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Courts & Law
GoPro rape offender avoids jail, smiles
ADAM Butler, 24, smiled as he avoided jail over the sickening GoPro gang rape of an intellectually disabled 16-year-old girl.
‘Sleeping’ one-punch killer jailed
HUGH Garth, who randomly killed a stranger in a vicious one-punch attack and then fell asleep during his grieving mum's statement, has been jailed.
Men jailed over Lynette’s death
LYNETTE Daley died from injuries sustained in a violent sexual assault. Today the two men responsible have been sentenced to jail.
‘See you in 2035, you s**t’
ANGRY relatives erupted inside court as an “emotionless” Sydney man this morning yawned in the dock and smiled in their direction.
Tracy’s offer to Ben McCormack
A CURRENT Affair host Tracy Grimshaw has revealed the message she sent to her disgraced former colleague.
McCormack attacked at court
FORMER Channel 9 reporter Ben McCormack was doused with water and saliva after avoiding jail time on child porn charges.
Guilty verdict in socialite murder case
THE secret lover of Maureen Boyce has been found guilty of the Brisbane socialite’s gruesome 2015 stabbing murder and has been sentenced to life in prison.
Mixed feelings in Leveson inquest
UPDATED: The parents of Matthew Leveson want to seee justice for their son, as long awaited inquest findings are delivered.
Salim’s race to find $1 million
SALIM Mehajer has 14 days to find $1 million to pay for a marble staircase in his home in another legal drama for the property developer.
Drug lord’s life after Lindstrom
STEVEN Spaliviero has been released from prison and revealed his life as a kingpin and the truth about his relationship with model Charlotte Lindstrom
Contempt threat: Clive’s woes worsen
IT’S lucky Clive Palmer loves “being at court”. After missing a hearing yesterday, he was told to cough up some documents or face contempt proceedings, and then given a fresh court date.
Hot car death: ‘No one to blame’
BUSY mum Emma Lane was short on sleep, and thought she had left her baby son in his cot. When she went to wake him, the awful truth dawned.
It’s now easier for teens to change sex
TRANSGENDER advocates have welcomed a landmark Family Court decision which means teenagers in Australia can change gender a lot more easily.
Let off for $4.6m bank glitch spender
SHE was alleged to have spent millions on designer goods after her bank accidentally gave her an unlimited overdraft in a “big, fat error”. But all charges have now been dropped.
Son to dad: ‘You’re an evil narcissist’
DANIEL Boyd refused to call his killer father “Dad” as he spoke to the court at a sentencing hearing today, labelling him an “evil narcissist”.
Twist in Sydney cliff fall findings
FOR years the family and friends of Scott Johnson have waited for this. Now a coroner has reached a decision on why the popular 27-year-old died.
Man poos in police van after arrest
A MAN has defecated in the back of a police truck and written offensive words in the faeces after being arrested by officers.
Why gay couples might not rush to altar
WORLDWIDE marriage trends reveal fewer couples of all types are in a hurry to get hitched, and gay men are best at commitment ... in the Netherlands, at least.
Hockey star fined over cancer claim
A FORMER Hockeyroo has been sentenced for faking a doctor’s certificate after she claimed she was a cancer sufferer.
Sydney women filmed in bedrooms
A MAN accused of secretly filming his neighbours in their bedrooms and bathrooms has sobbed in court — and given a message to the victims.
McCormack’s bid for help
DISGRACED journalist Ben McCormack was so troubled by his own thoughts he sought professional help.
How paedophile got away with crimes
THE mother of convicted paedophile Timothy Stewart’s victims has revealed following his 32 year sentence how he got away with assaulting her daughters.
Mum who killed baby walks free
A MOTHER who pleaded guilty to killing her infant daughter walked free from court after being sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order.
Uncles tell of Tyrell’s last hours
THE grieving uncles of little Tyrell Cobb reveal the last hours before his death which resulted in manslaughter charges against his mum and stepdad.
