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Jesse Earl Langlands is sentenced to three years in prison for a violent carjacking, of which his lawyer says he has no recollection, as evidenced by the fact "he went Christmas shopping the next morning".
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The validity of the same-sex marriage survey has been called into question by Federal MP Warren Snowdon as NT Police are informed of alleged mail tampering in remote Gunbalanya community.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, government-and-politics, sexuality, community-and-society, gunbalanya-0822, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe Ransom: Inside the murky world of international kidnapping and hostage negotiation.
Every year more than 30,000 people are kidnapped around the world. A small number are taken for political reasons, many more are held for financial gain.
With exclusive access to leading hostage recovery agents, The Ransom reveals the cat and mouse games employed to bring a hostage out alive.
Watch The Ransom on Monday night at 8.30pm on ABC TV.
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Eleven Snowy Mountains locals have been charged with 28 offences relating to drug supply and possession after ice, cannabis, and cocaine were found in raids this week.
Topics: crime, drug-offences, police, lifestyle-and-leisure, winter-sports, jindabyne-2627, smiggin-holes-2624, gerroa-2534, perisher-valley-2624
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| UpdatedOpponents of President Rodrigo Duterte's ruthless war on drugs have massive protests planned for the 45th anniversary of martial law in the Philippines.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, philippines
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| UpdatedAtinae Afamiliona, 50, is sentenced to nine years in prison after a machete attack on his wife which left her with deep cuts to her arms and legs, and needing several fingers and toes amputated.
Topics: community-and-society, domestic-violence, police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, raby-2566
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government moves to strengthen legal protections for police who shoot suspected terrorists, and to make it harder for bail to be granted to anyone who has shown support for a terrorist group.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, laws, federal---state-issues, state-parliament, parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, community-and-society, brighton-3186, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA 17-year-old boy is charged over a crash that claimed the life of a teenage girl at Ballan, north-west of Melbourne. Police allege he drove a stolen van that crashed into two trucks after a police chase.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, ballan-3342
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| UpdatedOne of the Gold Coast's most senior policewoman allegedly signed a false or misleading recruitment document which saw the civilian daughter of her boss secure a job in the Queensland Police Service.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, southport-4215, qld, australia
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| UpdatedNSW Police say they have cracked open an organised crime syndicate which allegedly made millions of dollars from fraudulent compulsory third party insurance claims across Sydney.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, fraud-and-corporate-crime, corruption, sydney-2000, bankstown-2200, auburn-2144
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| UpdatedAuthorities warned a Melbourne mother and her 14-year-old daughter's groom-to-be that it would be illegal for the pair to marry just a day before they went ahead with the union in an Islamic ceremony, a court is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, islam, melbourne-3000, noble-park-3174, vic
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| UpdatedAn Adelaide couple who kidnapped and tortured their babysitter by locking her in a cupboard and forcing her to eat dog food are jailed for what the judge describes as a "mindless, cruel and sadistic" crime.
Topics: crime, assault, law-crime-and-justice, child-care, courts-and-trials, sa, adelaide-5000
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A Melbourne man who slaughtered and mutilated his wife in front of their three young children, following what police believe was a dispute over his plans to join Islamic State, pleads guilty to murder.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, broadmeadows-3047, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedQuezon City Jail in the Philippines was built to house 262 inmates — but in reality, it's home to about 3,000, who live and sleep almost on top of each other.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, drugs-and-substance-abuse, prisons-and-punishment, government-and-politics, philippines
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| UpdatedA 17-year-old driver is arrested after his teenage passenger is killed in a crash, as he allegedly tried to avoid police near Ballan, west of Melbourne.
Topics: crime, police, ballan-3342, vic
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| UpdatedCourt documents reveal the criminal histories of Paul Maris and Adrian Attwater, who were found guilty over the violent rape of Lynette Daley on a remote beach in 2011. Ms Daley bled to death, and Attwater was found guilty of her manslaughter.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, crime, iluka-2466, nsw
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| UpdatedA Melbourne court releases confronting CCTV of an asylum seeker from Myanmar setting fire to a bank at Springvale, in Melbourne's south-east, in an "act of retribution" for being kept waiting to make a withdrawal.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, arson, springvale-3171, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA prisoner dies following an assault involving another inmate at the Townsville Correctional Centre.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, assault, townview-4825
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| UpdatedAvalon mother Lanell Latta, who was fatally stabbed in her northern beaches Sydney home yesterday, is remembered as a "beautiful spirit", as her son is formally refused bail for her alleged murder.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, avalon-beach-2107, byron-bay-2481
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Online sellers are being warned to be aware of their personal safety after 22-year-old man had a pair of high-priced sneakers stolen by a potential buyer in a Sydney park.
Topics: armed-robbery, crime, popular-culture, arts-and-entertainment, dulwich-hill-2203, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedProsecutors in Geneva investigate an unusual deposit made in toilets in a bank vault and three restaurants — about $125,000 in 500-euro bank notes.
Topics: offbeat, crime, human-interest, switzerland