Qantas sued for millions over COVID sackings
A major union hopes to force Qantas to pay millions in compensation to former workers…
A major union hopes to force Qantas to pay millions in compensation to former workers whose jobs were illegally outsourced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Transport Workers Union is suing Australia’s national airline in the Federal Court over what it says is “the largest case of illegal sackings in Australia’s corporate history”. A court previously…
A man accused of stealing a taxi after a night out has told a court he only did it because he feared for his life. Brett Henson, 44, claims he was accosted by a group of men who tried to extort money from him after a night out in Sydney on November 4 in 2022…
Brian Earl Johnston’s life has been filled with brutality — both during his strict upbringing in a religiously conservative community of Ohio and as he served with the United States Marines. He brought that brutality with him to suburban Australia, committing an act of “pure evil” when he fatally stabbed and set alight his estranged…
A man has been charged after allegedly rear-ending a truck in a collision that killed his passenger in Melbourne. The 26-year-old woman died at the scene of the crash on the West Gate Freeway exit ramp at Southbank on November 24 last year. She was allegedly being driven by a 25-year-old man in a MG…
Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is set to appear in a New York court to appeal against her sex trafficking conviction. The 62-year-old was found guilty in December 2021 of luring young girls to massage rooms for paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein to molest between 1994 and 2004. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison…
Coles and Woolworths are being urged to scrap member-only prices for customers who have joined membership programs. A parliamentary hearing into supermarket prices will take place in Melbourne on Wednesday, with consumer advocates to push for fairer prices at the check-out. The inquiry was launched in response to allegations of major supermarkets price gouging customers,…
A woman whose naked body was found in a Blue Mountains dam might have gone into the water on a “walkabout” while suffering a mental health episode, an inquest has heard. Cecilia Devine, 42, was found dead on March 18, 2019 in the remote Upper Cascade Creek dam catchment at North Katoomba. She was last…
A father-of-three who lurked outside Melbourne night spots pretending to be an Uber driver to pick up and sexually assault three young women will be locked up for at least six years. Francesco De Luise, 60, faced Melbourne’s County Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to six sex offences, including rape, sexual assault and sexual…
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A man who stabbed a Gold Coast woman before fatally setting her alight in her backyard has been jailed for life. Brian Earl Johnston, 37 faced the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Wednesday after he earlier pleaded guilty to murdering Kelly Wilkinson on April 20, 2021. Newsletters: Breaking news as it happens….
A man has been jailed after an 11-month-old child was left unattended in a bathtub and later died. Ali Travis Goltz, 36, was sentenced in Brisbane Supreme Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Goltz had been looking after the infant and two older children on March 15, 2017 when he put the 11-month-old…
A young woman has described getting into what she believed was an Uber to go meet friends, and becoming trapped with the man driving the car as he sexually assaulted her. “Being in that car that night, it felt like it was a weapon,” the woman, who cannot be identified, said in a statement to…
A man has admitted to killing his mother at the home they shared in Perth’s southeastern suburbs but says it wasn’t murder because he was high on a psychedelic drug at the time. Carol Cameron, 63, was stabbed 62 times in front of paramedics who were already in the St James house trying to help…
A Queensland dad has had a major win for employees wanting to work from home, taking his employer to court when it tried to implement a return to work policy. Daniel Hume was working as manager of Queensland Health’s Infrastructure and Reporting Team in 2021 when he submitted a flexible working arrangements request, seeking to…
Queensland has become only the second jurisdiction in Australia to criminalise coercive control. The landmark legislation passed in state parliament on Wednesday, more than four years after the tragic death of Hannah Clarke and her young children. Hannah, 33, and her children — Aaliyah, Laianah, and Trey — were set on fire in their car…
Natalie Hammond had been a trusted staffer for nearly two decades when her television production company employer uncovered fraud that had “rollercoasted” to a loss of about $1 million. The now 71-year-old said she defrauded Hoodlum Active to help her drug-addicted son — although she also bought clothes, jewellery and massages. During 18 years of…
A Queensland man who “corrupted” children as young as 12 by injecting them with liquid methylamphetamine because he was “lonely” has been jailed. Apollo John Daley, 39, supplied drugs to at least nine young people aged 12 to 18 in the Cairns area in 2020. He injected meth into a child aged 12 (gender unspecified),…
A man has been ordered to pay close to $145,000 in fines after illegally clearing large areas of “environmentally significant and protected” wetlands near Townsville. The man reportedly used heavy machinery to destroy thousands of protected mangroves over the course of a year and a half, equating to the size of three football fields, according…
A sweet subplot has emerged in the story of the young Broome children allegedly restrained with cable ties after they were found swimming in a pool at a property in WA’s North West. A six-year-old girl and a seven-year-old boy were filmed on Tuesday with their wrists bound and crying out for help at a…
A Queensland woman’s prolonged cruelty towards a five-year-old girl included hitting her with a wooden spoon in a series of assaults which left the youngster with bruises, a limp and stomach pains. Mother-of-nine Rebecca Beverley Naawi, 43, was jailed for three years on Wednesday after pleading guilty to cruelty and assault charges. The girl was…
A young Gold Coast man who was found lying on a highway bus lane with ultimately fatal head injuries was likely hit by a vehicle, a coroner has found. The death of Samuel Timothy Brown, 20, more than 11 years ago has been the subject of a failed police prosecution of a taxi driver, whose…
A man accused of using unreasonable force when he held captive three young children in WA’s North West says he “probably should have walked away” after finding them at his property. Police received trespass reports on Tuesday afternoon that claimed children were swimming in a pool at a home on Conkerberry Rd in Broome’s Cable…
Qantas has been fined $250,000 after it was found guilty of breaching workplace health and safety laws and discriminatory conduct in standing down a worker for raising COVID-19 concerns. The airline last month agreed to pay $21,000 to Theo Seremetidis, a lift truck driver and elected health and safety representative, who directed others not to…
Four teenagers are among a group of six people charged months after a man survived a terrifying shooting involving two guns, a dozen bullets and five burned-out cars in Sydney’s southwest. A 27-year-old man was shot in the head and chest while driving in a car park on Canterbury Road at Campsie about 9.20pm on…
A man with money problems who took up a casual job offer ended up transporting millions of dollars for a drug syndicate. Simon Andrew Cross, 41, of Strathpine, pleaded guilty in Brisbane District Court on Monday to one count of recklessly engaging in money laundering. Police found more than $4.3 million in cash in Cross’s…
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died. A Staffordshire bull terrier that killed a Sydney man in an “attack of extreme ferocity” had mauled a real estate agent just months earlier, an inquest has heard. Colin Amatto, 40, suffered more than 80 wounds defending…
A Queensland family have filmed the moment a group violently broke into their home in Brisbane’s south. Footage of the brazen daylight break-in was caught on home security cameras and uploaded to social media on Wednesday, before being shared by local Brisbane councillor Angela Owen. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Brazen daylight attack on Brisbane family….
A former immigration detainee has been wrongly charged with sexual assault in a case of mistaken identity by police. The Richmond man was charged after a woman was allegedly assaulted and another person was allegedly stalked in the suburb in Melbourne’s east on Tuesday, Victoria Police said on Thursday. Detectives from the force’s sexual offences…
A security guard was threatened with a firearm as a restaurant went up in flames in the second arson attack at the Melbourne venue this week. The latest incident came as four children were charged by detectives who are probing fires linked to an ongoing conflict over illicit tobacco in Victoria. The guard was threatened…
Creedence Clearwater Revival founder John Fogerty’s shock dumping from the line-up of an Australian music festival was due to failed negotiations with his management, event organisers claim. Country Fest Queensland has hit back after the rock legend said he felt “blindsided” by the decision to cut him from the line-up of the March 31 festival…
The Queensland government has been charged over the death of a woman who was volunteering in a flood response west of Brisbane. Workplace safety prosecutors have launched the proceedings against the government in the death of State Emergency Services volunteer Merryl Dray, 62, in Coolana in the Somerset region on February 25, 2022. It was…
Trigger warning: This article contains descriptions of domestic violence A Queensland man has been found guilty of the “despicable” murder of his estranged wife after hitting her on the head with a sledgehammer. Shaun Robert Sturgess, 54, had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his wife of 17 years Jacqueline at the start of the…
An Adelaide mother who pleaded guilty to criminal neglect for failing to get her newborn urgent medical care will serve her entire four-and-a-half year sentence on home detention. Rebecca Lea Denton, 35, appeared in the District Court charged over the death of her 21-day-old baby, Alvin in April 2021. During sentencing submissions, the court heard…
A Perth mother who admitted to tying a cord around her baby’s neck has been spared jail. The court was told Holly Anne Maxwell, who also stuffed socks into her seven-month-old son’s mouth, did so to emotionally abuse her partner, who she had recently separated from. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Perth mother who tied cord…
A youth worker who was supervising a 13-year-old Queensland boy in state care, when he drowned at a Cedar Creek Falls on April 8, 2021 has been cleared of fault in a coronial inquest. The young boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, ignored his carer’s instructions to stay out of the turbulent and…
COVID-19 vaccine mandates for Queensland police and ambulance service workers were made unlawfully, the state’s Supreme Court has found. The court on Tuesday delivered its judgments in three lawsuits brought by 86 parties against Queensland Police Service and Queensland Ambulance Service for their directions to workers issued in 2021 and 2022. The judgments did not…
A 23-year-old man has been stabbed to death in Adelaide’s north. Emergency services were called to a home on Henry St in Paralowie at 7am on Tuesday after a resident called police and reported a person had been stabbed. The 23-year-old Paralowie man was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with critically injuries, but died…
Security cameras have captured a terrifying surprise gangland attack carried out in an underground carpark in Sydney. Vailena Koloamatangi, 27, was leaving his Campsie apartment block with a friend on September 12 when he was ambushed. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: New CCTV emerges of attempted gangland assassination in Sydney. Stream your local 7NEWS free on…
A Perth couple have been charged with 83 offences related to allegedly stealing from patients, visitors and staff at several hospitals. The couple allegedly entered a ward at a Perth hospital on January 14 and stole a purse containing cash and debit card, as well as earrings and a necklace, from an 82-year-old patient. They…
A woman has been served a notice to appear in court over a crash that seriously injured Queensland Greens MP Amy MacMahon. South Brisbane MP MacMahon remains in hospital after the two-car collision at a busy Brisbane intersection on February 12. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Moment Queensland MP is seriously injured in crash Stream your…
More than 100,000 car owners have been ripped off by “unfair” Toyota dealer loans, a law firm claims. Melbourne-based firm Echo Law is seeking compensation for Toyota Finance customers, who they say were slugged hundreds of millions of dollars in extra costs because of a hidden dealership incentive. For years, Toyota Finance and its dealerships…
More than six years after a woman died from an illegal breast-augmentation procedure, lawyers for her purported doctor deny gross negligence. Jie Shao, now 40, flew from China to Australia in August 2017 to perform breast enhancement on Jean Huang, who operated the Medi Beauty Clinic in the inner-Sydney suburb of Chippendale. The 35-year-old agreed…
A mother who was allegedly murdered was in a love triangle with the two people accused of killing her, an Adelaide court has heard. Krystal Marshall’s body was found in the bedroom of her Aldinga Beach home, south of Adelaide, in October 2023 following a house fire. Police allege the 38-year-old mother-of-two was killed, and…
Two teenage boys have been given detention orders after retired Wallabies star Toutai Kefu and three family members were stabbed in a violent home invasion. The youths faced Brisbane Children’s Court on Thursday for sentencing after pleading guilty to seven charges relating to offences committed when they were aged 13 and 15, including intentionally causing…
A second person has been charged over the death of South Australian mother Krystal Marshall. Marshall, 38, was allegedly murdered before her house was set alight in October 2023. Her body was discovered inside her Aldinga Beach property on Barracoota Cres after firefighters extinguished the blaze. Stream your local 7NEWS free on 7plus >> A…
Ruby Franke, a mother and popular web personality from Utah in the US who pleaded guilty last year to four counts of aggravated child abuse, has been given four consecutive sentences of one to 15 years in prison. “My charges are just,” Franke said at the sentencing on Tuesday. “They offer safety to my family,…
A Queensland man accused of vandalising multiple Woolworths stores has been ordered not to go within 50m of the supermarket. Travis Matthew Profke, 40, was last month charged with wilful damage over allegations he graffitied southeast Queensland stores with messages appearing denigrate the company’s decision not to sell Australian Day merchandise. He appeared in Brisbane…
A woman accused of murdering her seven-month-old baby boy has been committed to stand trial in a Brisbane court. Noemi Kondacs was charged with murder and torture after her arrest on the day Rhuan Immanuel Bosch died in November 2022. The torture charge against the 23-year-old was withdrawn by crown prosecutor Elise Adams in Brisbane…
WARNING: Distressing content A Queensland surgeon has been suspended from practising after a former patient died by suicide, following an intimate relationship between the pair. The overseas-born surgeon, who 7NEWS.com.au has chosen not to name, denied professional wrongdoing and claimed the “private” relationship was “irrelevant”, during tribunal proceedings that resulted in his two-year suspension. Stream…
A 34-year-old man charged with the murder of 16-year-old Jason Galleghan allegedly began the fatal assault before telling a group of teens to “finish him off”, a court has been told. Richard Sione, 34, and Kayla Dawson, 22, are facing a joint murder trial after Galleghan was bashed to death by a group of largely…
A Brisbane teacher’s message sent to herself about a 15-year-old male student will now likely be examined by a jury for any intent to groom a child for sexual abuse. Chelsea Jane Edwards, 28, faced Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday and was committed to stand trial on two charges of facilitating the procurement of a…
A teenager has been charged over a fatal crash in Sydney’s northwest. The 17-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a Nissan sedan when it crashed into a Ford Falcon sedan, then struck a power pole on Windsor Rd in McGraths Hill about 9.40pm on January 15. Two other teens, aged 17 and 16, were…
A man has been charged after two quad bikes collided north of Forster, in NSW, earlier this month. The 20-year-old and his male passenger were airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries. The two young teens they collided with were also hospitalised with minor injuries. The 20-year-old man was riding with a 29-year-old male passenger,…
A Brisbane truck driver allegedly forced at gunpoint to block the Bruce Hwy with his rig says he settled the nerves with a few cold beers after the ordeal was over. Dallas Beck found himself embroiled in a dramatic police chase on Wednesday when his semi-trailer was allegedly hijacked. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Stream your…
A WA man is staring down a big fine and potential jail time for allegedly breaching cultural heritage laws when he built a concrete bridge at his rural home 70km northeast of Perth. Tony Maddox was charged by the state’s heritage department last year over the upgrade of a gravel crossing at his Toodyay property,…
The man who was jailed for helping cover up one of Australia’s worst serial killings is set to be released within months, after serving 25-years behind bars. Mark Ray Haydon was one of four people arrested in 1999, when the bodies of some of the 11 victims were found in barrels, in a disused bank…
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died. A coroner investigating the deaths of four teenagers in a “horrific” car crash in Townsville has made no findings against police but noted a lack of training at the time around sensitivity towards Indigenous families. WATCH THE…
A WA man who “tortured” his pet pig in a “cruel course of conduct” that included biting the animal has been fined $5000. The 43-year-old was sentenced in the Armadale Magistrates Court following an investigation that began in October 2021 when the RSPCA received mobile phone footage of the offender abusing the pig, called Pan….
A man has been charged after he was seen walking around with with a gel blaster — which was first reported as a gun, sending a Gold Coast hospital into lockdown. Members of the public called police to report a man, carrying what appeared to be a gun, walking near Robina railway station on Tuesday…
A man who stalked and savagely murdered a young woman in her own bed should not be jailed for life because there’s a chance he will be rehabilitated, a lawyer says. Luay Sako’s risk of reoffending was found to be high, with a forensic psychiatrist determining it’s likely he will stalk and harm another person…
A truck driver allegedly ran a red light before sparking a crash that claimed the life of a father-of-two in Melbourne’s southeast. Yunish Naidu, 52, was just two kilometres from his home when police said a 30-tonne truck collided with his Kia. The incident occurred at the intersection of Wellington Rd and Braeburn Pde in…
Two men have been charged after police allegedly found 139kg of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of luxury buses. The Australian Border Force investigation began in January after detectives were notified of 13 luxury buses allegedly packed with cocaine on board an international cargo ship destined for Adelaide, via Perth. Almost $45 million worth of…
A man accused of throwing a chicken known as Betty White into an alligator pen in front of shocked families at a popular NSW wildlife park has indicated he’ll plead not guilty to animal cruelty. The case against Peter William Smith, 57, of Singleton, was briefly mentioned in Raymond Terrace local court on Monday. High-profile…
Australian writer Yang Hengjun has received a suspended death sentence in China, almost five years after he was initially arrested. The government was appalled at the news, Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Australian citizen handed suspended death sentence in China. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus…
An 11-year-old boy has been charged over the “cowardly” bashing of a 69-year-old grandfather in Perth, with police working to identify two other juveniles they say can assist the investigation. The victim was spat on and punched to the ground outside his home on Ashburton St in Bentley, in the city’s south, about 6pm on…
A mother has sobbed and a father has hugged a prosecutor outside court after four boys were found guilty of murdering their 16-year-old son in a Melbourne street attack. Declan Cutler was walking alone down a dark street when he was kicked, stomped on and stabbed by a group of eight boys in March 2022….
A teenage boy has pleaded guilty to taking part in an armed home invasion that resulted in Wallabies star Toutai Kefu and three members of his family being stabbed. The youth faced Brisbane Children’s Court on Wednesday for arraignment on seven charges committed when he was aged 13, including a home burglary and car theft…
A man who raped a woman during a violent home invasion, and as a juvenile killed a pregnant mother and her baby in a high-speed crash, will be set free after decades behind bars. Kingsley Arnold Pickett was 14 when he caused the crash that killed Margaret Blurton and her one-year-old son Shane on Boxing…
Queensland Premier Steven Miles has put the state judiciary on notice after clashing with the legal community amid a political storm on youth crime. Miles has previously flagged the possibility of opening children’s court to journalists, after media access was denied in the case of Ipswich grandmother, Vyleen White, who was allegedly murdered. WATCH THE…
Three people, including a GP, are facing court on allegations they conspired to avoid the law with a complex cross-border operation to move a child interstate. A Brisbane District Court jury on Monday heard evidence that hair dye and hats were purchased as part of a plan to relocate a child from Queensland to NSW….