Fake guard cries as he’s jailed
AN ARMED man pretending to be a security guard in Melbourne’s Bourke St mall in the days after January’s deadly car rampage has been sent to prison.
The reason Salim can’t stop smiling
YESTERDAY was a very hard day in the increasingly chaotic life of Salim Mehajer — but that still couldn’t wipe the smirk off his face.
Partner charged with farmer’s murder
POLICE believed Mathew Dunbar’s death three months ago was suspicious and set up a strike force to investigate the murder.
NRL wag given eight months for fraud
THE wife of former NRL player David Fifita has been sentenced for fraudulently claiming almost $50,000 in single-parent Centrelink payments.
How tradie stole women’s explicit photos
WOMEN have spoken out against a tradesman who won their trust then stole private and intimate photos from their mobile phones.
‘Don’t be mad. Mum doesn’t know’
A MAN thought he was messaging a teen girl on Facebook to meet her at McDonald’s. Then he was arrested.
Coward punch killer sentenced
BREAKING: A coward who punched a footballer in the head and killed him could be freed from jail in just five years.
Police thwart Opera House protest
POLICE have been forced to scale the sails of the Opera House after protesters broke through security to climb the landmark.
Tyrell’s dad breaks door leaving court
DRAMATIC scenes played out at the sentencing hearing of Tyrell Cobb’s mother in Brisbane on Thursday. A judge describes scenes as “unfortunate”.
Accused ‘cleaning knives’ after stabbing
A COURT has heard CCTV captured a heated argument between a woman and her cousin who she is accused of killing with a kitchen knife.
Accused Gucci sunnies thief says sorry
AN AUSTRALIAN man who is facing jail over the alleged theft of designer sunglasses at Bali airport has told judges of his remorse.
Veteran sex worker’s life in iconic brothel
A VETERAN prostitute has revealed riveting details of the inner workings of an iconic Kings Cross brothel and the night she fought for her life.
Boy, 3, killed for ‘welfare cheque’
THE mother who fatally tortured her son, 3, took him “to get welfare payments” and killed him “because he stood up for himself”, says the boy’s uncle.
Porn star drug mule jailed in Australia
A PORN star-turned-drug mule who tried to smuggle cocaine into Sydney on a cruise ship will spend the next four years in an Australian jail.
What our Constitution doesn’t say is brilliant
THE Australian Constitution is not stupid or meaningless. On the contrary, its pointlessness is the whole point.
Schoolgirl killer’s final defiant act
JUST when you thought this callous killer couldn’t any worse, a judge was forced to cut the video feed during Sean Price’s hearing.
Teen who destroyed her own family
A DISTRAUGHT mother has spoken of the moment she realised the violent killing of her father was carried out by her own daughter.
Sick obsession of two female thrill-killers
THEY dreamt about killing someone and planned the perfect murder. This is the sick world of a pair of Australian female thrill-killers.
Mum won’t take blame for son’s death
FIRST Tyrell Cobbs’s stepfather smiled and laughed as he walked from court, now the boy’s mother is trying to stay out of jail.
Cinderella effect: When parents kill kids
INSTEAD of safe havens, some family homes are a death house for children who suffer torture and death when their parents become their killers.
Reality strikes ‘disturbing’ conwoman
SHE tried to pretend she was a 13-year-old girl and has a long history of lying. But reality has finally hit home for Sam Azzopardi.
Guilty plea over Sydney mass murder plot
A MAN caught trying to buy a suicide vest online has pleaded guilty to planning a terrorist attack and carrying out a shooting spree in Sydney.
Dangerous new type of paedophile
FROM TV star Ben McCormack to young professional men, the new charismatic breed of paedophile is hard to spot.
Citizenship crisis: ‘More heads will roll’
THE man who set in motion the scandal that saw five federal MPs dumped yesterday has explained why he got involved — and warns there will be others.
Crisis, what crisis? PM hits back
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has hit back at suggestions that his government is in turmoil following yesterday’s High Court decision.
Who’s running the country?
