32:42

  Leading horse trainers Danny O'Brien and Mark Kavanagh win an appeal against their doping bans as a Victorian tribunal rules Racing Victoria did not follow proper testing protocols.

  Topics: horse-racing, sport, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000, vic

• Former Hobart private school teacher admits sex with student

  By Edith Bevin and Harriet Aird

  Posted March 16, 2017 18:49:51 | Updated March 17, 2017 08:51:07

  Another former teacher at the elite Hobart girls school, St Michael's Collegiate, is charged over maintaining a sexual relationship with a student.

  Topics: sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, hobart-7000

• New Year's one-punch attacker loses appeal

  Posted March 16, 2017 17:34:41

  A Canberra man who punched another man to the side of the head outside a convenience store in Braddon last year has his appeal thrown out.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, canberra-2600, act, australia

• 'I can't trust you, you tried to kill me': Backpacker recounts alleged Salt Creek attack

  By court reporter Rebecca Opie

  Posted March 16, 2017 15:36:36 | Updated March 16, 2017 18:10:31

  A backpacker tells a court of being attacked with a hammer and rammed repeatedly by a four-wheel drive in remote sand dunes at Salt Creek in South Australia.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, meningie-5264, adelaide-5000, sa

• Victim's father labels accused killer a 'dog' in tense courtroom encounter

  By Elizabeth Byrne

  Posted March 16, 2017 15:22:08 | Updated March 16, 2017 18:18:00

  The father of alleged murder victim Sabah Al Mdwali labels her husband and accused killer a dog, and hits out at the defence's suggestions he was in her house at the time she was killed.

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

• Perth father who set daughter alight claims insanity

  By Joanna Menagh

  Posted March 16, 2017 14:39:21 | Updated March 16, 2017 16:23:20

  A father who doused two of his children with petrol and set one of them alight is claiming he was insane at the time and will have his trial heard by a judge sitting without a jury.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, courts-and-trials, doubleview-6018, wa, perth-6000

• WA real estate agent barred over deal which netted relative $5m

  By Sarah Taillier

  Posted March 15, 2017 21:57:16 | Updated March 15, 2017 22:37:12

  A real estate salesman from regional Western Australia has been banned from the industry for 15 years for helping weave what was described by Consumer Protection as a multi-million dollar "web of deceit".

  Topics: courts-and-trials, geraldton-6530, wa, perth-6000

• Rayney's mother accuses police of intimidation, terrorism

  By Joanna Menagh

  Posted March 15, 2017 17:43:00

  The mother of Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney accuses WA Police of "a sheer act of intimidation and terrorism" for forcing their way into his house on the same day they named him the prime and only suspect in his wife's murder.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, police, murder-and-manslaughter, perth-6000, wa

• 6yo boy's parents charged with Hurstville manslaughter

  Posted March 15, 2017 16:43:46

  The father of a young boy who died at a hotel in Hurstville, in Sydney's south in 2015, appears in Blacktown Local Court charged with manslaughter.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, blacktown-2148, hurstville-2220

• 'We made a mistake': Unconscious man dies after being left by police

  By Tom Forbes

  Posted March 15, 2017 16:22:53

  A police officer moves an unconscious man, who later died from a drug overdose, from a 'recovery position' to his back during a drug raid in footage shown to a Queensland coroner.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, police, southport-4215, qld, australia, miami-4220

• Prosecutor presented Gordon Wood trial evidence fairly, court told

  By court reporter Jamelle Wells

  Posted March 15, 2017 16:10:00

  The most senior prosecutor in NSW, Mark Tedeschi, defends allegations he failed to present evidence fairly to the jury in the murder trial of Gordon Wood.

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

• 'I'm not going to die today': Backpacker refused to give up during alleged Salt Creek attack

  By Rebecca Opie

  Posted March 15, 2017 16:10:00 | Updated March 15, 2017 16:43:46

  A Brazilian backpacker who was allegedly attacked by a man at Salt Creek felt like she was in a horror movie and thought she was going to die, South Australia's Supreme Court hears.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, sa, adelaide-5000

• Toddler's death at Melbourne creek was infanticide, not murder, court told

  By Guy Stayner

  Posted March 15, 2017 15:45:36

  A woman who killed her 14-month-old daughter in Melbourne's north-east pleads not guilty to murder, with lawyers arguing her postnatal depression pointed to infanticide.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000, heidelberg-west-3081, vic

• Blogger Belle Gibson may have been delusional when faking brain cancer: court

  By Karen Percy

  Posted March 15, 2017 10:45:15 | Updated March 15, 2017 11:27:45

  Fake wellness blogger Belle Gibson may have been under "some kind of delusion" that she had brain cancer, but is guilty of misleading and deceptive conduct, a judge finds.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, health, diseases-and-disorders, cancer, melbourne-3000, vic

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