A 36-year old tourist from Hong Kong is facing Waverley Local Court today over allegations he hid a camera inside a deodorant stick to film his roommate engaging in a private act at a Bondi hostel. Police allege the roommate – a 27-year old French tourist – noticed the device on the sink after she ...
Category: Sex Offences
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Calls for Speedier Outcomes to Criminal Cases
A Sydney mother is calling for reform after spending four years seeking justice for her daughter, who was repeatedly sexually abused by her stepfather. The ‘hell’ of getting justice The nightmare began in January 2014, when ‘Rachel’ (not her real name) discovered that her husband was drugging her in order to sexually assault her daughter. ...
‘Brazen, Forcible and Breathtakingly Arrogant’: Pell Sent to Prison
Tonight, Cardinal George Pell starts his sentence behind bars. Australia’s highest ranking Catholic Church official has been sentenced to 6 years in prison, with a non-parole period of 3 years and 8 months. Pell was found guilty in December last year of five counts of sexually abusing two choirboys while he was Catholic archbishop of ...
All NSW Crime Categories Are in Decline, Except One
Statistics released by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) suggest that all major categories of crime except one are in decline in New South Wales, and have been falling for the past forty years. The Director of BOCSAR, Don Weatherburn, says overall crime rates have fallen spectacularly since the year 2000, but has ...
The Crime of Possessing Child Pornography Outside Australia
Peter Hansen is a well-educated globetrotter with experience in a range of occupations and callings. Over the years, the 61-year old has been a priest with the Archdiocese of Melbourne, an Asian studies lecturer, a compensation lawyer, a social worker and a NSW Labor Party official. He has a bachelor of theology, a law degree ...
Police Officer Avoids Prison Despite Sharing Arrested Woman’s Private Photos
By Sonia Hickey and Ugur Nedim A former NSW police officer has avoided prison time despite using his position of power to access and download photos of an arrested woman’s genitals, before uploading the images to a closed Facebook group comprising four other serving police officers. As previously reported, 29-year old Steven Albee pleaded guilty ...
George Pell Found Guilty of Sexual Assault
By Sonia Hickey and Ugur Nedim Cardinal George Pell faces a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of sexually assaulting two choirboys. The highest ranking Australian Catholic cleric was found guilty after a five-week trial in Melbourne late last year, but the verdict was suppressed until now, for legal reasons. Those reasons related to the ...
NSW Police Officer Blackmailed Women into Having Sex
Even before he became a New South Wales police officer in 2011, Vaughan Mark Hildebrand had developed a scheme to blackmail women into having sexual intercourse with him. His employment as an officer of the law merely gave him the authority and power he craved to better execute it. The now 44-year old pleaded guilty ...
#Nuns Too Speak Out About Their Sexual Abuse at the Hands of Catholic Priests
Senior Catholic Church officials from around the world are due to meet in Rome later this month to discuss their response to the sexual abuse crisis that has engulfed the institution. Although until recently, the primary focus has been the sexual abuse of boys by priests and other Church members, women are now also beginning ...
Prison for Police Officer who Groomed Vulnerable Teen
A Victorian Police officer who groomed a vulnerable teenager for sexual relations has spent his first night in prison, after a Victorian Judge sentenced him to 10 months behind bars. Officer Vikram Gopinath met the teen when she was just thirteen. Coming from a troubled home, she had a number of brushes with the law ...