A teen has been charged with murder after a woman was allegedly shot at a unit north of Brisbane late last month. The 29-year-old Deception Bay woman was treated for her injuries at the scene, but died in the Morayfield unit complex. Police allege an 18-year-old man called triple-0 just after midnight on January 28…
A truck driver who killed four police officers on a Melbourne freeway has been accused of lying about telling his boss he was cursed by a witch and too tired to drive, to get a more lenient sentence on appeal. Mohinder Singh, who is in prison for driving his 19-tonne truck into four Victoria Police…
An Adelaide mother could have saved her newborn baby’s life if she sought timely medical attention for his injuries, but instead she blew cannabis smoke onto his face, an Adelaide court heard. Rebecca Denton, 35, of Christie Downs pleaded guilty to criminal neglect in the District Court over the death of her 21-day-old baby, Alvin…
A man has admitted to murdering his parents at their southeast Queensland home in 2020. Christopher Puglia pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Monday to two counts of murder. The bodies of Frank and Loris Puglia were found by a relative who was going to the couple’s home in Joyner, in Brisbane’s north,…
A family member of one of the Snowtown murder victims said he is “terrified” of being in the community with convicted felon Mark Ray Haydon, who was jailed for helping cover up one of Australia’s worst serial killings. Haydon was one of four people arrested in 1999, when the bodies of some of the 11…
A mother and son who were found dead inside their Adelaide home have been identified as 76-year-old Antoinette Tozer and her 55-year-old son, Steve. On Saturday morning, Antoinette and Steve were found dead inside the house on Rosetta St in Rosewater after they suffered “significant injuries”. Antoinette’s concerned daughter and granddaughter went to check on…
A Queensland teacher whose “disturbing” sex offences included online grooming and using pictures of his own students in fantasy stories about sexual abuse has been jailed for four years. The 43-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty on Monday in the District Court in Brisbane to grooming a child under 16, procuring…
A jumping castle operator charged with workplace safety breaches over the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy in which six children died has pleaded not guilty. Chace Harrison, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, Zane Mellor, Addison Stewart, Jye Sheehan and Peter Dodt were killed after the inflatable castle was lifted into the air in December 2021. They were enjoying…
A 46-year-old woman has been charged with allegedly assaulting and robbing a 92-year-old woman after breaking into her home through her bedroom window west of Newcastle. The accused allegedly pushed the 92-year-old, who fell and was injured, before stealing items including her purse on Wednesday about 10.30pm. NSW Paramedics treated the elderly woman for minor…
Two young people charged after the drowning of a 27-year-old man who was allegedly pushed off a wharf at Hobart’s waterfront have been granted bail. Deepinderjeet Singh and a woman were sitting on the water’s edge on Monday night when they were allegedly pushed into the water. The woman was able to climb a ladder…
A man accused of starting a devastating bushfire that destroyed 86 homes in Perth has had his criminal charges dropped days before he was due to face trial. Prosecutors alleged Daniel Gunter Preuss, 42, started the massive blaze in February 2021 by using an angle grinder to remove a padlock from a sea container on…
A 43-year-old man found in the roof cavity of a Tamworth home on Tuesday has been charged over the stabbing of a 29-year-old man in a motel on New Year’s Eve. The alleged stabbing victim was airlifted to hospital in a serious but stable condition. The 29-year-old was treated by NSW paramedics at the motel…
Alana Martin’s pride was obvious when she posted about the first day of the school year last week. “My big man and littlest man starting high school and kindy today,” the mother of four wrote on Facebook, accompanied with a picture of the two boys with beaming smiles. “Big year for us all this year.”…
Adelaide man Vasilis Vergulis will stand trial for the alleged murder of his wife and the shooting of his daughter at their home in Campbelltown last year. Vergulis allegedly barricaded himself inside the home in Adelaide’s east, after shooting dead his wife Aleksandra Vergulis and injuring his daughter Daniela in July 2023. Both women were…
A woman accused of murdering her adult son by giving him an overdose of painkillers did so to rid herself of a “troubled young man”, a court has heard. Maree Mavis Crabtree, 57, faced Supreme Court in Brisbane on Monday and pleaded not guilty to one count of attempted murder, one count of murder and…
A 24-year-old man has been charged over an Australia Day fight in Sydney, after a 37-year-old man was left fighting for life. Police allege Jessie Allan, 24, was drinking alcohol on January 26 when he got into an altercation at Manly Beach’s main shopping strip, The Corso. Police allege he pushed Matthew Williams, 37, who…
Former TV host Andrew O’Keefe has been found guilty of multiple domestic violence and drug offences. The broadcaster was hit with three sets of charges, including assault causing actual bodily harm, breaching a domestic violence order and possession of the synthetic stimulant drug mephedrone. Magistrate Alison Viney on Wednesday found O’Keefe’s actions in kicking, spitting,…
A mother, 31, has been charged with attempted murder after she and her seven-year-old daughter crashed on the Great Western Hwy at Katoomba on Monday morning. Her Hyundai collided head-on with a truck and was sent careering into bushland, where it burst into flames just after 6am, NSW Police said. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Witnesses…
Former footballer Jarryd Hayne will again try to overturn his rape convictions after being jailed in his third trial. The 35-year-old former rugby league star was found guilty on two counts of sexual intercourse without consent for an incident at a woman’s home near Newcastle on the night of the 2018 NRL Grand Final. Hayne…
Toll Transport faces penalties of up to $2 million after a Perth worker was maimed on the company’s Perth Airport premises. The man was kneeling on the ground to complete a task when his leg was run over by a reversing forklift. He had been placing stickers on the concrete floor to mark out delivery…
Trigger warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault A public servant pretending to be a rideshare driver sexually assaulted his 19-year-old passenger then pushed his way into her house. Pratik Shah followed the woman into her bedroom, grabbed her waist, kissed her and touched her buttocks, a Brisbane court was told on Thursday. Watch…
The family of a Melbourne doctor who was allegedly murdered outside his home by two teenagers have remembered the 33-year-old as being a compassionate person who could light up a room. The funeral of Doncaster doctor Ashley Gordon, who died on January 13 during an alleged home invasion, was attended by 700 people at a…
Cartier bracelets and other jewellery are among designer goods worth $50,000 allegedly pinched by an employee from a Sydney International Airport store. A 39-year-old Kingsgrove woman has been charged over the missing merchandise and is due to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Sydney Airport worker charged over $50,000…
A Sydney dentist who bungled the treatment of several patients has been found guilty of professional misconduct. The case against Dr Saad Abdul-Hassan Al-Mozany, 43, was brought on by the Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) in 2022, alleging the dentist was guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct. The HCCC filed three complaints that…
A NSW tribunal has ordered a family to pay their former landlords $3000 after finding they “abandoned” the rented premises. Bechara Rizk and Ariye Atayi Juma claimed the Sydney property was “uninhabitable” and riddled with cockroaches and other bugs. The couple inspected the home on April 22, 2023, signed a lease and then received the…
Laws to enable serious repeat child sex offenders to be imprisoned or monitored indefinitely are set to be introduced in South Australia. Under proposed amendments to the Sentencing Act 2017, jailed paedophiles would need to show they can control their sexual instincts before they are released and face lifetime electronic monitoring if they re-enter the…
New details have emerged on the alleged murder of an 85-year-old South Australian great-grandmother found dead inside a home in Adelaide’s western suburbs. Maria Dimasi was found dead at a property in Findon following reports of an incident at the address on Saturday night. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: New details revealed about alleged murder of…
Jurors have been told to keep an open mind as they prepare to hear allegations that Wallabies star Kurtley Beale sexually assaulted a woman at a pub. The 35-year-old rugby union playmaker was charged after allegedly sexually assaulting and groping a 28-year-old woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons. The alleged offences occurred at…
Former Seven TV host Andrew O’Keefe has avoided another day in court, pleading guilty to drug-driving the day he was scheduled for a court hearing. O’Keefe was pulled over for a roadside test in the salubrious Sydney suburb of Point Piper in January. Police took him for a secondary saliva test and suspended his licence….
A sex offender released from immigration detention following a High Court ruling has been charged with two counts of indecent assault, prompting the federal opposition to call for two ministers to resign. Afghan refugee Aliyawar Yawari was deemed a “danger to the Australian community” by a South Australian judge in 2016 following attacks on three…
Text messages sent by Brittany Higgins about the time she was allegedly raped were accidentally deleted and were not erased as part of a deliberate strategy, a court has been told. Higgins returned to a Federal Court witness box for a third day of questioning on Tuesday, and was grilled by Bruce Lehrmann’s legal team…
A grand jury has indicted Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the A-list actor. Special prosecutors brought the case before a grand jury in Santa Fe this week, months after receiving a new analysis…
WARNING: Distressing content A man has been fined $2000 for hurling a cat several metres through the air during a night out with friends in Perth. The shocking moment Jesse Tann, 38, picked up the family pet by the tail and launched it occurred on Sheldon St in Piara Waters and was caught on CCTV….
Natalie Gordon felt a brief moment of relief when she found out on Thursday morning that two arrests had been made in relation to her brother Dr Ashley Gordon’s death. “We thought we’d be going through this a lot longer,” she said. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Sister of Melbourne stabbing victim breaks silence. Watch the…
A drunk Queensland boat captain who ran aground with more than 100 New Year’s Eve revellers on board has blamed confusion over the alcohol content of his tipple. Keith Francis Tamati Tarapipipi-Kippenberger was skipper of a cruise boat on the Broadwater at Southport on the Gold Coast on the night of December 31 when it…
An allegedly pilfered therapy dog has been reunited with his owners after he was found in a home south of Perth, with two women due to face court over his theft. Sonic, the two-year-old blue brindle French bulldog, was found on Tuesday at a unit in Meadow Springs, about 80km south of his home in…
After orchestrating attacks using acid, petrol and a wood-splitter, Sheree Glastonbury murdered her partner with an insulin overdose before dismembering his body and dumping his torso in a wheelie bin, a court has heard. Geoffrey McLean is the victim of a conspiracy involving two of Glastonbury’s former lovers that ended with the 55-year-old’s death in…
A 33-year-old South Australian man has been charged with attempted murder following an incident in which another man was allegedly hit by a car and assaulted on the Barrier Hwy in South Australia’s Mid North. South Australian Police said they were called to the highway north of Hallett at about 10.30pm on Monday following a…
A West Australian police officer has been charged with assaulting his child. The constable, from a Metropolitan policing district, was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm on November 24. Police allege the officer physically harmed his child. The child required medical treatment as a result. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus…
A man who savagely beat his mother to death in a drunken and drug-fuelled rage will spend the rest of his young adulthood behind bars. Tia Minhinnick has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for murdering his mother, 41-year-old Angela Huata, at their home at Springvale in Melbourne’s southeast in February 2022. Minhinnick, who…
Brittany Higgins made confronting statements regarding her inability to consent days after being allegedly raped on a minister’s couch by Bruce Lehrmann. Former departmental liaison officer Christopher Payne says he saw a teary-eyed Higgins walking past his office early in the week after a reported security incident at Parliament House on Saturday, March 23, 2019….
So-called “secret” recordings of Brittany Higgins’ lawyer speaking at a Sydney hotel bar while she faced cross-examination are being sought by Bruce Lehrmann as he sues for defamation. The recordings were taken of Leon Zwier and others at the Park Hyatt Lobby Bar on December 4 and reportedly revealed the lawyer discussing how Higgins’ could…
There was no proof to back up claims Brittany Higgins would lose her job at Parliament House if she filed a police complaint about her alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann, a court has heard. Network Ten producer Angus Llewellyn made the admission on Wednesday as he gave evidence to the Federal Court. Lehrmann is suing…
South Africa has accused Israel of genocide in an unprecedented case at the United Nations’ top court, saying the country’s leadership was “intent on destroying the Palestinians in Gaza” and calling for the court to order a halt to Israel’s military campaign in the enclave. On the first of two days of hearings at the…
A man who allegedly locked a woman on the balcony of a high-rise hotel apartment before she fell to her death says he never wanted to harm her. Scott Andrew Minigle was charged with a single domestic violence-related offence in December, more than three years after Jodie Lovell fell from a 10th-floor balcony at the…
A man has been jailed for 22 years after he tied up and assaulted a Melbourne mother before binding her children’s hands, covering their eyes and stuffing them into a car boot. Jiangang Ji had waited for their father to leave for work before breaking into the Blackburn North house armed with a knife to…
A court in Nepal has sentenced the country’s highest-profile cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane to eight years in prison after he was convicted of raping an 18-year-old woman. His lawyer said Lamichhane, who has played for Melbourne Stars and the Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL, would launch a higher court appeal. Lamichhane, 23, has been the face…
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyers intend to cross-examine witnesses in an attempt to prevent allegations of rape from proceeding to trial. Lehrmann, 28, is accused of raping a woman twice in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, in October 2021 and the charges have been subject to a committal process since January to determine if there…
A Sydney father who murdered his newborn son by shaking him will spend at least 12 and a half years behind bars. The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of one count of murder earlier this year. He was sentenced in the same court on…
A mother-of-two from Hobart has been identified as the woman who was allegedly murdered inside a Glenorchy home destroyed in an arson attack last week. The charred remains of Alison Robinson, 39, were found inside the home after the blaze was extinguished, and the accused attacker, David George Evans, 40, faced court over the death…
Kathleen Folbigg — who spent two decades in prison after being convicted of killing her four children — has had her name cleared after the NSW Court of Appeal quashed her convictions. Folbigg, 55, was pardoned and released from prison in May, following the conclusion of a second inquiry into her murder and manslaughter convictions…
Kathleen Folbigg has made an emotional statement outside a Sydney courthouse after she was acquitted of murder and manslaughter convictions over the deaths of her four children. Folbigg, 55, was released from prison after 20 years earlier this year after being pardoned following the conclusion of a second inquiry into her murder and manslaughter convictions…
High-profile journalist Lisa Wilkinson says she escalated her concerns about a claim by alleged rape survivor Brittany Higgins that her phone had been completely wiped. Higgins told Wilkinson and Ten producer Angus Lewellyn she had lost all data on her mobile but still retained a few messages and photographs she handed over as evidence that…
The brother of a leading Adelaide surgeon has described the doctor as a “truly selfless man” who was always thinking about how he could help others. Dr Michael Yung died in hospital on Tuesday following an alleged home invasion in Gilberton on Monday morning. Young parents Kerem Aydin, 22, and his fiancee Jacinta Davila, 27,…
A Brisbane couple who believe they were wrongly fined over a seatbelt issue have managed to have the fee waived, but they are not completely happy with the decision. In a move that surprised Caitlin*, the Queensland government reversed the decision to fine the driver (her partner) for what officials initially said was a passenger…
Trigger warning: This article contains descriptions of child abuse A Sydney dad has been slammed by a judge while being sentenced for failing to provide medical assistance to his toddler stepson, who was violently assaulted by his mother before his death. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty by a…
A driver accused of killing five people when he crashed into a pub beer garden after allegedly ignoring alerts about his low glucose levels has been freed on bail with a $250,000 surety and a condition he does not drive. William Swale, 66, was charged with culpable driving causing death, negligently causing serious injury and…
The mother of a woman who was murdered by a stranger in a random attack while she was asleep inside her friend’s house in Tasmania says she is satisfied with the sentence handed to her daughter’s killer. Colin William Drake, 37, was this week sentenced to life in prison, with a non-parole period of 20…
New driving laws have come into effect in South Australia. The rule changes are in response to the death of 15-year-old Sophia Naismith, who was hit and killed when the driver of a high-powered Lamborghini mounted a kerb on June 22, 2019. The driver, 37-year-old Alexander Campbell, avoided jail and was handed a five-month suspended…
The day after Darcey-Helen Conley was born her mother disappeared from the hospital for hours. Kerri-Ann Conley’s unexplained absences from the maternity ward were repeated when sister Chloe-Ann was born, a court has been told. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE: Inquest date set to investigate mother who left children in hot car. Watch the latest news and…
Two mining companies and a shift supervisor have copped $1.57 million in fines after a worker drove a loader into a massive underground hole and died amid lax safety procedures. There were no safety barriers around the excavated void at West Australia’s Whirling Dervish underground gold mine in July 2020 because a supervisor removed them,…
Convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika has been released from prison under more than 30 strict conditions after a push to keep him behind bars due to community safety risk was abandoned. Benbrika, who appeared in court via video link, spent nearly two decades behind bars after being convicted over plots to attack the MCG during…
A man who stabbed his wife to death in a “ferocious“ murder on Easter Sunday will spend at least 14 years and seven months in prison. Altaf Hossain, 54, attacked his wife Syeda Nirupama inside the garage of their Minto home, southwest of Sydney, on April 21, 2019. The 34-year-old was stabbed more than 80…
Two men killed in a horrific train crash near the South Australia-NSW border have been identified. Kevin Baker, 57, and Mick Warren, 48, were killed when the Pacific National freight train they were driving collided with a truck on the Barrier Hwy at Bindarrah in South Australia about 10.30am on Sunday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE:…
Australia Post, and its subsidiary StarTrack, will pay $2.9 million in compensation over lost or damaged parcels. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said over four years to October 2022, the Australia Post Group (Australia Post and StarTrack) denied compensation requests from businesses for lost and damaged parcels. The ACCC said in some cases,…
Brittany Higgins’ former boss says she fought pressure from two federal ministers to make a report with police before the alleged rape survivor chose to lodge her own complaint. Senator Linda Reynolds’ former acting chief of staff Fiona Brown was working in Parliament House at the time Higgins was allegedly raped by Bruce Lehrmann in…
This year didn’t differ much from others when it came to crime in Australia. Throughout 2023, we still saw tragic crashes, gang shootings, domestic violence charges, mysteries and allegations that dominated headlines for weeks. In many cases, the allegations will play out in courts well into the new year. Watch the latest news and stream…
A 38-year-old woman allegedly stabbed at Plympton in Adelaide’s inner southwest has been identified as property manager Julie “Julez” Seed. Seed died at the scene, while her female colleague, 50, was seriously injured after they were both allegedly stabbed at a real estate office on Lydia St at about 3.40pm on Wednesday. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE:…
One of South Australia’s most persistent and insidious paedophiles has been handed a landmark jail sentence for the depraved sexual exploitation of dozens of boys. Jadd William Brooker, 41, was on Wednesday sentenced to 36 years in prison, including 29 years non-parole — the second-longest jail term for a crime of that nature in the…
A homeless father arrested for sleeping in an Adelaide CBD stairwell has had the charges against him dropped after a high-profile barrister stepped in to help. David Evans, 57, spent Christmas Day behind bars after police arrested him the night before. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Homeless father arrested for sleeping rough had case sensationally thrown…
The death of a young woman with meningococcal disease was found to have been “accelerated” by Royal Perth Hospital, which offered her “below standard” care, a coroner has found. Geraldton woman Ashleigh Hunter, 26, drove to Perth from Geraldton to meet her partner for the Christmas holidays. They had rented an Airbnb apartment in East…
A woman gravely injured in a random knife attack that claimed the life of her friend has remembered the mother of two as an “amazing human”. Susan Scardigno was discharged from Royal Adelaide Hospital on Tuesday, less than a week after the pair were allegedly stabbed by a stranger at their workplace in the Adelaide…
Bruce Lehrmann is a dishonest, evasive man whose frequent lies about his alleged rape of Brittany Higgins mean his entire account on what happened should be disbelieved, a court has heard. Lawyers for Network Ten have rejected Lehrmann’s claims that nothing sexual happened between himself and Higgins at Parliament House in Senator Linda Reynolds’ office…
A NSW P-plater has lost a court battle over using a mobile phone as a GPS without being connected to a phone network. The driver, Chiqui Eseque, was pulled over by police in May 2022 for driving without headlights when officers noticed she had a mobile phone mounted on a hands-free holder with a map…
A poultry wholesaler has been fined more than $400,000 after a worker’s leg was amputated when it became stuck in an auger — which was on at the time. Process worker John Evans lost his left leg in the February 19, 2020 incident at the Inghams Enterprises Pty Limited turkey processing plant in Tahmoor. Evans,…
The distraught fiancé of an Adelaide real estate agent fatally stabbed in Plympton said the state’s mental health system failed both the mother of two and her alleged attacker. Julie “Julez” Seed, 38, died after she and her colleague, Susan Scardigno, were allegedly stabbed by a person not known to them at their real estate…
The family of an Adelaide grandmother who was allegedly murdered by her husband have taken a stand against domestic violence at her funeral. Maria Dimasi, 85, was found dead at her home in Findon on Saturday, December 2. Her 91-year-old husband, Frank Dimasi, who has dementia, was charged with murder. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Adelaide…
A NSW woman has been awarded thousands of dollars after a puppy she purchased from a dog breeder was diagnosed with a congenital medical condition (a condition present from birth). The woman purchased Bobby, an English bulldog, from a certified breeder in April 2022 for $6000. At the time, Bobby was 12 weeks old, and…
A young mother will spend Christmas at home with her infant son after she had charges for murdering a top Adelaide doctor dropped. Jacinta Davila, 27, was released on home detention bail on Friday after prosecutors downgraded her charges to assisting an offender. Davila and her partner Kerem Aydin, 22, were initially both charged with…
A Victorian recycling company will spend almost $300,000 to improve safety after a worker was seriously injured when he fell four metres to the ground at a Melbourne sorting plant. The worker suffered broken ribs, three dislodged discs and damage to his vision after plunging from the roof of a structure at the Bingo Recycling…
A Mildura man was left fighting for life after police say he was deliberately hit by a car. The 34-year-old was allegedly hit on Deakin Ave in Mildura, in Victoria’s northwest, by a car that drove away from the scene just before 5am on December 6. The victim sustained life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to…
A jumping castle at the centre of the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy wasn’t secured at all points, and the operator failed to provide workers with instructions and training, it is alleged. Six children died and three were badly injured when a wind gust lifted the castle into the air during end-of-year celebrations on December 16,…
A 17-year-old boy has been charged over a crash in South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula that killed another teenager. A car carrying a group of five teenagers lost control and rolled on Main South Road at Second Valley on December 10. The group had been staying together at Second Valley Caravan Park. Benjy Weenink, 16, died…
The failures of a Victorian school and an international travel company led to the tragic and preventable death of a diabetic teenager. That’s what Coroner Audrey Jamieson found after investigating the death of Kilvington Grammar School student Lachlan Cook. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Coroner finds death of diabetic Melbourne teen on school camp preventable. Watch…
Former family vlogger Ruby Franke pleaded guilty on Monday to four counts of second-degree aggravated child abuse, according to video footage of the hearing uploaded to YouTube. The mother-of-six, from Utah, in the US, known to her nearly 2.3 million YouTube followers for the now-removed family channel “8 Passengers”, was charged in September with six…
WARNING: Distressing content A woman who threw her pet dog off a rooftop carpark in Perth will spend at least 12 months behind bars. The 26-year-old was caught on CCTV throwing Princess, a 10-year-old Maltese shih-tzu, off the two-storey carpark at Westfield Whitford City shopping centre on April 7, 2022. Watch the latest news and…
WARNING: Distressing content The husband of a Melbourne mother who killed their three children in a murder-suicide is suing his wife’s doctor and hospital. Katica Perinovic, 42, killed her three children – Claire, 7, Anna, 5, and Matthew, 3 — before taking her own life during a psychotic episode at their Tullamarine home on January…
A Queensland state politician says he clearly remembers Brittany Higgins telling him of her alleged rape in Parliament House weeks after the incident. Giving evidence in the Federal Court on Monday, Liberal National Party MP Sam O’Connor recounted a text exchange he had with Higgins on April 19, 2019. “Sorry, I’m just over it,” she…
A foreign national who raped and stole from two women while masquerading as a police officer will be jailed before being deported. In March 2020, at the start of the COVID pandemic, Shivan Suresh Agravat printed a police ID from the internet, acquired a gel blaster and bought a gun holster and handcuffs from Spotlight…
A pair of Sydney tenants have been awarded thousands of dollars after taking their landlord to court over their rental property’s state of disrepair. The tenants rented the three-bedroom Greenacre townhouse, in Sydney’s west, from January 2019 to July 2023. In the months before they vacated the property, the tenants had been paying $550 a…
A Perth man has been sentenced to four years in jail over a failed attempt to import almost 3kg of cocaine hidden in purses. The cocaine was intercepted in June 2021 and replaced with a “harmless substance” before the package from the UK was delivered to its intended recipients at a Willagee home. The 31-year-old…
Journalist Lisa Wilkinson has denied “going through the motions” in the lead-up to a TV item that aired Brittany Higgins’ allegations she was raped in Parliament House by a fellow Liberal staffer. Higgins’ alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann is suing Network Ten and Wilkinson, seeking damages over a broadcast in February 2021 that he claims is…
The father of an Australian woman found dead in Mozambique says his family has been let down after a coroner was unable to rule whether her death was a homicide. Victoria’s state coroner Judge John Cain released his findings into Elly Warren’s death on Friday, more than seven years after the 20-year-old died in the…
The elderly mother of a champion surfer who died after a one-punch attack on the NSW mid-north coast says he was the victim of a “human shark”. In an emotional victim impact statement read to the Newcastle District Court on Wednesday, the surfer Chris “Davo” Davidson’s sister, Carlie Maudson, said his family had been left…
A woman has told the “monster” who raped her while pretending to be a police officer that he stole her ability to live the life she once had. Shivan Suresh Agravat printed a police ID from the internet, acquired a gel blaster and bought a gun holster from Spotlight before threatening two women to pay…
A NSW police officer who groomed and coerced a teenager into sex after meeting her while on duty has been jailed for at least three years. Matthew Robert Townsend admitted pursuing the 15-year-old after taking a statement from her when she was physically assaulted at school. The 29-year-old former probationary constable pursued the schoolgirl using…
A man has been charged over a woman’s fatal fall from a 10th floor balcony at a Sydney hotel. Jodie Lovell, 45, fell to her death three years ago on at the Hyatt Regency in Sussex St. Emergency services were called to the hotel about 8pm on May 22 in 2020 to reports a woman…
A man has died after he was allegedly assaulted on the Fraser Coast last month. Queensland police say an argument broke out between two men on Ferry St in Maryborough about 10pm on November 24. A 20-year-old man allegedly stuck the 51-year-old man in the head before he fell, hitting his head on the pavement….
Suspended Dragons NRL player Junior Amone has been spared jail as his father was taken into custody over an “appalling” altercation with tradies outside the family’s Wollongong home. The 21-year-old was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intimidation and damaging property, while his father, Talatau Amone, 47, faced the same charges and an extra…
A leading Adelaide surgeon has been rushed into emergency surgery after being stabbed in a home invasion in Adelaide’s inner north. Head of Critical Care Medicine at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Dr Michael Yung, 61, was assaulted when intruders broke into a home on James St in Gilberton at 4.20am on Monday. WATCH VIDEO…
Singer Guy Sebastian’s former manager Titus Day will face a retrial after his convictions for alleged embezzlement were quashed due to a prosecutor making “inappropriate comments” before the jury retired. Day managed the Australian Idol winner via his company 6 Degrees between 2009 and 2017 before their relationship ended. He pleaded not guilty to dozens…
A Sydney man has taken his neighbours to court over a hedge growing on their property that he claimed blocked his sunlight and littered debris. The neighbours, who live in Ropes Crossing, in Sydney’s west, have a row of 21 lilly pillies, which form a 3 to 4m tall hedge, growing along a boundary they…
The death of an inmate after a suspected prison bashing has led to two men being charged with murder. Benn Schinkel’s family pleaded for information in October to help solve the alleged murder after he was found unresponsive in central Queensland’s Capricornia Correctional Centre. Kenneth Leigh James, 25, and Leonard James Stanley, 36, did not…
Brittany Higgins broke down sobbing in the arms of her then-boyfriend days after being allegedly raped by Bruce Lehrmann in Parliament House, a court has heard. Ben Dillaway says he flew to Canberra on March 27 in 2019 to support Higgins after suspecting she had been sexually assaulted the weekend before. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE:…
An aspiring rapper who was “drifting” through a period of drug use and homelessness has been found guilty of murdering a man who offered a roof over his head. Coskun Jaques Marius, 30, in November pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court in Brisbane to the manslaughter of Tane Tahi Manawa, 38, at the victim’s Surfers…
A former immigration detainee who was released into the community after a landmark High Court ruling has become the fifth person in the cohort to be arrested. William Yekrop, 39, was arrested in Brisbane on Thursday morning. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE: Fifth person released from immigration detention arrested. Watch the latest news and stream for free…
An estimated 25,000 McDonald’s workers could take part in a class action against the fast food giant that is seeking millions of dollars in alleged unpaid overtime. The restaurant chain and franchisees are accused of failing to pay managers and supervisors up to an hour of unpaid work each day as they performed checks and…
Two provisional licence holders will appear in court for allegedly street racing on a major Adelaide road. The 20-year-old Dernancourt man and 18-year-old Findon man were allegedly clocked travelling 167 km/h in a 60 km/h zone on North East Rd at Holden Hill at 9:15pm on Sunday, December 3. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE: P-platers caught during…
A NSW company has been fined more than $400,000 after a worker became paralysed in a fall at a construction site. Martin Comiskey, who had 20 years’ experience as a qualified carpenter, was subcontracted to work at a site in Sydney’s CBD in November 2020 when he fell about 7-8m down a void, from a…
A young boy has died after eating poisonous berries on a walk in a park with his father, just months after moving to England from Australia. Benn Curran-Nicholls, 14, moved to Manchester with his family in June 2022. The teenager, who lived with severe autism, walked to Fletcher Moss Park in the suburb of Didsbury…
A teenager who fired gunshots at a classroom, sparking fears of a US-style school shooting, has pleaded guilty to endangering the lives of staff and students at a Perth college. The 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, took two rifles to the Atlantis Beach Baptist College in Two Rocks, about 70km north…
A NSW company has been fined $300,000 after a worker’s hand was amputated on just her second shift at a Sydney warehouse. Mintra Sudto arrived for her second casual shift at the Milperra premises of paper manufacturing company Royal Touch Paper Products Pty Ltd, where her husband also worked, on the morning of March 13,…
A heartbroken southwest Sydney community has shared emotional reactions to the sentencing of a driver who killed five teenagers in a fiery crash last year. Tyrell Edwards, 20, will face at least seven years behind bars after being sentenced in the NSW District Court in Campbelltown on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Driver jailed over…
The mothers of Palestinian American college students shot on the street have no doubt that the men were targeted, and say the shooting should absolutely be treated as a hate crime. Three men, all 20 years old, were shot near the University of Vermont in Burlington last week. They all speak in Arabic and two…
A father of three killed in an unprovoked one-punch attack would likely not have died but for the failings at a Hobart hospital, a coroner has found. University of Tasmania academic Stewart Williams died from brain damage suffered in the attack by Beau Wayne Kelly at a Hobart nightclub in the early hours of February…
A man found guilty over a “highly unusual” murder attempt will undergo a court-ordered psychiatric assessment that could decide whether he will ever be suitable for release back into the community. Anthony Daniel Rajek was this week found guilty of attempted murder and acts intending to cause grievous bodily harm. Rajek, then aged 21, stabbed…
A late confession, inconclusive DNA evidence and a quashed conviction will set a man free more than 10 years after being found guilty of murder. Dressed in a white shirt and blue suit, Wassim Tiriaki smiled and waved to members of his family in the public gallery as he waited to be sentenced for the…
Brittany Higgins has denied fabricating her allegation of being raped by Bruce Lehrmann on a federal minister’s couch. Giving evidence on Thursday in a Federal Court defamation trial, Higgins became emotional during cross-examination by Lehrmann’s barrister Steven Whybrow SC. “That is a fabrication that you were sexually assaulted,” Whybrow said. Watch the latest news and…
A teen who allegedly robbed a pharmacy has been arrested in the surf of a Gold Coast beach. The 19-year-old man is accused of trying to dump the medications he allegedly stole from the Surfers Paradise Boulevard pharmacy in the surf about 11pm on Wednesday. He held up staff of the business with a knife…
A Queensland homeowner has been targeted in a random attack while working on his yard on the Gold Coast. CCTV footage obtained by 7NEWS captured the incident which took place in September. The 37-year-old father can be seen raking stones on the side of his property when he is approached from behind by a stranger….
Brittany Higgins will give more evidence in support of Network Ten’s defence against defamation proceedings launched by Bruce Lehrmann, after the broadcaster aired her allegation she was raped by a colleague in Parliament House. Lehrmann was charged in August 2021 over the alleged rape in Senator Linda Reynolds’ office in March 2019, which he denies….
Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered to pay the legal costs of several media outlets following a failed defamation action over allegations he committed war crimes. The Federal Court ruled in June that articles published by Nine newspapers and The Canberra Times alleging Mr Roberts-Smith’s involvement in four murders while deployed in Afghanistan were…
A 14-year-old boy run down while crossing a Perth road is back on his feet but his family say his mental scars will take longer to heal. Schoolboy Robert Corps was pictured in dramatic security camera vision sliding several metres down the road after he was hit by a car on William St in Beckenham…
A Queensland man given seven life sentences after repeatedly raping and torturing a woman for three weeks in one of the state’s most horrific crimes says “no one is helping” him as he attempts an appeal. Nicholas John Crilley was given one of the toughest sentences in Queensland history when he brutally assaulted the then…
Former NSW Labor politician Milton Orkopoulos used drugs, money and his position of trust in the community to sexually assault vulnerable young boys. The now-66-year-old will spend another decade behind bars after being found guilty in April on 26 charges involving sexually abusing and supplying drugs to four minors between 1993 and 2003. He was…
A WA woman who unsuccessfully sued Coles and a security company, claiming she was falsely imprisoned and the victim of an assault and battery, gave “bizarre” evidence during the hearing, a judge has said. The woman took the supermarket giant and a security company that operated in a Perth shopping centre to court following two…
A 38-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter and negligent driving after a five-year-old boy died when he became trapped in a car swept away by floodwaters last year. The boy’s body was found inside a submerged utility vehicle in Tullamore, northwest of Parkes in central western NSW, in late 2022. On September 23, emergency…
An alleged parcel thief has been charged over a series of post office break-ins where close to $10,000 worth of packages was stolen. Victorian police say post offices in Werribee and Point Cook, in Melbourne’s southwest, were targeted five times in September and October. Packages containing thousands of dollars worth of goods were swiped before…
An inquest into the deaths of three people during forced COVID quarantine at Howard Springs will examine the legality of their detention and the adequacy of their care. David Hardy, 77, Raylene Dick, 50, and Karen Bading, 56, were all classified as deaths in custody. The trio had been diagnosed with or suspected to have…
Friends of 55-year-old Jodie Jewell, who was allegedly murdered by her husband, say the Adelaide mother was a kind person with an infectious spirit. Jodie was found dead in her Modbury North home on Tuesday, sparking a statewide manhunt for her husband, Kevin Jewell, 55, the prime suspect in her killing. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE:…
Trigger warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault A rape victim who was sexually assaulted by a man she met on a dating app has told a court she used to be “fun-loving and independent” before the assault. The woman, who cannot be identified, delivered a victim impact statement to Downing Centre District Court…
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has settled a defamation case with the ABC over the broadcast of a speech by his alleged rape victim Brittany Higgins. Lehrmann’s high-profile defamation case over media reports began on Wednesday, with an 18-day hearing scheduled in the Federal Court. The ABC’s barrister Dr Matthew Collins KC confirmed the settlement…
An aspiring rapper committed a “horrendous” murder by bashing a sleeping Gold Coast man with a metal bar and leaving him to die over the course of 45 minutes, a court has heard. Coskun Jaques Marius, 30, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Queensland Supreme Court to the manslaughter of Tane Tahi Manawa, 38, at the…
The families of five teenagers killed in a horrific car crash south west of Sydney last year have faced the driver responsible for the fatal tragedy, telling a court of their immeasurable pain. Best friends Lily Van De Putte, Gabby McLennan, Summer Williams, all aged 14, Tyrese Bechard, 15, and 16-year-old Antonio Desisto all died…
A 26-year-old South Australian man has been charged after an alleged shoot-out with police near the SA-Victorian border. Police were called to an isolated rural property in Senior, about 15km north of Bordertown, on Thursday morning when they were allegedly confronted by Jadyn Stimson. Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig, 53, of Lucindale Police Station, was allegedly…
The man who allegedly killed the son of South Australia’s top police officer by hitting him with his car has been released on bail. Dhirren Randhawa, 18, faces four charges, including causing death by dangerous driving, over the death of Charlie Stevens, 18, on Friday night in Goolwa, about 90km southeast of Adelaide. Police said…
A teenager was allegedly stabbed multiple times on a bus in Sydney’s southwest earlier this week, with another man now charged with attempted murder. The 18-year-old was allegedly stabbed on board the bus in front of other passengers in Ingleburn about 1.15pm on Wednesday. The bus then stopped at a bus stop at the intersection…
A Sydney real estate agent who slashed a woman with a samurai sword and assaulted a second woman while high on a cocktail of drugs and alcohol has avoided jail. Karl Howard, 46, the former principal of Ray White in Balmain, pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm and reckless grievous bodily harm over…
A couple successfully had a tree on their neighbour’s property removed after its roots damaged parts of their property, including their driveway, in the Hunter Valley region of NSW. The couple, who live in Hinton, applied to the Land and Environment Court to have the Morton Bay fig removed after the local council refused the…
Supporters of a Gold Coast lifesaver have cheered and clapped as he was acquitted over allegations he raped a drunk woman in a surf club. Connor James Buhk, 25, has stood trial in the Queensland District Court this week after pleading not guilty to raping the woman in a bedroom of the Kirra Surf Club…
The families of the children killed in the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania have welcomed the news that charges have been laid against the amusement’s operator. Chace Harrison, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, Zane Mellor, Addison Stewart, Jye Sheehan and Peter Dodt died after a jumping castle was lifted into the air at Hillcrest Primary School…
A former TV star who admitted to supplying drugs in northern NSW won’t be jailed over the offence. Putu Sugiarta Winchester-Stanton, 44, pleaded guilty to one charge of supplying cocaine in Byron Bay. He was sentenced in the Downing Centre District Court on Thursday to an 18-month Intensive Corrections Order. Watch the latest news and…
McDonald’s has lost a three-year trademark fight with fast-food rival Hungry Jack’s. The US hamburger giant sued Hungry Jack’s in 2020 claiming its sale of the “Big Jack” and “Mega Jack” burgers infringed the Big Mac trademark. On Thursday, the Federal Court dismissed the allegations, saying neither burger brand was deceptively similar to the Big…
A man has been charged after allegedly climbing a crane at Elizabeth Quay in Perth’s CBD, prompting authorities into an early morning rescue operation. Emergency services were called to a skyscraper construction site on William St about 1.30am following reports someone had scaled a crane. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man rescued after allegedly climbing Perth…
A Gold Coast man has been accused of trying to stab another man to death in a Brisbane CBD hotel. The 42-year-old man from Varsity Lakes allegedly stabbed a 48-year-old man at the Mantra on Mary St about 10.30am on Sunday. The older man suffered “multiple stab wounds” to his stomach, police allege. Watch the…
A friend of Brad Thompson, an Adelaide motorcyclist killed in a collision with a car on his way to work, said the 45-year-old’s family was “robbed” of an amazing father. Thompson was killed when his Kawasaki motorbike and a Mazda sedan crashed, just after 8pm on Sunday on the Philip Hwy in Elizabeth. The 45-year-old…
A Melbourne boss is trying to avoid conviction after he slapped a young apprentice while the man was strung upside down from a crane at a workplace Christmas party. Steven Yousif, 29, repeatedly hit Ilyas Elkharraz’s bare chest at the December 2020 event in one incident of bullying at Melbourne Glass Solutions. WATCH THE VIDEO…
A teenager has been charged with the aggravated assault of another boy in Adelaide city. Police and ambulance crews were called to reports a teenager had been attacked by a small group of males on Festival Dr at 11.20pm on Sunday. The injured teenager was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Watch…
A young mother-of-two who disappeared more than two decades ago died at the hands of her abusive husband, a coroner has ruled. Peta Simone Weber, 25, was reported missing from popular tourist location The Gap near Albany, Western Australia in June 1997. The 25-year-old and her husband Richard had reportedly gone there to fish when…
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died Prison officers were watching movies and relaxing when an Indigenous teenager fatally self-harmed in youth detention. Officers discovered 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd unresponsive in a cell at the Unit 18 facility at Perth’s Casuarina Prison in the early…
A Sydney woman has failed in her bid to have her neighbours’ palm trees cut down despite a court determining they do block her views of the ocean. The woman, who lives in Queenscliff on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, applied to the Land And Environment Court to have her neigbours’ row of 15 Bangalow palms removed…
A Victorian manufacturer has been fined $2.1 million after an apprentice was seriously injured when he was struck in the head by a steel pipe. Dennis Jones Engineering and its sole director Dennis Jones were sentenced in the Victorian County Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to charges against the Occupational Health and Safety Act….
A man has been jailed for nine years over the “terrible” death of a woman in a Brisbane park — but could be released in weeks. Bradley Scott Edwards, 38, had been due on Monday, November 6 to stand trial for the murder of Ioli Hadjilyra, 26, but instead pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Edwards faced…
A man accused of throwing an unwell 74-year-old off a Brisbane balcony was allegedly frustrated at not having a cigarette, a court has heard. Raymond John Binge has been behind bars on a murder charge since the death of the elderly man at Brisbane’s Yeronga suburb on October 1. Police alleged at the time the…
A man has been charged over an alleged random attack on a woman in Brisbane’s south last weekend. Tory Meredith Constable is accused of punching the 45-year-old woman in the stomach before cutting her arm as she walked down Orange Grove Rd in Coopers Plains about 4.20pm on Sunday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Footage shows…
The Australian branch of a global meat company has been fined after a worker at a NSW site was crushed by 700kg hay bales. The woman — an admin worker — was struck and trapped under two hay bales that fell off a stack at a JBS Australia Pty Ltd feedlot in Caroona in February…
Shannon Finemore never made it home from Melbourne Cup celebrations three years ago. The 37-year-old and Scott McGillivrey were walking home in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley when two other men came down from a first floor apartment to confront them. Michael Trevor Royce Collins was armed with a crowbar, alongside his mate Harley James Raithby Hoodless….
An Indigenous inmate has died in a Western Australian prison. Corrective services officers found the unresponsive 41-year-old in his cell at Hakea Prison on Monday morning. Prison officers and medical staff attempted to revive the man but they were unsuccessful and he was declared dead at the scene. Watch the latest news and stream for…
Police have confirmed a third member of the same family has died after a shocking crash in South Australia’s Mid North last week. The collision between a campervan van and Honda occurred at the intersection of Templeton Rd and Blyth Rd at Everard Central, about 120km northwest of Adelaide at 5.20pm on Tuesday. WATCH THE…
A man will face court charged with murder after another man was shot in the head during an alleged altercation in a tiny town on the outskirts of Perth. The 32-year-old victim died in Royal Perth Hospital on Sunday after he was shot in Wooroloo, about 53km northeast of the CBD, police said. WATCH THE…
Two men from Sydney’s eastern suburbs who tried to sue their neighbour after assault charges against them were dropped amid a tumultuous 20-year long dispute have had their case dismissed. The pair, who live in Double Bay, took their neighbour to court for malicious prosecution after they were both charged with common assault over two…
An elderly NSW man who stabbed his wife to death in an attempted murder-suicide weeks before Christmas could die in prison, the judge who sentenced him over the crime said. Heinz Ratke, 76, pleaded guilty earlier this year to murdering Maria, his 71-year-old wife of more than 50 years, in their Katoomba home. Her body…
A homeless man has been charged with five counts of arson after allegedly lighting a series of bushfires in Perth’s inner suburbs. Police arrested the 41-year-old of no fixed address at the scene of the latest blaze in Kings Park late on Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Police charge alleged Kings Park arsonist Watch the…
Three men linked to a failed housing scheme that cost dozens of elderly Australians their homes and life savings have appeared in court on criminal charges. Raymond Jones, founder of the Sterling Group, Simon Bell and Ryan Jones faced the Perth Magistrates Court on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Three men charged over failed Sterling…
A body modifier jailed over the manslaughter of one of his clients and the disfiguring of two others will spend less time behind bars after having one of his convictions quashed on appeal. Brendan Russell, a self-proclaimed “extreme body modification artist”, was found guilty of three charges, including female genital mutilation, grievous bodily harm with…
Four children — one aged just 12 — allegedly stole a handbag and a car from two women in their 60s, before driving into a bystander who tried to stop them, police have said. The youngsters allegedly confronted the women as they were walking to their car outside a McDonald’s on Alfred St in Aitkenvale,…
Former TV host Andrew O’Keefe fired a series of four-letter expletives at police after being told he could not get his medication during an arrest over an alleged domestic assault. The troubled 52-year-old ex-TV star was pushed against a wall and forcibly handcuffed during the September 10, 2021 incident at his Sydney city centre apartment….
A popular Perth snake handler has allegedly been pepper-sprayed and beaten during a late-night attack as she tried to rescue an injured reptile. Tessa was called to help a wounded snake near Mullaloo Beach, in the city’s northern suburbs, just after 10.30pm on October 25. While looking for the serpent, police allege Tessa was pepper-sprayed…
Serial killer Paul Denyer will never be eligible to apply for parole under proposed government-backed Victorian law changes. Denyer pleaded guilty to stabbing and strangling Elizabeth Stevens, 18, Debbie Fream, 22, and Natalie Russell, 17, over a seven-week period in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Frankston in 1993. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Paul Denyer to…
A woman found dead in a luxury room at Crown Towers in Burswood, Perth, has been identified as a talented and much-loved family lawyer. WA’s legal community is in mourning after it emerged Alice McShera, 34, was allegedly murdered on Monday, triggering a homicide investigation. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Murder charge laid over Crown Towers…
A daycare centre has been heavily fined after a five-year-old child was left alone on a bus for more than half an hour. The child was only discovered when a parent arrived at Garfields Learnaversity in Australind, about 160km south of Perth, and spotted them in the vehicle outside the centre, a Department of Communities…
A teenage boy has been charged over the ute crash that killed 16-year-old Cohen Griggs-Bufton and seriously injured five other boys earlier this month. The red P-plate alleged driver, 17, was among those critically injured in the late night smash on Sydney’s northern beaches and airlifted to hospital. He was allegedly behind the wheel of…
Seven people have faced court over what Australian Federal Police have described as a $228 million money laundering ring. Officers arrested the group during raids across the country as part of what has been called the most complex AFP-led money laundering investigation in Australian history. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Adelaide money exchange linked to alleged…
A gang of young girls, two of whom were aged 12 and one 13 years old, have been charged with assault and theft, after they allegedly bashed an Adelaide CBD convenience store worker and trashed his store. CCTV shows five girls walking into the Ezymart in Rundle Mall at 10.30pm on Wednesday. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE:…
A Dunkin’ franchisee is paying a woman $US3 million ($A4.77 million) to settle a lawsuit involving hot coffee falling on her lap that she alleges caused severe burns and life-altering injuries, according to her lawyers. The unnamed US woman claimed the incident, which happened in February 2021 at an Atlanta-area location, occurred because the cup’s…
An inquest into a house fire that killed a two-year-old girl in her Blue Mountains home on April 2018, has been unable to conclude it was deliberately lit, despite many “suspicious circumstances.” Deputy state coroner Carmel Forbes said in findings published on Monday that it could also have been an electrical fault that burned the…
An elderly man has been charged with murder over the disappearance of a Perth mother more than 37 years ago. Sharon Fulton, 39, was last seen alive in March 1986. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Major development in decades-old Perth mystery of Sharon Fulton’s disappearance. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >>…
A Sydney man charged over the execution-style shooting murder of Melbourne gangland figure Gavin “Capable” Preston has been remanded in custody. Jaeden Tito, 22, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday evening after he was extradited from NSW earlier in the day. Tito, still dressed in the red shorts he was arrested in on Wednesday,…
Up to 100,000 Australians could be eligible to take part in a class action against fast food giant KFC. On Thursday, Gordon Legal launched a lawsuit against the chain, alleging it failed to provide paid rest breaks to staff over a period of six years. Anyone employed at KFC from October 25, 2017, until now…
An Adelaide pub which ran a lewd promotion earlier this year, swapping free drinks for bras and offering more for the well-endowed, has been fined $3897. But the state’s liquor licensing regulator said the offensive bras-for-beers offer was not the most concerning discovery made during an investigation into the Hindley St venue, which was sparked…
Two men have allegedly stabbed a security guard, bashed a good Samaritan and sprayed two police officers with a fire extinguisher while they were being kicked out of a Gold Coast bar. The 41-year-old and 25-year-old men are facing multiple charges — including a combined 14 counts of assault — over the incident in Burleigh…
A Queensland family were looking forward to lunch together when they heard their mother cry out and found her dying on the laundry floor, a court has heard. The police initially thought Giustina Katerina Lawlor, 53, had died from a blood clot but a later scan found a bullet in her abdomen. Her son, Cristian…
A 26-year-old has been charged with murder after another man who was found with critical injuries at a Perth park died in hospital over the weekend. The accused man’s 29-year-old alleged victim was taken to Royal Perth Hospital via ambulance after emergency services raced to Peet Park in Rivervale, in the city’s inner east, about…
A Queensland man has allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted four women after offering them lifts over a nearly two-year period. The man allegedly targeted women in the Cairns region from October 2021 to August this year. “The man offered the women lifts before taking them to his home and sexually assaulting them,” police said on…
A Tasmanian man’s fall in the corridors of the Royal Hobart Hospital in 2020 has been confirmed as a partial cause of his death, according to a coroner’s investigation to determine whether a public inquest was required. Peter Harris, 75, was under the watch of a hospital-employed sitter who had her eyes on her mobile…
A family has told of their heartbreak after an Adelaide man was allegedly killed by his mate on a boys’ trip to Melbourne. Alex Robinson, 20, died at a La Trobe St apartment on May 13. Police allege Robinson and a friend were wrestling in the apartment when the former lost consciousness. Watch the latest…
A man has died nearly two weeks after he was allegedly struck by another man who was accused of fleeing the scene on a scooter on the Gold Coast. The alleged 50-year-old attacker has had his charge upgraded from serious assault to manslaughter after the 75-year-old man’s death in Gold Coast University Hospital on Thursday….
The mother of a man who has been in custody for more than six months while accused of foreign interference insists he is not a spy as a court considers his release on bail. Catherine Csergo said delays in certifying the charge against her 55-year-old son Alexander Csergo were “absolutely disgusting” outside Sydney’s Downing Centre…
A coronial inquest will investigate the death of an Indigenous teenager found unresponsive in a prison cell after a suspected self-harm incident. Officers discovered the 16-year-old at the troubled Unit 18 youth detention facility at Casuarina Prison in Western Australia in the early hours of October 12 after he contacted them through the intercom. The…
A father has appeared in court for the first time after being accused of covering up his son’s alleged involvement in a high-speed crash that killed two Sydney siblings. Johnson Kokozian, 20, remains on remand on charges stemming from the deadly smash in Heckenberg on September 1. The Mercedes-Benz AMG SUV he was allegedly driving…
Citibank has won an employment tribunal case brought by an analyst it sacked for claiming expenses for meals he shared with his partner, and then lying about it. Szabolcs Fekete, a UK-based senior analyst, sued the bank for unfair dismissal after he submitted expenses for two sandwiches, two coffees, a drink, and two pasta dishes…
NSW authorities have charged a man with murder over the discovery of a body at a beachside carpark on the Central Coast. The 40-year-old victim was found by Brisbane Water Police District officers in a vehicle parked on Trafalgar Ave at Umina Beach about 3.15am on Monday. Police said he had sustained stab wounds. Watch…
A former CEO previously cleared of stalking model Simone Holtznagel has had a charge of breaching an AVO made to protect her dropped by police. Benjamin Reeves, 59, was arrested in June and accused of breaching the apprehended violence order when the pair allegedly interacted amid the crowds at Vivid at Sydney’s Circular Quay. The…
A former Coles executive who stole close to $2 million from the supermarket giant could be released from jail in a little over a year. Aaron Baslangic, 40, was the head of Coles’ strategic initiatives division in early 2019 when he made 14 fraudulent payments from the company into his personal bank account. In total,…
A 38-year-old man has been accused of launching a pet cat up to seven metres through the air after allegedly picking the animal up and swinging it by its tail. The alleged incident unfolded about midnight on January 16, 2022, when the accused was walking with three people on Sheldon St in Piara Waters, in…
A man aged in his 70s dubbed the “bicycle bandit” has been arrested and charged after one of South Australia’s longest-running serious crime investigations. SA Police arrested the man on Friday at his O’Sullivan Beach home, and have charged him over 10 bank robberies and one attempted bank robbery between 2004 and 2014. Detective Superintendent…
The former boyfriend of a German backpacker whose naked body was found at a caravan site on the NSW north coast will receive a substantial payout after a murder charge against him was withdrawn. Prosecutors have been ordered to pay $190,000 to Tobias Moran four months after withdrawing charges against him over the death of…
A NSW landlord has been ordered to pay her tenants more than $14,000 after the property she owned became mouldy after heavy rain. The tenants made an application for compensation in the Civil and Administrative Tribunal earlier this year while the two-bedroom villa apartment was undergoing repairs to damage caused by water ingress and mould….
