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| UpdatedAshley Dyball, 25, (pictured) travelled to Syria in 2015 to fight for the Kurdish YPG militia and is the second man to be charged over Samuel Thompson's disappearance.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, bald-hills-4036, albion-4010, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe Queensland man is the second person to be arrested and charged over the disappearance of Brisbane child care worker Samuel Thompson, the ABC understands.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, brisbane-4000, albion-4010, bald-hills-4036
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| UpdatedAustralia's former most wanted fugitives, father and son Gino and Mark Stocco, are each sentenced to 40 years' jail for the murder of Rosario Cimone, and a shootout with police during a two-week manhunt.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, nsw, dunedoo-2844
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Another murder charge and 28 attempted murder charges have been laid against Dimitrious Gargasoulas, the man accused of Melbourne's deadly Bourke Street rampage in January.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, emergency-incidents, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedNine Malaysians barred from leaving North Korea are allowed to return home after Malaysia announces the release of the body of Kim Jong-nam, the slain half-brother of North Korea's leader.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, world-politics, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia
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| UpdatedTasmania's top prosecutor is expected to tell the family of murdered model Lucille Butterworth on Friday there is not enough evidence to proceed with charges.
Topics: police, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedA 23-year-old man is set to face court on Friday charged with the murder of childcare worker Samuel Thompson, who was last seen alive three weeks ago.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, albion-4010, bald-hills-4036
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| UpdatedAuthorities will be able to prosecute those lying about their age to minors online and intervene before a predator can act under new legislation introduced by the Federal Government.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, federal-parliament, parliament, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedThe hunt for a convicted killer, who has links to Melbourne's criminal underworld, intensifies following unconfirmed sightings in regional New South Wales.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, griffith-2680, wollongong-2500, corrimal-2518, tully-4854, cobram-3644, yenda-2681, tocumwal-2714, melbourne-3000
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Police drop murder charges against three men saying they believe allegations against them were false and charge another man over the death of a 39-year-old at Penfield Gardens earlier this month.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, penfield-5121, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedJason Craig Headland pleads guilty to murdering his two children, aged three and five, at their home in Yanchep north of Perth, with the 35-year-old father due to be sentenced in July.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, children, yanchep-6035
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| UpdatedThe man accused over the Claremont serial killings has his case adjourned after he appears briefly in a Perth court this morning.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, claremont-6010, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA French court convicts the man known as Carlos the Jackal — once the world's most-wanted fugitive — of a deadly Paris bombing and sentences the self-dubbed "elite gunman" to a third life term.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, murder-and-manslaughter, terrorism, france
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An inquest hears of the "controlling" nature of a prominent Bathurst businessman who killed his former partner and himself in 2015.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, domestic-violence, bathurst-2795
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| UpdatedThe Moree farmer convicted of shooting and killing a New South Wales environment officer dies of a heart attack less than a year into his sentence in Sydney's Long Bay prison.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, courts-and-trials, moree-2400, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedWhen a corporate dispute involves a drug-dealer turned businessman, a standover man, a Mafioso and a key targets of the Trade Union Royal Commission, it's likely to end badly.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedOne person is killed and at least 15 are injured in a shooting at a nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio, police say.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, united-states
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Militia fighters in central Democratic Republic of Congo decapitate about 40 police officers in an ambush and make off with arms and vehicles, local officials say.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, police, murder-and-manslaughter
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| UpdatedThe top United Nations human rights body will send an international fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
Topics: human, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, world-politics, burma, european-union
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British police say they have made two further significant arrests in the investigation into the attacks on Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament in London.
Topics: terrorism, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedA WA Police officer accuses Lloyd Rayney of lying to detectives "on day one" of their investigation into his wife's disappearance and murder and suggests the barrister had an "overly emotional" reaction when told she was missing.
Topics: courts-and-trials, police, murder-and-manslaughter, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedAn alleged aspiring jihadist accused of brutally murdering his wife in front of their young children was so paranoid he believed his second wife, under Islamic law, was an ASIO spy, a Melbourne court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, melbourne-3000, vic, dallas-3047, broadmeadows-3047
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| UpdatedIt's had everything from a nursery rhyme to a notorious ex-cop, but the murder trial of Sydney developer Ron Medich is now very much at the business end.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe father of a taxi driver fatally stabbed in Melbourne appeals for public help as two witnesses help police produce an image of the suspect.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, fitzroy-3065, melbourne-3000, vic
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Ukraine accuses Russia of "state terrorism" after a former Russian politician and key witness in a treason case against former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich is shot dead in Kiev.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, world-politics, russian-federation, ukraine