Crime
Police release CCTV over Wardell fatal crash
Four people died in a car crash in northern NSW in February and police are now treating it as a homicide investigation.
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Gunmen stage deadly ambush to free drug dealer ‘The Fly’, manhunt under way in France
The brazen morning attack at a toll booth in northern France underlines the growing threat of drug crime across Europe, the world’s No.1 cocaine market.
- by Gabriel Stargardter and Dominique Vidalon
A lonely campsite, deadly chaos and competing narratives
A Supreme Court jury heard for the first time what Gregory Lynn told police about the death of two campers.
- by Chip Le Grand
WA mum claims injecting daughter with near-fatal dose of insulin was a cry for help
A woman on trial for allegedly attempting to kill her severely disabled child has told a Perth court she was only trying to get the girl admitted to hospital.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Domestic violence
‘As soon as possible’: No timeframe for rollout of ankle bracelets for DV accused
Premier Chris Minns repeatedly declined to put a timeline on law changes that will see men who are released on bail after being accused of a serious domestic violence offence required to wear an ankle bracelet.
- by Michael McGowan and Angus Thomson
Opinion
Domestic violence
DV bail changes make a big difference, but Minns missed one big red flag
The NSW government’s proposed laws will make it much harder for the most serious offenders to inflict harm. But there are other protections it can and must deploy.
- by Rosalind Dixon
Struggle over gun led to missing campers’ accidental deaths: defence
The trial of Gregory Lynn, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay in Victoria’s alpine region in 2020, is under way in the Supreme Court. Follow the updates.
- by Erin Pearson
Opinion
Opinion
The criminal reason we should bring back blue light discos
How to keep the minds of bored teenagers off pinching a Nissan Skyline or accosting strangers at a train station? The answer is clear to me.
- by Simon Taylor
Man banned from Sydney’s eastern suburbs after alleged wharf incident
Jack Doyle allegedly threatened to use a firearm on a group of teenagers fishing at Watsons Bay wharf before being pulled over by police hours later.
- by Jessica McSweeney
High-profile Sydney lawyer charged with sharing details of sexual assault complainant
Abdul Saddik has represented several members of one of the main clans embroiled in Sydney’s drug war.
- by Clare Sibthorpe, Perry Duffin and Sally Rawsthorne
Teen gunman disrupts Catholic mass
Clergy and parishioners react to the armed teen in the back of the church during the mass held in a Catholic church in Louisiana.