A NSW man has taken a bike shop to court for a refund on an almost $8000 bike he said was not of “acceptable quality”. Since purchasing the electric mountain bike from Cheeky Bikes in 2021 for $7899, its motor had to be replaced three times, the customer said in his application to the Civil…
Two companies have been charged over the death of an apprentice carpenter in a roof collapse at a university construction site in Perth three years ago. Tradie Jonathan Hartshorn, 23 was working on the glass roof of Curtin University’s $110 million School of Design and Built Environment when a steel structure partially caved in and…
Australian performer Vanessa Amorosi claims she had no control over her finances because her mother took over early in her career under the guise of protecting her. The 42-year-old is suing her mother Joyleen Robinson in the Victorian Supreme Court for full ownership of two properties bought as a result of her success. One is…
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died. Police have laid new charges in the case of a 12-year-old who died after being critically injured when he was struck by a ute while riding a scooter. Dawlon Smith-Saunders was riding a scooter with a friend…
A man who hated his ex-partner’s mother told her “I’m gonna do you in” before he recruited a hitman to kill her, a jury has been told. Prosecutor Brett Hatfield told a Supreme Court jury in Newcastle on Tuesday the victim, Stacey Klimovitch, had defiantly replied “go your hardest” to Stuart Campbell before she was…
A man who stabbed a sex worker to death before conducting a terrifying rampage through the streets of Sydney has had his sentence slashed by several years. Mert Ney will be eligible for parole in October 2050 after the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal ruled on Wednesday to quash his initial sentence and impose a…
Australian performer Vanessa Amorosi is suing her mother for ownership of two properties bought at the height of her success. The 42-year-old singer-songwriter appeared in person at the Victorian Supreme Court on Tuesday, where her lawyer laid out the case against her mother Joyleen Robinson. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Vanessa Amorosi takes her mother to…
WARNING: Distressing content The bullying horror a NSW student was subjected to while living in a boarding school dormitory has been revealed as a teenager charged over sexually assaulting him is sentenced. The 15-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was only weeks into starting year 10 at the regional high school when he…
An alleged burglar has suffered an undignified end to a would-be robbery of a Perth jewellery store, surrendering to police by climbing back through the gap he had just cut to break into the business. A security alarm was triggered at a shopping centre on Albany Hwy, Victoria Park in the early hours of Sunday….
A legal bid by former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian to overturn findings she engaged in corruption will be heard as quickly as possible. Berejiklian is challenging findings by the Independent Commission Against Corruption that she engaged in serious corrupt conduct by breaching public trust and refusing to report a secret relationship with her then-lover, Liberal…
A Tasmanian man has been awarded more than $12 million, years after a punch from a bouncer outside a nightclub left him with life-altering injuries. Matthew Leonard doesn’t remember the incident outside Syrup Nightclub in Hobart on July 2014. The then 28-year-old bricklayer, who was heavily intoxicated at the time, had been kicked out of…
A teenager who was found naked and acting erratically on a boat has been charged with murder over the discovery of human remains in a burnt-out car about 200km north of Perth, as friends honoured his alleged victim. Benjamin Jack McLaughlin, 19, appeared on Thursday in Perth Magistrates Court where police alleged he killed a…
A 25-year-old Adelaide Hills man has been charged with selling highly toxic drugs on the dark web and money laundering through cryptocurrency. South Australia Police allege the man was operating a number of different online profiles, each used to sell different types of illicit drugs. They allege he sourced the drugs and packaging equipment in…
A 66-year-old southeast Queensland man has been sentenced to three years in jail for accessing child abuse material online. The Ipswich man pleaded guilty to possessing child abuse material and using a carriage service to transmit the material in the Brisbane District Court on Friday, Australian Federal Police said. He was arrested in August 2022…
A martial artist who killed a 70-year-old after a road rage run-in turned violent has been found guilty of manslaughter but not the more serious charge of murder. Francois Joseph Ghassibe was in the back of a taxi on West Terrace in Adelaide when his driver was cut off by 70-year-old Brian Richardson on April…
A young Adelaide mother says she thought she was going to die when four armed men stormed her home and stabbed her partner. The 24-year-old Pooraka woman, who did not want to be named, said she asked her neighbour to turn down their music at 1.30am on Thursday. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE: Man stabbed after alleged…
A man has been accused of dangerous driving after a five-year-old Queensland boy was allegedly fatally struck by a vehicle while camping on a friend’s property. Jack Noel Stephen Brown died after being allegedly run over on the private property at Blackbutt North, west of the Sunshine Coast, in July. Jack’s death was an “unimaginable…
The case of a NSW police officer who was charged following the death of a 95-year-old woman after she was tasered in a nursing home has been mentioned in court. Lawyers for Senior Constable Kristian White were in Cooma Local Court on Wednesday, when prosecutors confirmed a brief of evidence had been provided to the…
Facebook’s parent company Meta has issued a summons for billionaire Andrew Forrest to hand over sensitive documents amid a legal battle over an alleged cryptocurrency clickbait advertising scam. Lawyers for the tech giant took the unusual step of issuing a summons to demand 20 categories of documents, alleging the mining magnate’s lawyers had failed to…
A NSW man who shook his former partner’s baby girl to death will spend at least four years in prison. Baby Alyviah Hayne was just seven months old when she died in a Grafton home in December 2015. At the time, no cause of death could be ascertained and the matter was referred to the…
An elderly Brisbane man who was allegedly picked up and thrown to his death from a balcony was undergoing treatment for cancer, a neighbour says. A 49-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Michael Chesworth, 74, after he suffered fatal head injuries at his Yeronga unit complex on Sunday afternoon. Chesworth was in…
A woman is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in an alleged attempted murder in Perth. The woman was allegedly stabbed by her ex-partner, Leon Kenneth Bropho, in Willagee on Friday morning. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man charged with attempted murder Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> The 33-year-old faced…
Queensland grandmother Heidi Marshall was loading her granddaughter into the car to go to school on a winter’s morning in June 2021 when her world fell apart. As she was in the driveway of her home, the Sunshine Coast woman saw two detectives walk up towards her. “My heart just sank … I collapsed and…
A Sydney woman has been ordered to remove bamboo trees from her backyard after the plant’s roots caused damage to her neighbour’s pool pipes. The woman’s Cremorne Point property, which she leases to tenants, is bordered on three sides by dense, 6m-high bamboo trees. Her neighbour, who purchased his property in 2015, has an in-ground…
A pair of NSW landlords have been ordered to pay their tenant $5000 for a leak in the rental property’s roof that led to mould growing throughout the home. The tenant, who lived at the property from July 2020 to April 2022, made an application to the Civil and Administrative Tribunal for a rent reduction…
A gay-hate killer described as a “soulless monster” has shown no remorse for the death of Raymond Keam, more than three decades after the crime. Stanley Bruce Early, 77, was convicted of murder by a jury in June for the fatal Sydney bashing of the 43-year-old married man, who he perceived to be gay. The…
A driver accused of crashing into two children playing soccer in a laneway behind their grandparents’ home was unfamiliar with driving a car, a Melbourne court has heard. Ngoc Thanh Vo is charged with dangerous driving over a crash in Braybrook, in Melbourne’s west, on Tuesday evening. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Family of boy crushed…
A 31-year-old man will front court in Perth accused of trying to kill another man by running him down with his car. WA Police say the alleged crime occurred on Harris St in Carlisle when the accused hit the victim with a Toyota HiLux about 7pm on December 21. The four-wheel-drive also caused structural damage…
A Brisbane woman who drove into her husband and his mistress after discovering their affair was spared jail time after admitting guilt in court but is facing more legal action. Christie Lee Kennedy pleaded guilty to assault and dangerous operation of a vehicle earlier this year over the March 2021 incident. Her pleas followed a…
A serial liar is behind bars after she repeatedly pretended to be a nurse and injected patients with vaccines despite having no qualifications. Alison Jane Mibus was sentenced in Adelaide Magistrates Court to four months and 28 days in prison after pleading guilty to falsely claiming to be a registered practitioner for a second time….
As a fight gets underway to repatriate Australian women and children from refugee camps in Syria, a leading supporter says national security concerns are a red herring. Save the Children is fighting to force the Commonwealth to return the 11 women and 20 children to Australia from detention at the al-Roj camp in northern Syria,…
A Sydney P-plater who fell asleep behind the wheel of his car when it ploughed into two cyclists, killing both, days before Christmas has had his conviction quashed. Nicholas James Parker, 23, was driving for less than 10 minutes along Kurrajong Rd in Richmond in the city’s north-west on his way to his apprenticeship in…
A hero firefighter devastated by the deaths of two toddlers in a single week watched the 2020 bushfires rage from his prison cell and realised he had wasted the past seven years. Luke McNally was successful in nearly every aspect of his life up to 2012. He was a career firefighter awarded for his bravery,…
A NSW couple has taken their neighbour to court over trees they claimed blocked their views of the ocean from their coastal home. William and Roslyn Akhurst have lived in their Forster property, on the NSW north coast, since 1987 and have enjoyed views of One Mile Beach, Cape Hawke and the ocean from their…
A NSW hairdresser has been ordered to pay a former client more than $7000 after her hair was severely damaged during a treatment. Danielle Gold had her hair bleached and had hair extensions applied by hairdresser Simon Cahill, also known as Simon William, last year. The treatment cost her a total of $1091. Watch the…
A Sydney dentist convicted of sexually touching his female patients has been spared time behind bars after a judge declared he would face a tough time in jail due to an “unrelenting itch” in his lower body. Bassem Magdy El-Badrawy Fouad, 55, was sentenced on Friday after a jury found him guilty of indecently assaulting…
Charges could be laid within months in one of Australia’s highest-profile missing person cases as prosecutors weigh up evidence in the disappearance and suspected death of William Tyrrell. NSW Police are seeking advice from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions about the case, with that opinion due to be delivered by the end…
WARNING: Distressing content Tragic details surrounding the drowning death of a toddler in backyard pool in the Northern Territory have been revealed when findings of an inquest into her death were handed down. The two-year-old girl, known only as Baby Croker, was swimming with several other children in a backyard pool in Katherine in April…
A Queensland OnlyFans creator has been released on bail after being charged over an alleged serious stabbing of a man in his home. “What a week,” Isabelle Rose McKean posted on her Instagram account with a selfie photo on Thursday, after being granted bail in Maroochydore Magistrates Court. McKean, 25, and her 24-year-old male co-accused…
Star Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka had plenty of opportunity to covertly remove a condom during rough sex with a Sydney woman, a court has heard. As the 32-year-old’s sexual assault trial entered its final day on Thursday, crown prosecutor Gabrielle Steedman said the sportsman should be found guilty of “stealthing” a woman he relentlessly…
A man has been killed in a stabbing incident in Salisbury Downs, and a 30-year-old man was charged with his murder. Police and paramedics were called to Londonderry Ave in Adelaide’s north at about 6.45pm on Wednesday, September 20. The victim, who is yet to be identified, died at the scene, SA police said. Watch…
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka started crying in front of police while detailing a night on which he allegedly raped a Tinder date at her home in Sydney. In a recorded police interview played during the 32-year-old’s judge-alone trial in Downing Centre District Court on Wednesday, the sportsman is seen struggling to speak, wiping his…
Trigger warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault A predatory tow truck driver only stopped sexually assaulting a teenager who refused to sell her car when he was bitten by her dog. But three months later — while on bail for that assault — Irshadul Abdullah assaulted a 21-year-old in almost identical circumstances. Watch…
The father-in-law of a Queensland man killed in an alleged one-punch attack outside a pub has described him as the “best match” for his daughter. Tim Wonhung has been among the many to pay tribute to 32-year-old Lincoln Hoad in the lead-up to or after his death on Monday, from the critical injuries he sustained…
Broken and struggling to keep her head up, Elaine Robinson emerged from Southport Courthouse clutching her son Matthew tightly after just hearing the trial of her daughter’s alleged killer was being cancelled. In her sights is the high rise apartment her 21 year-old daughter Breeana plunged to her death from in 2013 — the 11th…
An Airbnb superhost who raped a young Japanese woman he had hired to clean his rural property has been jailed for six-and-a-half years. James Lithgow twice raped and sexually assaulted the 19-year-old, who spoke little English, in a caravan next to his home in Halls Gap in 2018. County Court Judge Fran Dalziel said the…
A NSW couple has taken their neighbours to court over a hedge they claimed blocked sunlight and sent debris flying on to their property. Paul and Patricia Bogan, who own a property in Boat Harbour, near Port Stephens, built a dwelling on their land five years ago. The house has a verandah on the upper…
Wife killer Chris Dawson will spend one more year behind bars before he is eligible for parole over having an unlawful relationship with his teenage student decades ago. Judge Sarah Huggett found the 75-year-old former teacher and rugby player guilty of one count of carnal knowledge as a teacher of a girl over 10 and…
The boyfriend of a Melbourne mum found with horrific and fatal stab injuries in her city apartment has been found guilty of her murder. Ellie Price’s body was discovered in the bedroom of her South Melbourne home on May 4, 2020 but prosecutors argued Ricardo Barbaro killed her in the early hours of April 29…
A man who drowned while on a yachting trip with his teenage daughter had virtually no sailing experience and wasn’t wearing a life jacket when he fell overboard. Wolfgang Shane Mohr, 59, set off from Launceston in Tasmania’s north on October 3, 2022 on a 7.8m fibreglass vessel he purchased six months earlier. He anchored…
A man has tried to sue a Melbourne hospital for $1 billion after he watched his wife’s c-section, claiming the procedure caused a “psychotic illness”. Anil Koppula’s wife delivered a healthy baby via cesarean section at the Royal Women’s Hospital on January 20, 2018. Koppula said he was “encouraged” or “permitted” to observe the delivery….
The shocking moment a 14-year-old boy was sent sliding several metres down a Perth road during an alleged hit-and-run has been caught on camera. Robert Corps spent the night in Royal Perth Hospital with a broken leg and serious grazes after he collided with a Hyundai i30 hatch while crossing William St in Beckenham on…
More than 30 people have been charged as police crack down on golf buggy drink-driving offences on Hamilton Island. The police blitz at the famous holiday spot follows a spate of serious incidents over the past year. Whitsunday police charged more than 30 people with drink-driving offences and issued more than 20 traffic infringement notices…
While touring a north Queensland childcare centre, a woman heard screaming. Looking inside the centre’s bus parked outside, she saw a visibly upset young girl restrained in her seat. “She was screaming and she was red,” Magistrate Rosemary Gilbert said on Wednesday. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> The four-year-old…
WARNING: Distressing content The Queensland government will adopt recommendations put forward by a disability royal commission report after two autistic teens were subjected to abuse, neglect and violence. Child Safety Minister Craig Crawford apologised on behalf of the government when the findings were handed down last week and said all five recommendations would be accepted…
A Perth pet groomer has been charged with animal cruelty after she allegedly slapped a lapdog and lifted it off the ground by a lead around its neck. RSPCA WA said the accused, 31, was captured on CCTV allegedly striking the Maltese X Shih tzu on the head with an open hand, lifting it off…
An innocent bystander who witnessed the shooting of underworld figure Gavin Preston has spoken of her terrifying experience. Preston, who was recently released from prison for killing a drug trafficker in 2015, was gunned down at Sweet Lulus café in Keilor Village on Old Calder Hwy at 10.20am on Saturday. An associate of Preston’s was…
Three men whose torture led a teenager to fall to his death from a Gold Coast balcony have been jailed for between eight and nine-and-a-half years for their “awful” crime. Cian English, 19, died while trying to escape the men in a Surfers Paradise apartment in the early hours of May 23, 2020 after they…
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has attempted to quell fears of an escalating Melbourne gang war after an underworld figure was gunned down in an execution-style shooting at a cafe. Gangland identity Gavin “Capable” Preston, 50, was killed and another man he was dining with was critically injured after shots were fired outside Sweet Lulus cafe…
WARNING: Distressing content. In May 2020, two severely disabled young men — then believed to be teenagers — were found locked in a room of a squalid Brisbane home after the death of the father, whose body had been in another room for an unknown period of time. This week, almost 1200 days later, the…
A teacher at a prestigious all-boys private high school in Brisbane’s inner-city was fired after he sent an email criticising “the big end of town” to a number of recipients instead of the sole intended party. Stanislaw Kosiek has since sued Marist College Ashgrove, in the city’s inner-north, for unfair dismissal. Kosiek was employed as…
A mother who had $10 million wrongly deposited into her account after a mistake by a cryptocurrency website had initially aspired to bring her children to Australia through sheer hard work, a court has heard. Thevamangari Manivel moved to Australia in 2015 with the goal of providing for her family and bringing her three children…
After being tortured for almost 30 minutes, Cian English finally broke free and fled to a Gold Coast apartment balcony. Tragically, the 19-year-old fell to his death. English and his friends had earlier started socialising with another group of people staying in the apartment directly above them in the Surfers Paradise complex in May 2020….