THE prime minister is about to head off to Israel and the deputy PM’s been dumped. The big question now is: who’s in charge of things around here?
The $15 million station stuff-up
A $10 MILLION court fight is raging over a botched $5 million Melbourne fire station that shut after just one year.
Porn-accused banker back in court
ELITE bank executive Hans Borgelt, whose estranged wife accused him of forcing her to watch porn and give him daily oral sex, is back in court.
Gayle ‘scared of being around women’
A CLOSE friend of Chris Gayle says the cricket superstar “always feels someone is out to get him” after claims he exposed himself to a massage therapist.
‘Why?’: Screams of Daniel’s killer
DANIEL Morcombe’s killer was scalded with hot water in jail — and the judge who sentenced his attacker had a few surprising things to say.
Paramedic ‘covered up cop hit-and-run’
A STUDENT allegedly ran over a police officer while speeding at more than 100km/h then tried to cover his tracks.
Lurid Facebook messages reveal kill lust
LURID messages between two women accused of murdering a teen and burying him under concrete in a Perth backyard have emerged at trial.
Five types of parents who kill
KILLING your own child or stepchild has a pattern. A new study puts child murderers into five distinct types of who and how they kill.
Curtis Cheng son’s realisation
REFUSING to feel hate and anger is the way the son of slain police accountant Curtis Cheng copes with the loss of his father to a radicalised teen terrorist.
Horror show linked to grandfather killer
HER motivation was to rob her grandfather of his life savings, but a heavy-drinking, drug-abusing teenage killer was also influenced by TV show American Horror Story.
Random bus stop killer ‘not guilty’
WILLIAM Cahill spotted someone “shady” at the bus stop by his home, then repeatedly stabbed him, but he’s been found not guilty of murder.
Surrogate ‘on a revenge path’
A COUPLE desperate for a baby turned to a surrogate. What happened next ended with a mother erased from her son’s life forever.
Crackdown on gun smugglers and abusers
AUSTRALIA’S worst sex offenders who take overseas trips to prey on children and organised firearm smugglers could be locked away for life under new laws.
Salim’s injury revealed in court
A DAY after his car crash, Salim Mehajer’s case was called in a Sydney court where more details emerged about yesterday’s drama.
‘Naive’ model turned drug mule
HE had modelled for Puma, Adidas and Nike. Now he’s one of four drug mules wearing prison garb, jailed for bringing $3.7 million worth of cocaine into Sydney.
Boss poisoned love interest’s face creams
HE was in love with his receptionist. He broke into her home and poured acid into her drinks and cosmetics. But Dae Ik Kim walked free.
Tyrell Cobb’s mum to face trial
AFTER her former partner escaped jail and laughed as he left court over the death of Tyrell Cobb, mum Heidi Strbak will now face court.
Parents jailed for ‘terrible crime’
BREAKING: A NSW couple has been jailed for the horrific death of their three-year-old boy after court hears of weeks of cruel abuse.
Judge: Sex worker ‘needed’ drugs
A SEX worker making $7K a week was spared jail after a judge said it was “not unreasonable” to suggest drugs were part of her lifestyle.
Twist in Chatswood balcony fall
THE woman found dead below a Sydney apartment block has been identified, with a new detail about her relationship revealed.
Man laughs as he walks free
MATTHEW Scown, who watched his four-year-old stepson die in agonising pain, grinned and laughed as he walked free from court. Warning: Graphic content
Socialite’s odd courtroom wedding notice
SOCIALITE Lizzie Buttrose has revealed plans to wed her seventh fiance Zoran Stopar in a bizarre court appearance.
Note wasn’t murder confession, court told
A JURY has heard from the man accused of murdering his own father with a Samurai sword.
Ex-Hockeyroo faked cancer letters
FORMER Hockeyroo Kate Hubble faked cancer letters to defraud a charity and told friends “my cancer is terminal”.
Man jailed for stabbing off-duty cop
A COP stabber has been sentenced for seven years for knifing an officer between the eyes after storming his Melbourne home last November.
