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| UpdatedThe five-year-old daughter of a woman stabbed to death in Canberra confided in family members about what unfolded on the night of her mother's death, a court hears.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, gordon-2906, canberra-2600, act, australia
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A day in court reveals many children in state care are getting lost in a cycle of crime in regional Australia.
Topics: crime, children, courts-and-trials, bunbury-6230
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Topics: crime, children, bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedAn elderly man is assaulted during a violent home invasion at Wanniassa in Canberra's south, becoming the latest victim in a spate of violent break-ins in the ACT.
Topics: armed-robbery, crime, law-crime-and-justice, wanniassa-2903, watson-2602, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian woman Sara Connor, who has been jailed in Bali for her role in killing an on-duty police officer, tells lawyers she will not appeal against her four-year sentence.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, indonesia
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A German backpacker allegedly attacked by a man with a hammer at Salt Creek in South Australia suffered a head laceration so deep it exposed bone, the Supreme Court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA new report into drug-related deaths proposes the decriminalisation of drug use in Australia and a regulated "white market" to put drug dealers out of business.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedPolice charge a man after a shooting on Brisbane's southside left one person in hospital with gunshot wounds to the head.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, holland-park-west-4121
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| UpdatedA driver who reportedly claimed to have a bomb is in custody after approaching a White House checkpoint in the second security scare in one day.
Topics: crime, united-states
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A woman in Darwin is recovering in hospital after she was seriously assaulted this morning then forced into a car that sped off, sparking a police chase.
Topics: crime, assault, darwin-0800
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Shocked eyewitnesses described a chaotic scene on Saturday following a shooting incident at Paris' Orly Airport, March 19, 2017.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, france
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| UpdatedFacing retirement as one of New South Wales' longest serving police chiefs, Andrew Scipione says his work is not done in addressing domestic violence, the scourge of ice and associated violent crime.
Topics: police, crime, terrorism, domestic-violence, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA man is shot dead at Orly Airport in Paris after wrestling a soldier to the ground in attempt to take the officer's rifle, in an incident which is now being investigated by France's anti-terrorism division.
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| UpdatedThe wife of a man who was fatally stabbed at a bus stop in Perth's southern suburbs describes him as a kind and gentle person, and says his family is struggling to make sense of why he was killed.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, police, crime, coolbellup-6163, perth-6000, wa
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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
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| UpdatedProsecutors lodge an appeal against the four-year sentence handed down to Australian woman Sara Connor this week for her role in the killing of a Bali police officer, saying it "does not reflect a sense of justice".
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, bali, indonesia, australia
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| UpdatedA 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
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Australia welcomes calls from former UN boss Kofi Annan to independently investigate allegations of murder and rape in Myanmar's Rakhine State.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, international-law, burma, malaysia, australia
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| UpdatedA 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
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| UpdatedA 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
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| UpdatedVictoria Police is accused of defying magistrates' rulings and misusing the state's new night court system amid revelations a man is unlawfully held by police for a week on an unlicensed driving charge.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA 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
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| UpdatedPolice say someone close to 63-year-old Adelaide man David Lawrence, who died in his bed, gave him drugs intended to kill him.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, sa, adelaide-5000, morphett-vale-5162, dapto-2530, nsw, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedAn armed 17-year-old is arrested after shooting a principal and two others at a high school in the southern French town of Grasse, police say.
Topics: crime, unrest-conflict-and-war, france
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| UpdatedThe parents of a Logan toddler charged with murdering their 22-month-old son back in 2007 are remanded in custody following a court appearance this morning.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, community-and-society, missing-person, qld, woodridge-4114, logan-central-4114