A man has died following a domestic violence incident in Sydney’s north, while another man has been arrested. Police were called to a home in Berowra Heights at 4.20pm on Thursday. They found a man suffering serious injuries, who could not be saved by paramedics. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus…
An Australian man is behind bars in the US awaiting a court hearing after he allegedly drove on the wrong side of the road and killed two people in a head-on car crash. West Australian Luke Nardini was taken to hospital after the collision which allegedly killed a man and woman aged in their 60s…
An accountant who entered into a “sham marriage” for the promise of $30,000 — and her own chance at permanent residency — has been spared jail but now faces deportation. Belinda Hui Cheng Yong, 33, pleaded guilty in Brisbane District Court on Wednesday to arranging a pretend relationship and seven counts of providing false documents,…
A former SAS soldier faces a further wait to see the evidence of his alleged war crime as prosecutors sift through reams of sensitive material. Oliver Jordan Schulz, 41, is accused of unlawfully killing a civilian while deployed in Afghanistan in 2012. However, his lawyers are still waiting to see evidence against him. Watch the…
Michael Zanco was in a good mood as he ate fish and chips while waiting for housemate Andrew Donney to return home in March 2020, a court has been told. Instead, Nathan John Caulfield, Trent Edward Dyhrberg and Kalabe John Steven Saurine arrived at Donney’s rural property north of Brisbane, a Brisbane jury heard. Caulfield…
WARNING: Distressing images An Adelaide man says he risked his life to help catch an 18-year-old who had allegedly stabbed him in a random attack at a bus interchange in Adelaide’s south. Scott Wimhust, 25, was allegedly stabbed in the back while waiting for a bus at the Noarlunga Centre Interchange to head home from…
A female South Australian police officer was stabbed in the chest while arresting a 28-year-old suspect, who has since been charged with attempted murder. Police said they attended the home in Ceduna, about 775km northwest of Adelaide, on Thursday evening and found a 34-year-old woman with a number of injuries. Two officers then attempted to…
A man who knocked a woman unconscious while attacking another man in Surfers Paradise has avoided jail. Jhet Buk-han Jones hit a woman in the face before she fell and was knocked unconscious, sustaining swelling to the back of her head, during a brawl in the glitter strip in July 2022. Jones, 22, was arguing…
Disturbing audio of a NSW man calling triple-0 to cover up the death of the mate he later admitted killing has been obtained by 7NEWS. In the recording, which you can hear in the video above, Adam Bennett, 44, can be heard telling the operator that his friend Peter Hillier, 64, fell out of a…
A South Australian tow truck operator has received a suspended prison sentence for failing to secure a vehicle which subsequently rolled off the truck and killed a 67-year-old man. The victim was standing at the rear end of the tow truck during the February 2019 incident. A South Australian police investigation found the operator failed…
“I will never forgive you,” a heartbroken Michael Stewart has told the teenage killer of his 16-year-old son. Stewart was speaking in a Brisbane court about the impact of his son Balin’s death before a 19-year-old was sentenced to seven years in detention. A Supreme Court jury in June acquitted the teen of murder but…
A 17-year-old boy has been injured when falling from an allegedly stolen car being driven by another teenage boy north of Brisbane. The two boys involved in the incident at Caboolture on Thursday night were known to each other, but police have not revealed their specific relationship. The 17-year-old boy suffered chest and stomach injuries…
A fatal truck crash caused by a P-plater who was watching a television program on his phone has been described as a tragedy born from inexperience and a common belief of young people that they are immortal. Bailey Camilleri, 22, has been sentenced to two years and four months in prison, with a non-parole period…
An intimate image of boxer Harry Garside his ex-girlfriend is accused of illegally sharing was allegedly gifted to her and publicly shown in her living room. Fitness influencer and self-described wellness coach Ashley Alsione Ruscoe has been hit with two new charges over intentionally distributing the intimate images of Garside without his consent. She was…
A man jailed for seven days through a gross miscarriage of justice will receive more than $300,000 in damages after successfully suing the judge who imprisoned him. Judge Salvatore Vasta will be liable to personally pay part of the compensation offered to the Brisbane man, known only by the pseudonym Mr Stradford. The father-of-two was…
One of four fire assay workers treated for lead poisoning had absorbed more than three times the recommended level of the heavy metal, it has been revealed. In what WA authorities said was a state first, Jinning Pty was fined $30,000 after failing to ensure appropriate monitoring and health checks for employees in a lead-risk…
Upset by a heated exchange with two men walking past, Michael Trevor Royce Collins left his first floor apartment to confront them on the street. Flanked by his mate Harley Hoodless, Collins armed himself with a crowbar. Collins later told police he only wanted to “put the wind up” Shannon Finemore and Scott McGillivrey who…
A Tasmanian woman cut out from her father’s will after a dispute with him has been awarded $400,000 of his estate following his death. Kara Michelle Browning’s father Donald John Browning died aged 77 in May 2020. At the time, he had an estate worth about $720,000, which included a New Norfolk property, its contents,…
A Gold Coast city councillor accused of murdering his mother’s partner will plead not guilty, amid claims of domestic abuse. Councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden was charged with murder after police were called to a disturbance at a residence in Arundel about 3pm on Wednesday. Emergency services found Robert Malcolm Lumsden, 58, dead inside the property. Watch…
A NSW man has taken his neighbour to court over claims his lawn has been damaged due to a pine tree housing birds whose droppings fall into his garden and pine needles filling up his gutters. Blue Mountains resident Grenville Bedford claimed the canopy of his neighbour Wayne Basedow‘s pine tree encroached on his backyard….
A teenage girl who hoped to improve her self-image by getting braces says she wishes she never walked into Bassem Fouad’s dental practice. The girl was 15 when she was sexually touched during a procedure, one of five victims of the now-55-year-old dentist. Fouad has never admitted deliberately touching the girls and women, and blames…
A Queensland court has rejected a multi-million dollar damages claim alleging that a mine’s negligence caused a girl to suffer brain damage from lead poisoning. The family of Bethany Sanders, now 17, lived within 3km of the Mount Isa mining and smelting operations from 2007, having moved to Queensland from Norfolk Island the previous year….
A paedophile former NSW politician who destroyed the lives of the young boys he abused has been confronted with the torment his victims face daily as a result of his actions. In April, Milton Orkopoulos was found guilty on 26 charges of sexual offending against four underage boys and supplying them with drugs between 1993…
A Melbourne transport company has been fined $320,000 after an employee was run over by a B-double truck in 2020. According to WorkSafe Victoria, two truck drivers working for Malec Holdings Pty Ltd had just returned to Victoria after collecting an interstate log load in October that year. The workers unloaded the logs at a…
Ardent Leisure has settled a shareholder class action lawsuit following the deaths of four tourists at its Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast. The case was filed in June 2020 to recoup the losses of people who bought shares in the company in the two years before the tragedy on the Thunder River Rapids…
NSW authorities have launched a state-wide manhunt for a convicted criminal mistakenly freed from custody last week. Randolph Convery, 49, reportedly even told court officers he was not due to be released for another five months, but they proceeded anyway. Convery was serving a minimum 12-month sentence for assault occasioning bodily harm and weapons offences…
A forensic breakthrough has identified a person of interest in the unsolved murder of former AC/DC manager Crispin Dye after key evidence sat untested for almost three decades. On Tuesday, a NSW inquiry into potential gay hate-related deaths resumed to focus on the killing of the legendary Australian rock band’s long-term manager in Sydney nearly…
A father allegedly murdered at Fitzroy Gardens early Monday was feeding ducks before his death. The 52-year-old Ringwood man’s family told 7NEWS he was an animal lover who liked to stop at the Melbourne park before work because it was therapeutic. Too distraught to speak on camera, loved ones remembered him as a loving husband…
Wearing a pink fluffy bathrobe, off-duty Queensland police officer Karyn Hart assumed she was safe behind her security screen when she came face-to-face with a knife-wielding neighbour. However, Senior Constable Hart says what she saw next was something she had never encountered before in 15 years of police service. Hart told an inquest in Brisbane…
Irate shareholders who sued AMP over allegations of financial misconduct have reached a $110 million out-of-court settlement, averting the need for a lengthy hearing. On the eve of a 15-day trial in the NSW Supreme Court, AMP and the Maurice Blackburn-backed class action resolved the five-year long legal battle. “I’m pleased to announce that this…
A NSW landlord has been ordered to pay their tenant $1500 for breaching the tenant’s “quiet enjoyment” after switching off power at their property. In a claim filed in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, the tenant — who had lived in the one-bedroom Nowra unit since 2004 — claimed his landlords breached several of…
An inquest into the disappearance of a Sydney man last seen six years ago has heard conflicting opinions about his diagnosis and care in the days before his suspected death. The 32-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is believed to have taken his life at The Gap in Sydney’s east on April 4,…
A British nurse, who wrote a note stating “I am evil”, has been found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill another six in the neonatal unit of a hospital in northwest England where she worked. Lucy Letby, 33, was convicted on Friday of killing five baby boys and two baby girls…
A NSW woman has taken her neighbours to court over claims trees on their property block natural light and views from her home and have damaged a boundary wall. Melanie Barstow and her neighbours Edward and Ruth Ainsworth share a common east-west boundary between their waterfront properties at Lake Macquarie, in the NSW Hunter region….
A Fremantle man has been charged over the alleged assault of a crew member on a flight from Perth to Karratha, in WA’s Pilbara region. The 62-year-old accused allegedly became aggressive after being refused alcohol about 5pm Thursday. WA Police said Qantas cabin staff and passengers tried to calm the man before he headed to…
Raymon Youmaran will be released from jail after serving 17 years for a shooting that sparked a wave of reprisal attacks across Sydney in the 2000s. The organised crime figure will be released on supervised parole under strict conditions when his murder sentence of 17 years and four months expires at the end of next…
A man has been seriously injured after stopping at a road rage dispute on a busy Perth highway where police allege a driver pulled out a knife. Authorities say a verbal altercation erupted when the drivers of a Hino tow truck and a Fiat Ducato got out of their cars on Great Eastern Hwy in…
Billionaire Gina Rinehart tasked Price Waterhouse with a confidential project to undo her mining pioneer father’s legacy and boost her shareholding in the family company at her children’s expense, a court has been told. Hancock Prospecting’s executive chair described Lang Hancock’s 1988 plan to transfer a 33 per cent share of that company into a…
A passenger accused of making bomb threats on an international flight, forcing it to return to Sydney, will remain behind bars awaiting a mental health assessment. Muhammad Arif was charged with one count of making a false statement about a threat to damage an aircraft and failing to comply with cabin crew safety instructions. The…
A convicted child rapist will serve another stint in prison after breaching his supervision order and peeping into family homes in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Roger David Cheney was caught on three occasions looking through the windows of homes and prying in Pagewood in January. The 67-year-old has been jailed for at least 18 months after…
WARNING: Graphic content A former English teacher has been accused of grooming four students after an intimate relationship with one of them was uncovered through her diary. Vasilious Kafataris allegedly sought out female students at three Sydney schools at which he worked over more than two decades, offering gifts and compliments in an attempt to…
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart devised an “egregious” seven-step scheme to defraud her children and lie about it, a trial over billions of dollars in iron ore riches has been told. A lawyer for Rinehart’s children said there is clear evidence mining licences were unlawfully transferred to Hancock Prospecting and a subsidiary against her father…
West Australian Senator Linda Reynolds has described herself as the “perfect villain” while vowing to refer a payout for her former employee Brittany Higgins to the newly formed National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). In her first in-depth interview since Higgins alleged she was raped in Parliament House in 2019, Reynolds told 7NEWS Spotlight reporter Liam Bartlett…
The family of a Queensland man who has been charged with murdering his wife and 11-week-old baby say they are in an “absolute state of shock” following the news of their loved ones’s deaths. Matthew Cox, 31, has been charged with two counts of murder after the bodies of his wife, Tayla Cox, and his…
The Department of Defence has been charged with breaching work health and safety laws over a crocodile attack involving two soldiers in Far North Queensland in 2021. The Darwin-based soldiers were given permission to go fishing in an inflatable boat at Portland Roads, a coastal community about 800km north of Cairns, after having transported a…
Australian fashion designer Wayne Cooper has been acquitted of assaulting his estranged wife. Police arrested the 60-year-old at his NSW north coast home in May after receiving reports of historical domestic violence against his wife and former model Sarah Marsh. They alleged the father of two had assaulted Marsh during two separate incidents. Watch the…
William Tyrrell’s former foster parents have faced court over allegations they rigged the sale of a property they owned on Sydney’s upper north shore. Police allege the pair placed a dummy bidder to bump up the auction price of the Killara home, in December 2020. They were each charged with one count of dishonestly obtaining…
An Arizona woman charged with attempted murder is accused of using bleach to poison her estranged husband’s coffee over several months, according to court documents. Melody Johnson was arrested on July 18 after her US Air Force husband gave police video footage allegedly showing her pouring the toxic substance into his coffee machine. The husband,…
A paedophile who abused vulnerable boys at the home where he volunteered will spend another eight months in prison before being eligible for release, as a judge cast doubt on his claims he is no longer attracted to children. Brien William Peckover, 72, got away with historical abuse for decades and expected to never get…
Extraordinary bodycam vision of a police takedown on a Perth freeway has been released by a judge after the armed bikie who sparked it all was jailed. Joshua Gomez was desperate and dangerous when he sprinted from officers called to a disturbance on Stirling St in the CBD on the morning of September 27, 2021….