Bali Nine’s last days on ‘Death Island’
BALI Nine kingpin Myuran Sukumaran’s last days before his execution on “Death Island” are traced in a stunning new movie called Guilty.
Appeal over Rebel’s massive payout
IT’S not over yet. The media company Rebel Wilson took on for defamation is appealing the Pitch Perfect star’s record payday.
Stunning downfall of high society shrink
Drug addiction and a multi-millionaire property empire bust failed to sink high society shrink Robert Hampshire but drunken lewd calls may have.
Baby-faced killer’s bad news
THE “disturbed” killer of Sydney man Morgan Huxley got some bad news in his maximum security jail cell this morning.
McCormack learns sentencing date
FORMER Channel 9 reporter was back in court today on child porn charges to learn when he will be sentenced.
Murder accused’s disturbing ambition
A WOMAN who allegedly stabbed and garrotted to death a teenager had spoken of her killer ambitions.
Pagan witch’s whinge over girlfriend ban
SERIAL sex offender John Alan Wilde says supervision conditions are “outrageously strict” as he’s banned from being with his new girlfriend.
Bondage defence in murder trial
A WOMAN on trial for murder in Perth has claimed she didn’t know her housemate was going to act out her “overwhelming desire” to murder.
Paedo who led cops to McCormack
A PERTH paedophile led police to uncovering a national child sex offender ring, which led police to arresting Ben McCormack.
Senator backflips on blaming his mum
REMEMBER when Senator Matt Canavan claimed his mother was responsible for his citizenship dramas? Yeah. It’s a bit more complicated than that.
Why I defended Ben McCormack
BEN McCormack’s lawyer has responded to the hate-filled messages he is receiving and explained why he took on the case.
Prostitute guilty over kinky sex death
A PROSTITUTE who used kinky sex to distract a client on a cocaine bender so two men could rob him is being sentenced for his manslaughter
McCormack’s vile text messages
THE explicit messages Channel 9 star Ben McCormack exchanged with another man have been revealed. Warning: Confronting.
Disaster for drug dealing moron
RUNNING late for a court hearing, this bungling drug dealer made the dumbest decision she could’ve possibly made.
Woman had meth hiding where?
A WOMAN has escaped jail after she tried to smuggle meth through a Northern Territory airport using an unusual method.
Sanaya’s mother admits killing her child
SANAYA Sahib’s body was dumped in creek before her mother was filmed pushing an empty pram. Today Sofina Nikat’s family wept in court as she admitted to what she’d done.
Prison wives of Menendez men
WITH a new film about the brothers who murdered their own parents due to be aired, their strange prison marriages are in the spotlight.
‘Stateless’ pollie’s bizarre claim
MALCOLM Roberts faced the High Court today over his citizenship and things quickly got out of hand.
Bad news for guy ‘living the dream’
HE SAYS he is “living the dream” in Australia, but this Brazilian faces deportation after being caught drink driving with seven people in the car.
Boys’ payout over false rape claim
TWO boys accused of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in a toilet have had charges dropped and police ordered to pay thousands in court costs.
Once-prosperous family empire in ruins
HOW the Elomar family went from multi-millionaires and sports stars to a struggling empire after some members of the family embraced terrorism. Warning: Graphic
Man shot while performing oral sex
A COUPLE who created extraordinary headlines when they were shot at an adult party in Melbourne are telling their story, and it’s certainly a wild one.
Inside the bond of tragic mother-son
THE mum found dead in Avalon, on Sydney’s northern beaches, cared for and protected her son. He’s now been charged with her murder.
Babysitter forced to drink bleach
TWO couples kidnapped a teenage babysitter, tortured her and forced her to drink bleach during an 18-hour ordeal in their Adelaide house.
Ben Cousins faces court again
FALLEN former AFL star Ben Cousins has once again faced court from jail over a drug-related charge.
Final moments of body in freezer victim
KENNEKA Jenkins was partying with friends at a hotel before her body was found in a freezer hours later. Now footage of her final moments has been released.
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