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Legislative loophole exposed by alleged child sex abuse at Mosman pool
Kyle Daniels, 20, was arrested at his family’s home earlier this month, charged with sexually touching a six-year-old girl and raping an eight-year-old girl that he was teaching to swim.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Woman's dying wishes determined by Facebook relationship status
Melissa Dunn died on March 11 after a short battle with cancer and failed to leave a will, a court has heard.
- by Shannon Tonkin
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Police investigate further allegations of child sex abuse at Mosman swim school
A Mosman swim school where a teacher allegedly sexually abused eight pupils has made no changes to its child safety policy in the wake of the allegations.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Courts
Wife of former Dragon charged with $330k fraud from employer
The wife of former St George Illawarra winger Reece Simmonds has fronted court accused of misappropriating hundred of thousands of dollars.
- by Shannon Tonkin
Legal industry
'The hallmarks of tragedy': Sydney lawyer disqualified after drug conviction
A high-achieving criminal lawyer has been disqualified from the legal profession after being found guilty of drug supply charges.
- by Ben Weir
Road safety
'Akin to a war zone': Twelve years jail for Hunter truck crash driver who led police on dangerous pursuit
"It's astonishing that no one was killed," the judge said in sentencing Rodney Johnson to 12-and-a-half years jail after the dangerous 2017 police pursuit.
- by Matthew Kelly
Gold Coast
Mother faces court over drowned baby on Gold Coast
Lawyers for the mother of a baby girl whose body washed up on a Gold Coast beach after drowning in the Tweed River have asked for a lengthy adjournment to consider the case.
- by Robyn Wuth
Courts
Man guilty of murder for stabbing victim in Sydney shop
Douglas Johnson suspected that he was about to be ambushed, the court heard, but the judge rejected his claim that he acted in self-defence.
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Crime
'Please don’t die. Come on little man': Neighbour's desperate bid to save baby
The grandmother said she had never seen 28-year-old Jie Smith before he appeared on her doorstep with a lifeless child in his arms.
- by Nick Bielby and Matthew Kelly
Courts
NSW toddler burnt with cigarette lighter, jury told
Mohammed Khazma has pleaded not guilty to murdering his then-girlfriend's daughter in December 2016 in Sydney.
- by Sophie Moore
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'Police and lawyers talk often': force denies use of criminal solicitors as informants
NSW Police have been forced to conduct an audit of almost two decades' worth of human source records in the wake of shocking revelations in Victoria.
- by Sally Rawsthorne, Lucy Cormack and Michaela Whitbourn