A young girl has been shot dead shot while riding her scooter because she and other children were “too loud”, neighbours said. Witnesses said Michael Goodman, 43, shot nine-year-old Serabi Medina in the head because he was upset over noise at their Chicago apartment building. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Young girl fatally shot while riding…
A drunk driver called a teenager a “c***” and “useless” as a bone stuck through the boy’s leg after the man mowed him down on a rural Queensland road. “Why did you hit my car? … Look what you’ve f****** done,” Christopher Andrew Wormald, 61, said to the 16-year-old boy as he was stricken with…
Experiencing flashbacks after 17 years of abuse at the hands of her husband, a woman grabbed a kitchen knife as he slept and murdered him. Thi Bich Huynh told police she had “bad memories” of violence and threats made by her 49-year-old husband Quoc Dung Bui before stabbing him in the bedroom of their Sydney…
WARNING: Distressing content A mum whose eight-year-old daughter was left “bleeding profusely” after going on a waterslide at Dreamworld is suing the Gold Coast theme park’s parent company for more than $1 million. Sarah* has lodged a claim in the Queensland Supreme Court stating her daughter suffered bleeding for weeks after the November 2020 incident…
The family of a NSW teenager murdered by a “monster” more than two decades ago have told a court they live with the pain of her violent death every day. Michelle Bright, 17, was killed after leaving a friend’s 15th birthday party and her body was found hidden in long grass by the side of…
Two women who took their neighbours to court over a hedge that blocked their waterfront view have won the dispute, with their neighbours now ordered to prune the offending vegetation regularly. Catherine L’Estrange and Louise-Anne Louw applied to the NSW Land and Environment Court for orders to be made for their neighbours Allison and Jason…
Even after being stabbed, Warren Toby kept coming for his daughter’s partner at a family Christmas party, a court has heard. Moments later Garth Michael Reid acted instinctively to defend himself and stabbed Toby two more times, a Brisbane Supreme Court jury was told. Toby, 55, died in the front yard of the festive family…
A man will spend at least 21 months in jail for abducting and trying to rape a woman he found unconscious in the street, after DNA on her clothes was linked to him decades later. Azam Alameddine, 50, happened on the intoxicated 22-year-old woman in Sydney’s west on June 19, 1995. The then 21-year-old put…
A couple accused of murdering teenage housemate Amber Haigh more than two decades ago will face a judge-alone trial next year. Robert Samuel Geeves and his wife Anne Margaret Geeves, both 62, pleaded not guilty to murdering the 19-year-old when they faced NSW Supreme Court on Friday via audio-visual link from the Goulburn and Silverwater…
The daughter of cold case murder victim Suzanne Poll has died, the night before her mother’s killer had his appeal dismissed in court. Melissa Poll died on Wednesday night at her home in Queensland from complications from the flu. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Heartbreaking development for family of cold case murder victim Suzanne Poll. Watch…
West Australian Premier Roger Cook has blasted three “extremist” climate activists over a thwarted plan to allegedly protest outside the home of the chief of Woodside Energy. Counter-terrorism police were waiting for Jesse Noakes, 34, Gerard Mazza, 31, and a 19-year-old woman when they allegedly arrived with an ABC camera crew at chief executive Meg…
The daughter of a man who died after he was allegedly assaulted by two security guards at a Melbourne Bunnings is suing the retail chain for “injury, loss and damage”. Anthony James Georgiou, 31, was wrestled to the ground and placed into a headlock by security contractors at a Frankston Bunnings in September 2016. Georgiou…
A US police officer who put a handcuffed suspect in a patrol SUV that was then hit by a train near Denver last year was found guilty of two misdemeanours on Friday. The Colorado cop told the court that she didn’t notice the car was parked on the train tracks at the time. WATCH THE…
Suspended Wallabies fullback Kurtley Beale has had bail conditions varied for him to potentially play rugby in France as he awaits trial on sexual assault allegations. The 34-year-old made a bid to vary his bail conditions on Tuesday after he pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent and two counts of…
A senior Mongol has become the first person in WA convicted of breaching an anti-consorting notice after he invited bikie pals he was banned from associating with to his wedding. Jason Gastarov, 47, appeared in Rockingham Magistrates Court on Monday, having been charged earlier in the day with six counts of consorting with a named…
A p-plate driver who caused the death of a teenager in a high-speed crash on Christmas Eve will spend at least two and a half years in jail. Nicholas Hoenselaars, 18, was the front-seat passenger in a Mitsubishi Lancer driven by Savyo Khamou — also aged 18 at the time — in December 2020 when…
Social media giant Meta and its subsidiaries have copped $20 million in fines after an app that claimed to protect personal information was found to have collected user data for commercial purposes. Onavo Protect was a free mobile app made available by Meta that provided a virtual private network service which claimed to “keep you…
Two Queensland childcare workers responsible for leaving a child on a hot bus for six hours have avoided jail. The three-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found unconscious on the bus outside a childcare centre in Gracemere, near Rockhampton, in May last year. She was taken to Queensland Children’s Hospital in…
Less than a year ago, Kenneth Ball was healthy and happy and was working to save for his retirement – which was about two years away. The 60-year-old’s plans included caravanning around Australia with his wife. But in October last year, his life, and the lives of his family, changed forever when he was coward-punched…
After being stabbed and stomped on dozens of times in a frenzied attack by a gang of teenagers, Declan Cutler was left to bleed to death on a dark Melbourne street. He was 16 years old when he died, and Declan’s grief-stricken mother sobbed as his family yelled out “monster” and “you b*******” while viewing…
A NSW woman jailed for neglecting her cancer-stricken former partner, who was covered in lice and his own faeces when healthcare workers found him, is appealing against her conviction and sentence. Libby Jade Baker, 44, was charged with manslaughter over the 2012 death of 58-year-old Johnathan Young. She was found guilty of the charge in…
Former prime minister Julia Gillard’s ex-partner will admit to a sexual assault charge but may escape a criminal conviction over the crime. Timothy Raymond Mathieson, 66, appeared remotely in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday from his lawyer’s office. The court was told Mathieson was initially facing three charges. Watch the latest news and stream for…
Dael Newman claimed he wanted a “quick snatch and grab” when he broke into a couple’s rural home. But instead of stealing cash and cannabis from what he had presumed was an empty home, Newman stabbed and killed a man recovering from cancer. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Family of a murdered Melbourne teen break down…
A former deputy principal has been jailed for sending protracted sexually explicit chats to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. In sentencing Damian Scott Wanstall on Wednesday, Judge Andrew Colefax asked how, as a father, he could discuss sexual acts and arrange to meet up with someone so young for that purpose. “You’re a…
A South Australian woman whose been charged over the murder of her elderly parents has suffered a diabetic attack moments before she was due to face court. Raelene Polymiadis, 62, is accused of administering her own insulin to Brenda Anderson and Lynton Anderson, both aged 94-years-old, causing their deaths a year apart. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE:…
Seorang pria dirawat di rumah sakit setelah menderita cedera kepala serius dalam perkelahian dini hari di sebuah restoran McDonald’s di Perth. Detektif telah menuntut dua pria sehubungan dengan pertengkaran di rantai makanan cepat saji di Beaufort St, yang terjadi sekitar pukul 01:00 pada hari Selasa. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Tuduhan yang diajukan di McDonald’s di…
Satu-satunya yang selamat dari kecelakaan tiga mobil yang fatal di jalan raya Queensland telah didakwa dengan tiga tuduhan pembunuhan. Pria Sunshine Coast, Rafferty Rolfe, 25, dituduh mengikuti dan berusaha menabrakkan Nissan Navara pada hari Jumat. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Tuduhan pembunuhan atas kecelakaan jalan raya Queensland yang fatal. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di…
Pertarungan pengadilan atas miliaran kekayaan bijih besi sedang berlangsung, karena orang terkaya Australia Gina Rinehart mempertahankan kekayaannya di tengah perselisihan hukum yang sengit atas warisan ayahnya. Dua putra tertua Rinehart dan mantan mitra bisnis mendiang ayahnya, perintis pertambangan Lang Hancock, berjuang untuk mendapatkan saham bernilai miliaran dolar dalam proyek bijih besi yang menguntungkan yang setengahnya…
Seorang wanita mengklaim dia dilecehkan secara seksual oleh seorang pengemudi berbagi tumpangan di Melbourne, yang menawarinya tumpangan gratis sebelum mencoba memasukkan lidahnya ke dalam mulutnya. Polisi Victoria sedang menyelidiki tuduhan wanita itu. Mereka mengatakan wanita berusia 25 tahun itu mengaku dilecehkan secara seksual di dalam kendaraan di Moreland Road di Brunswick sekitar pukul 13.26 pada…
Seorang pria telah dijatuhi hukuman atas pembunuhan rekannya, yang tubuhnya dibuang di tempat sampah. Juri awal bulan ini memutuskan Joon Seong Tan bersalah membunuh Ju “Kelly” Zhang yang berusia 33 tahun di rumahnya di Epping, utara Melbourne, pada 2 Februari 2021. Tan yakin ibu satu anak Zhang, pacarnya yang baru satu bulan, berselingkuh dengan pria…
Mantan pemain NRL Curtis Scott telah gagal dalam bandingnya untuk membatalkan hukuman karena menyerang dan mengancam mantan rekannya, pelompat jauh Tay-Leiha Clark. Upaya pengacara Scott untuk mendiskreditkan bukti Clark ditolak oleh Hakim Alister Abadee selama persidangan di Pengadilan Distrik Downing Center Sydney pada hari Kamis. Hakim Abadee mengatakan kepada pengadilan bahwa dia menerima bahwa hubungan…
Ibu dari seorang pria yang dipukuli sampai mati karena sepasang AirPods palsu masih bertanya bagaimana putranya meninggal karena hal yang begitu sepele. Janet Houllis menghadapi penantian yang menyakitkan sebelum pria kedua yang membunuh putranya yang berusia 28 tahun Ross Houllis pada Februari 2020 dijatuhi hukuman pada hari Senin. “Bisakah kita menyelesaikan ini dan menyelesaikannya?” dia…
Seorang pria bersenjata telah melepaskan tembakan di luar sebuah restoran cepat saji, di sebelah timur Brisbane. 7NEWS memahami setidaknya tiga tembakan dilepaskan ke sebuah mobil di tempat parkir mobil KFC di persimpangan Redfern St dan Wynnum Rd di Morningside sekitar pukul 16:30 pada hari Rabu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pria bersenjata melepaskan tembakan ke KFC…
Seorang pria yang mengaku diperlakukan seperti binatang dalam penerbangan Jetstar ketika dia dicubit dan ditangani dari pesawat telah mengaku menyinggung dan menghalangi polisi. Bolic Bet Malou dikeluarkan dari penerbangan Perth ke Melbourne pada 18 Maret sebelum lepas landas, di tengah pertengkaran berbau alkohol dengan pasangannya di mana mereka bertukar tempat duduk beberapa kali. TONTON VIDEO…
Seorang wanita yang menipu bank besar Australia hingga jutaan dolar telah dipenjara setidaknya selama delapan tahun. Helen Mary Rosamond, 48, memalsukan dan menggelembungkan tagihan dari perusahaan manajemen acaranya, Human Group, menipu National Australia Bank lebih dari $19 juta antara tahun 2013 dan 2018. Juri pada bulan November memutuskan Rosamond bersalah karena memberikan keuntungan korup kepada…
Seorang lelaki tua yang menikam menantu perempuannya dalam “tindakan main hakim sendiri yang mencolok” di Sydney Central Station akan menghabiskan setidaknya empat tahun sembilan bulan di penjara. Warren John Greenup, 74, mengatakan kepada polisi bahwa dia bermaksud membunuh Cameron Parkin – setelah mengetahui dia diduga menyerang putrinya – ketika dia menyerangnya pada Desember 2021. TONTON…
Seorang pria dinyatakan bersalah membunuh seorang anak laki-laki berusia dua tahun setelah tinggal bersama ibu anak tersebut. Brendan Pallant, 36, menghadapi persidangan selama sebulan di Mahkamah Agung Victoria setelah dia mengaku tidak bersalah atas pembunuhan Jaidyn Gomes-Sebastiao tahun 2019. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pria Melbourne dinyatakan bersalah membunuh balita pacarnya. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru…
Warga Australia telah didesak untuk berhati-hati dengan penggunaan emoji – terutama dalam skenario bisnis yang melibatkan dokumen resmi – setelah seorang hakim Kanada memutuskan jempol sama validnya dengan tanda tangan. Ketegasan hukum mulai berlaku setelah gambar kontrak untuk membeli biji-bijian dikirim melalui teks — bersama dengan pesan “Mohon konfirmasi kontrak rami” — ke pemasok. TONTON…
Seorang Samaria yang baik telah berbicara tentang saat-saat traumatis setelah seorang pria yang dituduh membunuh seorang ibu dan berusaha membunuh putrinya di halaman depan Adelaide mereka pada Sabtu sore. Dua tetangga mempertaruhkan nyawa mereka untuk datang membantu wanita muda dan ibunya, yang terbaring dengan luka tembak di genangan darah di luar rumah mereka, saat tersangka…
Ibu Jordan Thompson mengatakan dia diberi tahu bahwa balita yang sedang tidur itu baik-baik saja dan tidak perlu khawatir dia bangun saat dia tidak ada, sebelum dia meninggal saat dia pergi ke toko. Lebih dari 18 tahun kemudian, Cecil Patrick Kennedy, 51, mengaku tidak bersalah atas pembunuhan balita di Singleton di wilayah NSW Hunter pada…
Selama bertahun-tahun Tom Sun Yap bekerja sebagai dokter anak membantu polisi menyelidiki pelaku pelecehan seksual terhadap anak. Pada saat yang sama ia mengarsipkan foto-foto anak-anak yang dieksploitasi ke dalam folder bernama “Belanja”. Penjelasan Yap bahwa tindakannya adalah pengejaran akademik ditolak pada hari Kamis karena pria berusia 44 tahun itu dipenjara karena materi pelecehan anak. Tonton…
Peringatan pemicu: Artikel ini memuat uraian tentang kekerasan dalam rumah tangga Sejak Delroy Bin-Garape meninggalkan rumah, ibunya Sariba mengharapkan dia untuk kembali secara mengejutkan. “Saya tidak pernah berpikir … dia akan pulang dengan kantong mayat,” katanya sambil menangis kepada Mahkamah Agung Queensland pada hari Kamis. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> Hampir…
Pengadilan Italia telah membebaskan seorang petugas kebersihan yang meraba-raba seorang siswi karena dia melakukannya “hanya beberapa detik” dan tanpa “niat libidinal atau sensual”, dalam putusan yang telah memicu kemarahan yang meluas. Menurut dokumen pengadilan, gadis itu mengatakan pria itu muncul di belakangnya, memasukkan tangannya ke dalam celana dalamnya dan sedikit mengangkatnya ke udara saat dia…
Tiga batangan emas yang dijual kepada pembeli di bengkel Queensland ternyata palsu. Seorang pria berusia 33 tahun telah didakwa setelah diduga menerima uang tunai dari pembeli sehubungan dengan kesepakatan di lokasi Bruce Highway di pedalaman Sunshine Coast Juni lalu. Dia telah mengiklankan batu bata di media sosial. Polisi tidak mengungkapkan berapa banyak pembeli membayar. Tonton…
Seorang pria Perth telah dituduh masuk ke web gelap untuk mengakses materi pelecehan anak. Pria berusia 49 tahun dari Marangaroo, di pinggiran utara kota itu, didakwa pada 3 Juli menyusul penyelidikan oleh Tim Gabungan Anti-Eksploitasi Anak WA. Pihak berwenang diduga mengaitkan tersangka dengan situs web gelap sebelum menggerebek rumahnya pada bulan Juni, ketika mereka menyita…
Seorang pria merangkak di bawah mobilnya untuk menghindari pukulan lebih keras dalam serangan di pinggiran utara Perth, kata polisi. Pria berusia 66 tahun itu dipukul beberapa kali di kepala selama dugaan penyerangan di dekat persimpangan Kingsley Dr dan Whitfords Ave di Kingsley tak lama setelah pukul 6 sore pada 3 Juli. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS:…
Saksi Australia pertama yang bersaksi tentang letusan gunung berapi Selandia Baru yang mematikan mengatakan pemandu wisata tidak pernah menyebutkan potensi bahaya sampai mereka berada di pulau itu. Pengadilan Distrik Auckland pada hari Kamis memulai hari ketiga persidangan penuntutan WorkSafe NZ atas bencana Whakaari-White Island yang menewaskan 22 orang, termasuk 14 warga Australia, pada tahun 2019….
Seorang wanita Perth telah dituduh melukai anjing peliharaannya dengan serius dengan melemparkan hewan itu dari tempat parkir mobil dua lantai, dalam kejahatan yang diduga tertangkap kamera keamanan. Seorang anggota masyarakat menemukan shih-tzu Malta setelah dia terjun 9m dan membawanya ke dokter hewan, mengira anjing itu tertabrak mobil. Dokter hewan mengatakan anjing itu shock dengan beberapa…
Dewan Queensland telah mengeluarkan lebih dari $300.000 pembayaran setelah berhasil mengajukan banding atas gugatan kelalaian yang melibatkan seorang wanita yang tersandung saat berjalan di taman. Barbara Josephine Hodges menggugat Dewan Kota Townsville setelah insiden di Taman Sherriff kota sekitar pukul 9 pagi pada tanggal 15 Oktober 2015. Dia mengklaim dia melangkah ke apa yang dia…
Putusan pengadilan bahwa Ben Roberts-Smith melakukan kejahatan perang selama di Afghanistan dapat diancam dalam banding hukum oleh penerima Victoria Cross. Pada bulan Juni, Roberts-Smith mengalami kekalahan besar ketika Pengadilan Federal membatalkan kasus pencemaran nama baik atas laporan bahwa dia terlibat dalam sejumlah tindakan ilegal sebagai kopral SAS, termasuk pembunuhan empat tahanan tak bersenjata. Pada hari…
Seorang pria NSW yang ditikam sampai mati di selatan negara bagian telah dikenang sebagai orang yang “keren dan santai” saat pembunuhnya bersiap untuk dihukum karena pembunuhan. Samual Campbell menikam Nicholas Robertson 15 kali selama psikosis akibat obat di Cooma pada Februari 2021. Campbell, 23, mengaku bersalah atas pembunuhan Robertson yang berusia 38 tahun di Mahkamah…
Produsen minuman Australia Selatan, Nippy’s, didenda $120.000 karena gagal melindungi seorang pekerja berusia 18 tahun yang seluruh kulit kepalanya dicabut di mesin tanpa pengawasan. Nippy’s Waikerie Producers Pty Ltd mengaku bersalah di SA Employment Tribunal atas tuduhan gagal menjalankan tugas kesehatan dan keselamatannya berdasarkan Undang-Undang Kesehatan dan Keselamatan Kerja sehubungan dengan insiden November 2020. TONTON…
Investigasi atas dugaan kematian seorang wanita yang menghilang 11 tahun lalu setelah mengunjungi pasangannya telah ditangguhkan di tengah permohonan dari putrinya untuk informasi lebih lanjut. Tidak ada bukti Tina Greer yang ditemukan sejak dia meninggalkan putrinya, Lili, yang saat itu berusia 13 tahun, dengan seorang teman pada Januari 2012, berencana untuk mengunjungi pasangannya selama enam…
