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Jail for casino croupier ‘forced into drug trade’

A YOUNG casino croupier’s experimentation with cocaine led to a gun being held to his head as drug dealers forced him to become an interstate “drug mule” — earning him an eight-year prison sentence.

Revealed: The Salt Creek monster

Revealed: The Salt Creek monster
THE identity of the vicious predator who terrorised two young female backpackers at Salt Creek can now be revealed — along with new details about his escalating pattern of sex attacks.

Salt Creek victim: ‘You couldn’t break me’

Salt Creek victim: ‘You couldn’t break me’
ONE of the backpackers from the Salt Creek kidnapping has told her attacker that he could not break her “even when you tried so hard” — while the other has spoken of her remaining terror and loss of enjoyment in life.

‘Muddle-headed’ decision allowed man to take own life

‘Muddle-headed’ decision allowed man to take own life
A NURSE’S “muddle-headed” decision to let a suicidal man leave the RAH without a guard allowed him to return home and take his own life, the Coroner finds.

Car wrecked, teenager hurt in police chase

Car wrecked, teenager hurt in police chase
A TEENAGE boy was arrested after a short police chase that ended when an allegedly stolen car rolled in a paddock at Paralowie, on Thursday.

Killer driver jailed — despite judge’s misgivings

Killer driver jailed — despite judge’s misgivings
A KILLER driver who was distracted by his in-car DVD player will serve at least two years and nine months in jail — but a judge said his sentence would have been lower if not for mandatory sentencing laws.

‘A delay of more than one hour is not good enough’

‘A delay of more than one hour is not good enough’
COMMUTERS have taken to social media to voice their frustration after trains came to a standstill for upwards of an hour on the Gawler line this morning.

Why Snowtown monster may gain freedom

Why Snowtown monster may gain freedom
A LEGAL technicality may thwart the State Government’s attempts to prevent Snowtown monster Mark Ray Haydon’s controversial plea for parole.

Smoking brakes on truck leads to criminal charges

Smoking brakes on truck leads to criminal charges
A QUEENSLAND truck driver has been charged with driving offences after police spotted the brakes of his tanker smoking on the South Eastern Freeway.

Ex-lover walks free over arson plot

Ex-lover walks free over arson plot
A JEALOUS woman caught in the final stage of a “deliberate and well-planned” scheme to burn down the home of her ex-partner’s new girlfriend has walked free.

Ruling forces charity out of Le Cornu site

Ruling forces charity out of Le Cornu site
THE wealthy Le Cornu family has won Supreme Court action to force a children’s charity from its Forestville headquarters, paving the way for the $25 million sale of the Anzac Highway site.

Man charged over violent home invasion

Man charged over violent home invasion
A MAN has been charged with serious trespass and firearms offences for his involvement in a North Haven home invasion.

Patient, 87, ‘illegally filmed in nightmare hospital stay’

Patient, 87, ‘illegally filmed in nightmare hospital stay’
AN elderly dementia patient was illegally filmed by a ward nurse during a “nightmare” stay at one of Adelaide’s top hospitals, her devastated family have told a court.

Expert: Ike needed surgery before playing again

Expert: Ike needed surgery before playing again
A VICTORIAN surgeon believed a Barossa Valley teen who died on a football field would still be alive if he underwent surgery in time, an inquest heard.

Man dies after car crashes into tree

Man dies after car crashes into tree
A MAN has died after his car struck a tree in the state’s southeast.

Suburban nightmare in their street

Suburban nightmare in their street
A MAN has been knifed in the chest at Vale Park in the second stabbing attack to occur in the same street in six months.

‘A burden you will carry for the rest of your life’

‘A burden you will carry for the rest of your life’
A DRUG addict who killed his stepdaughter in a car crash on Boxing Day will spend at least four years behind bars, and will be banned from the roads for a further 12 years upon his release.

Mock terror attack at Adelaide Oval

Mock terror attack at Adelaide Oval
DOZENS of actors helped simulate a mock terror attack at Adelaide Oval, which included a scenario where a van ploughed over a dummy before hitting at barrier in the stadium’s northern car park.

Important fossil stolen from park

Important fossil stolen from park
AN important fossil dating back as far as 870 million years has been stolen from Hallett Cove Conservation Park.

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, a drone in my windscreen

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, a drone in my windscreen
A YOUNG mother has told of her shock and anger after an aerial drone crashed into her windscreen as she drove with her baby daughter in the back seat.

Man found dead inside home after fire

Man found dead inside home after fire
UPDATED: A man has been found dead following a large house fire in Adelaide’s south overnight.

Cut in police station hours ‘overwhelming officers’

Cut in police station hours ‘overwhelming officers’
POLICE officers say reducing hours at local police stations has made their workload “overwhelming” and is potentially endangering victims of road rage.

Teen killed at footy training ‘could have been saved’

Teen killed at footy training ‘could have been saved’
UPDATED: THE death of a boy who collapsed on a football field could have been avoided if doctors had stopped him from playing sports, an inquest has heard.

Man charged over shopping centre robbery, assaults

Man charged over shopping centre robbery, assaults
A MAN has been charged over a series of indecent assaults and a robbery in a half-hour spree at busy Marion Shopping Centre.

‘Never let him out’: Gayle’s family begs

‘Never let him out’: Gayle’s family begs
THE family of murdered outback nurse Gayle Woodford has made an impassioned plea for her killer to die in prison, during heartbreaking victim impact statements in the Supreme Court.

Lawyer’s trial will be a ‘battle of bullet experts’

Lawyer’s trial will be a ‘battle of bullet experts’
THE son of an NCA bombing suspect will deny a banned ammunition charge — and his fate will be decided in a “battle of experts” over the tip of a bullet, a court has heard.

Double standards? Truancy cases treated differently

Double standards? Truancy cases treated differently
A FATHER has escaped conviction for allowing his son to skip about four months of school — days after a female domestic violence victim was given a criminal conviction for a similar offence.

Man charged with accessing child exploitation material

Man charged with accessing child exploitation material
A MAN from the northern suburbs has been arrested for taking steps to access child exploitation material.

Men taken to hospital after pursuit goes spectacularly wrong

Men taken to hospital after pursuit goes spectacularly wrong
TWO men have been taken to hospital after their car spun out and crashed into a fence during a police pursuit at Glengowrie this morning.

Men taken to hospital after pursuit goes spectacularly wrong

Men taken to hospital after pursuit goes spectacularly wrong
TWO men have been taken to hospital after their car spun out and crashed into a fence during a police pursuit at Glengowrie this morning. Recap all of Tuesday morning’s news on The Pulse.