Tiga orang telah didakwa dengan pembunuhan, dituduh membunuh seorang anak laki-laki berusia 14 tahun di pinggiran barat Melbourne bulan lalu. Ethan Hoac sedang berjalan pulang dari stasiun kereta St Albans bersama dua temannya ketika sebuah SUV mendekati mereka pada 26 Juni. Mobil berbelok dan menabrak bocah itu, sebelum dua pria bertopeng bersenjatakan pisau keluar dan…
Seorang pria NSW yang dituduh membunuh seorang gadis berusia sembilan tahun dan membuang tubuhnya di tempat sampah akan diadili atas kejahatan tersebut tahun depan. Justin Stein, 32, dituduh membunuh putri tunangannya Charlise Mutten di properti Blue Mountains milik keluarganya yang bernilai jutaan dolar beberapa hari sebelum dia dilaporkan hilang pada 14 Januari tahun lalu. Surat…
Pemain kriket internasional Sri Lanka Danushka Gunathilaka ingin menghindari nasibnya di tangan juri ketika dia diadili dengan tuduhan melakukan pelecehan seksual terhadap seorang wanita saat tur di Sydney untuk Piala Dunia T20. Pria berusia 32 tahun itu menghadapi satu dakwaan hubungan seksual yang melanggar hukum, setelah jaksa menjatuhkan tiga dakwaan lainnya awal tahun ini. Dia…
Sepasang suami istri yang dituduh membunuh teman serumah remaja mereka Amber Haigh di daerah NSW dua dekade lalu telah meminta pengadilan oleh hakim. Robert Samuel Geeves dan istrinya Anne Margaret Geeves, keduanya berusia 62 tahun, mengaku tidak bersalah atas pembunuhan Haigh dan akan diadili bersama akhir tahun ini. Pada hari Jumat di Mahkamah Agung NSW,…
Seorang pria yang menghadapi 22 pelanggaran kekerasan dalam rumah tangga setelah ditemukan di sebuah apartemen dengan tubuh pasangannya tidak boleh ditolak jaminannya hanya karena tuduhan pembunuhan dapat diajukan terhadapnya, kata seorang hakim. Danny Zayat, 28, diduga mencekik, menyerang, menguntit, dan mengintimidasi Tatiana Dokhotaru selama dua tahun sebelum dia ditemukan tewas di apartemennya di Liverpool pada…
Seorang pria yang dituduh melakukan kekerasan seksual di sebuah hotel bintang lima Sydney berencana untuk melawan dakwaan setelah dibebaskan dari penjara. Joel Nathan Fitzpatrick Burtt, 21, menghadapi pengadilan pada hari Kamis setelah diberikan jaminan oleh Mahkamah Agung pada bulan Juni. Dia telah ditahan sejak menyerahkan diri ke polisi pada bulan November, ketika dia didakwa dengan…
PERINGATAN: Konten yang mengganggu Seorang pria Adelaide yang ditolak oleh mantan pacarnya mengikatnya dengan selotip dan pengikat kabel sebelum menguburnya hidup-hidup sebagai tindakan balas dendam, kata pengadilan. Tarikjot Singh, 22, mengaku bersalah atas pembunuhan mahasiswa keperawatan berusia 21 tahun Jasmeen Kaur. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> Dalam pengajuan hukuman di Mahkamah…
Ketika Son Van Dang membeli tanah di selatan Brisbane, petani ketimun mengira itu akan menjadi properti investasi. Sebaliknya, itu menjadi bagian dari operasi ganja bernilai jutaan dolar yang dijalankan oleh sindikat kriminal. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Polisi mengungkap operasi penanaman ganja skala besar selama penggerebekan di properti New Beith pada tahun 2018. Tonton berita dan…
Seorang wanita Adelaide berusia 62 tahun telah didakwa dengan dugaan pembunuhan ganda terhadap orang tuanya yang lanjut usia, yang menurut polisi diracuni. Brenda Anderson, 94, dan suaminya Lynton Anderson, juga 94, meninggal dalam keadaan yang sama dengan selang waktu satu tahun. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Wanita di balik jeruji besi dituduh meracuni orang tua lanjut…
Seorang pria Australia Selatan dituduh menyamar sebagai staf resmi dan mendapatkan akses ke area terlarang Rumah Sakit Royal Adelaide. Pria berusia 22 tahun dari Newton, di timur Adelaide, ditangkap pada hari Selasa, 20 Juni dan didakwa dengan pelanggaran pidana berat terhadap orang yang tidak tinggal, pencurian, dan kepemilikan zat terlarang, kata polisi. Mereka mengatakan pria…
Seorang pria diancam dengan senjata setelah mencoba untuk mundur dari penjualan iPhone ketika dia mencurigai pembeli remaja itu menggunakan uang palsu untuk melakukan pembelian, kata Polisi WA. Pasangan itu telah mengatur untuk bertemu di Aveley, di pinggiran utara Perth, sekitar pukul 19.40 pada 25 Juni setelah mengobrol di Facebook Marketplace. Tetapi kesepakatan itu menjadi buruk…
Seorang mantan CEO dari badan industri puncak kembali ke pengadilan dengan tuduhan melanggar perintah penahanan terhadap bintang reality TV, hanya beberapa hari setelah dibebaskan dari penguntitnya. Benjamin Reeves mengaku tidak bersalah karena sengaja melanggar perintah kekerasan yang ditangkap oleh Simone Holtznagel, 29, di Circular Quay Sydney pada Rabu malam. Pengacaranya Osman Samin mengatakan kepada AAP…
Seorang pengemudi truk pengiriman telah didakwa menyebabkan kematian dengan mengemudi berbahaya dalam kecelakaan fatal di Adelaide Hills pada Sabtu pagi. Truk menabrak penghalang dan kemudian pohon di Torrens Hill Road di Millbrook sekitar pukul 8.30 pagi. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pengemudi pengiriman didakwa membunuh penumpang dalam kecelakaan truk yang mengejutkan di Millbrook. Tonton berita dan…
Lebih dari lima tahun setelah kematian Celia Marsh di Inggris, pasangan Australia akan diadili atas dugaan peran mereka dalam tragedi tersebut. Kematian Marsh di Bath pada Desember 2017 menjadi berita utama selama empat tahun pemeriksaan koroner yang menyimpulkan bahwa dia meninggal karena anafilaksis. Ibu berusia 42 tahun itu telah berbelanja bersama keluarganya dua hari setelah…
Sepasang suami istri Australia Barat dituduh melakukan amukan berbahan bakar narkoba di sebuah traktor curian seharga $150.000 melalui negara Victoria, sebelum menabrak pagar di sebuah pangkalan militer. Quinn Schmook, 36, dan Tanya Taylor, 38, ditangkap di Puckapunyal setelah diduga mengambil traktor dan dikejar oleh polisi. Polisi menuduh pasangan dari kota gandum kecil Narrogin sedang melakukan…
Seorang pengusaha Australia membuat kesalahan besar yang menyebabkan lebih dari setengah juta dolar ditransfer ke rekening bank yang salah karena detail kecil, kata pengadilan. Commonwealth Bank diperintahkan untuk menghentikan penarikan dari rekening setelah salah menerima $560.000 awal tahun ini, menurut dokumen pengadilan NSW yang dirilis minggu ini. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Cara memaksimalkan pengembalian pajak…
Persidangan untuk seorang pria yang dituduh membunuh mantan pacarnya di Sydney dan kemudian melarikan diri dari negara itu telah dimulai di Brasil. Mario Marcelo Santoro diduga mencekik Cecilia Haddad sebelum membuang mayatnya di Sungai Lane Cove pada April 2018. Dia tertangkap di CCTV bepergian dari Sydney ke Rio De Janiero pada hari tubuhnya ditemukan. Tonton…
Seorang suami dan istri telah dibebaskan dari penjara karena peran mereka dalam mengarahkan sindikat penipuan subsidi pengasuhan anak. Pasangan itu meminta maaf kepada negara yang telah mereka tipu sebelum mereka diizinkan meninggalkan Pengadilan Negeri Downing Centre Sydney pada Rabu malam. Hakim Jane Culver menghukum Alee Farmann dan Lubna Hashimy ke penjara tetapi memberikan perintah pembebasan…
Seorang pria Ohio telah didakwa melakukan pembunuhan setelah ketiga putranya ditembak dan seorang gadis muda terlihat berlari di jalan sambil berteriak kepada ayahnya “bunuh semua orang”. Chad Doerman, 32, telah didakwa dengan tiga dakwaan pembunuhan berat setelah polisi menemukannya di lokasi pembunuhan tiga kali lipat, kata Kantor Sheriff Clermont County. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Ayah…
Seorang pria meninggal di rumah sakit lebih dari dua bulan setelah dia diduga dipukuli oleh seorang remaja di Queensland utara. Richard “Dickie” Matthews dari Innisfail menderita luka serius di kepala dan wajah dalam dugaan serangan di kota, selatan Cairns, sekitar pukul 17.30 pada 10 April. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Keluarga mengumumkan kematian Richard Matthews setelah…
Itu dimaksudkan sebagai awal dari babak baru yang menarik dalam kehidupan Simon Peckitt dan Felicity Stewart, tetapi dunia mereka malah tercabik-cabik. Pasangan itu dan kedua putri mereka menghabiskan akhir pekan dengan berburu rumah di Victoria tengah setelah memutuskan untuk berganti pohon. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: KecepatanKecepatan disalahkan atas kematian seorang gadis berusia dua tahun. Tonton…
Tanggal persidangan telah dikonfirmasi untuk tersangka pembunuh ganda Greg Lynn, tetapi ada kekhawatiran tentang kemampuannya mendanai kasus tersebut. Mahkamah Agung Victoria pada awalnya akan mendengarkan persidangan Lynn atas pembunuhan pekemah Russell Hill dan Carol Clay pada bulan Oktober tahun ini, tetapi tanggal tersebut sekarang akan digunakan untuk argumen pra-sidang ekstensif menjelang persidangan baru yang akan…
Ada sesuatu yang “sangat salah” dengan cara Kepolisian NSW menginvestigasi pembunuhan yang belum terpecahkan dan kepercayaan publik terhadap kepolisian harus dipertanyakan, penyelidikan atas kejahatan rasial LGBTQI yang bersejarah telah diberitahukan. Serangkaian kesalahan dan penundaan yang mengerikan, termasuk hilangnya barang bukti, kegagalan menguji bukti kunci, kurangnya tes forensik, dan kesalahan penanganan bukti, telah menghambat penyelidikan selama…
Kakek Lindsay Smyrk telah memeras semua yang dia bisa dari kehidupan pada hari kematiannya. Dia seharusnya pergi ke pesta ulang tahun untuk istrinya di rumah putri mereka, tetapi pengendara sepeda yang rajin itu memutuskan untuk pergi bersepeda cepat dengan teman-temannya pada dini hari. Ayah tiga anak itu kembali ke rumah, mengenakan warna klub bersepeda yang…
Setelah Zoran Pandilovski mencekik istrinya sampai mati di rumah mereka di Melbourne, dia memindahkan tubuhnya ke ruang bawah tanah dan menyembunyikannya di bawah tangga. Pria berusia 48 tahun itu kemudian menggunakan ponselnya untuk mengambil dua fotonya sebelum melarikan diri dan menabrakkan mobilnya. Pada hari Jumat, keluarga Elaine Pandilovski menatap dan meneriaki suaminya yang terasing saat…
Seorang balita meninggal di AS setelah dia diduga meninggalkan rumah sendirian selama 10 hari sementara ibunya bepergian tanpa mengatur perawatan untuk bayi berusia 16 bulan itu. Kristel Candelario, 31, ditangkap dan didakwa melakukan pembunuhan setelah bayi perempuannya, Jailyn, ditemukan tidak sadarkan diri di rumah mereka di Cleveland, Ohio pada 16 Juni. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS:…
Seorang pria telah didakwa dengan pembunuhan, dan dua tuduhan percobaan pembunuhan, setelah tabrakan di negara bagian Central West. Seorang wanita meninggal di tempat kejadian dan dua gadis muda, yang berada di dalam mobilnya, dirawat karena luka ringan. Wanita berusia 36 tahun itu mengendarai sedan, dan pria berusia 35 tahun itu mengendarai mobil tak lama setelah…
Sebuah bus yang membawa lebih dari 40 anak sekolah dan staf Victoria keluar dari jalan di utara Adelaide. Polisi mengatakan tidak ada yang terluka dalam insiden di Augusta Freeway pada Jumat pagi yang menyebabkan bus, yang sedang menarik sebuah trailer, terjebak di paddock di utara Port Wakefield. Bus tersebut membawa 42 anak dan lima staf…
Sebuah rumah sakit menyesatkan pengawas keselamatan kesehatan dan menyalahkan seorang wanita dan keluarganya karena memaksa ahli bedahnya melakukan operasi yang fatal. Seorang koroner Victoria pada hari Kamis menemukan kematian Cherie Guest, 61, yang meninggal setelah seorang ahli bedah mata mengoperasinya saat dia kesulitan bernapas dapat dicegah. Koroner juga menyoroti sejumlah kegagalan oleh para profesional medis…
Seorang pria yang dituduh membunuh mantan pacarnya, wanita Sydney Cecilia Haddad, telah mengaku membunuhnya di persidangan di depan pengadilan Brasil. Mario Marcelo Santoro, 45, diduga mencekik pria berusia 38 tahun itu sebelum membuang mayatnya di Sungai Lane Cove pada April 2018. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Mario Marcelo Santoro mengaku bersalah di persidangan Tonton berita dan…
Dua anak meninggal saat mengambil bagasi yang jatuh dari mobil mereka di jalan raya AS. Anak laki-laki berusia 10 tahun dan gadis berusia 16 tahun ditabrak mobil lain pada Minggu malam di Vista, pinggiran San Diego di California. Ibu mereka, Sandra Ortiz, ditangkap karena dicurigai mengemudi dalam keadaan mabuk. Tonton Berita terbaru di Channel 7…
Dengan menyamar sebagai sopir pengiriman, Mark Filiti berhasil menipu ribuan dolar dari pemilik usaha kecil untuk mendanai kebiasaan narkobanya, pengadilan mendengar. Filiti masuk ke toko-toko di Melbourne dan daerah Victoria, memegang buku faktur biru, dan akan meminta pembayaran tunai untuk pengiriman palsu. Filiti mengaku mengantarkan minyak goreng, minuman ringan, minuman keras atau tepung dan sering…
Raksasa konstruksi Lendlease telah didenda $ 100.000 karena kegagalan keselamatan yang “terus-menerus dan serius” yang menyebabkan seorang tukang batu kehilangan jari kakinya dalam insiden yang menghancurkan. Tradie terluka pada Juni 2017 saat mengerjakan pembangunan kembali pangkalan Pertahanan Barak Campbell di Perth, di mana Kontraktor Bangunan Lendlease adalah kontraktor utamanya. Regulator kesehatan dan keselamatan federal Comcare…
Pembuat mobil Korea Selatan Hyundai dan Kia digugat karena menyebabkan “gangguan publik”, menurut pengaduan yang diajukan di pengadilan federal Manhattan. Kota New York menuduh kedua perusahaan itu gagal memasang perangkat yang mencegah pencurian mobil, setelah tantangan media sosial mendorong remaja muda untuk mencuri kendaraan dari jalan dengan memasang kabel panas menggunakan kabel USB. TONTON VIDEO:…
Orang-orang dan bisnis di Queensland utara menjadi sasaran amplop berisi bubuk putih yang tidak diketahui. Ada lebih dari 20 laporan serupa sejak 19 Mei. Pada hari Rabu, layanan darurat pergi ke sebuah sekolah di Townsville setelah sebuah amplop berisi bubuk dikirim ke tempat tersebut. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> “Gangguan signifikan…
Seorang pria akan diadili karena dituduh membunuh pelatih tim bola tangan pantai pria Australia di rumahnya di pinggiran kota. Patrik Weiss, 45, ditemukan tewas di Lockridge di Perth pada Senin sore. Detektif pembunuhan telah menyiapkan Operasi Bulb untuk menyelidiki ayah dari dua kematian yang tampaknya kejam. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >>…
PERINGATAN: KONTEN BERKATA Saat Rachel Maihi mati-matian berusaha menyelamatkan pasangannya yang berdarah, pembunuhnya yang mabuk mempercepat dan terisak di dekatnya, mengatakan “hal-hal yang mengerikan”, pengadilan telah mendengar. Pasangan itu dan Dakota Tihirua Ruka-Pohe – yang tinggal di kompleks unit yang sama di Logan dekat Brisbane – sedang menghadiri penggalangan dana di sebuah rumah ketika pria…
Peter Albert Crawford adalah pelatih netball dan anggota gereja yang sangat dihormati, yang menggunakan posisinya sebagai otoritas di masyarakat untuk melakukan pelecehan seksual terhadap gadis-gadis yang diasuhnya selama empat tahun. Mantan presiden St George’s County Netball Association pada hari Jumat dibebaskan dari penjara karena menyentuh empat gadis secara seksual, dengan hakim menemukan keseriusan kejahatannya yang…
Peringatan pemicu: Artikel ini berisi deskripsi pelecehan anak Identitas sepak bola Australian Rules Barry Cable berulang kali melakukan pelecehan seksual terhadap seorang gadis Perth selama puncak karir bermainnya, seorang hakim menemukan. Cable, 79, digugat di Pengadilan Negeri Australia Barat oleh seorang wanita yang mengklaim bahwa Cable melecehkannya selama lima tahun mulai tahun 1968 ketika dia…
Ayah dari seorang pria sakit jiwa yang ditembak mati oleh polisi mengatakan dia berharap dapat membantu mencegah tragedi yang seharusnya menjadi konsekuensi nyata dari tindakan yang diambil oleh petugas yang menggerebek rumah putranya. Putra Mark McKenzie, Todd, didiagnosis menderita skizofrenia dan ditembak tiga kali oleh polisi yang mendatangi rumahnya di pantai utara NSW pada 31…
Mantan CEO dari badan industri puncak telah dibebaskan dari penguntit bintang reality TV Simone Holtznagel. Benjamin Reeves, 59, mengaku tidak bersalah mengintai Holtznagel antara April dan Juli tahun lalu di lokasi di CBD Sydney dan Pantai Bondi. Polisi pada hari Kamis membatalkan dakwaan terhadapnya karena dia akan diadili di Pengadilan Negeri Downing Center. Tonton berita…
Empat petugas polisi tidak berinteraksi dengan penduduk perkebunan Queensland sebelum mereka melepaskan tembakan dan membunuh dua polisi, kata seorang petugas koroner. Pemeriksa Negara Bagian Terry Ryan memimpin konferensi pra-pemeriksaan di Brisbane pada hari Kamis untuk menentukan temuan apa yang harus dibuat atas kematian penembakan dua petugas polisi dan empat orang lainnya di Wieambilla di Western…
Seorang mantan eksekutif Coles mengaku mencuri $1,9 juta dari raksasa supermarket nasional, tetapi seorang hakim mengatakan pelanggarannya sangat tidak dapat dijelaskan dan bodoh sehingga dia harus menjalani tes kejiwaan lebih lanjut. Hakim Pengadilan Distrik Duncan Allen menyatakan keterkejutannya bahwa Aaron Baslangic tidak pernah berusaha menutupi jejaknya, tidak memiliki rencana besar tentang apa yang harus dilakukan…
Seorang gadis Queensland telah ditangkap – rata-rata – setiap lima hari sekali sejak awal Mei, ungkap polisi. Gadis berusia 15 tahun, yang tidak dapat diidentifikasi karena alasan hukum, baru-baru ini didakwa dengan pencurian dan penggunaan kendaraan bermotor secara tidak sah atas serangkaian dugaan pelanggaran properti di Maryborough pada hari Minggu. Dia dan dua gadis berusia…
Seorang wanita yang dijuluki “Cooby the raccoon” dan dituduh oleh penduduk setempat di pinggiran selatan Perth mencuri tanaman telah didakwa oleh polisi. Pihak berwenang menuduh wanita Coolbellup Kelly Harrison, 52, mencuri 12 tanaman dari taman rumah di pinggiran kota. Dia juga dituduh berkelahi dengan pemilik dan memercikkan cat ke kendaraan terdekat. Tonton berita dan streaming…
Pasangan hamil diancam akan digusur jika mereka membawa pulang bayi mereka yang baru lahir ke rumah sewaan mereka di Queensland, dengan pemilik yang mengklaim bahwa bayi tersebut adalah “penghuni yang tidak sah”. Para penyewa, yang berasal dari Kenya, memenangkan kasus diskriminasi ras di Pengadilan Sipil dan Administratif Queensland setelah “kampanye” terhadap mereka oleh pemilik properti…
Pemain premiership Richmond AFL Marlion Pickett telah diberikan jaminan oleh hakim Perth setelah didakwa dengan sejumlah perampokan di mana mata uang dicuri dari brankas. Polisi mengembalikan Pickett pada hari Minggu – sehari setelah dia bermain dalam kemenangan 15 poin Macan atas Fremantle di Stadion Optus – menuduh dia terlibat dalam perampokan komersial antara Desember dan…
Seorang petugas polisi Australia Barat tewas setelah dia ditabrak dan diseret di bawah mobil selama penangkapan. Polisi Anthony Woods, 28, dalam keadaan koma di Rumah Sakit Royal Perth setelah kejadian pada hari Kamis, tetapi Polisi WA pada Minggu malam mengkonfirmasi bahwa dia telah meninggal karena luka-lukanya. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Polisi WA Anthony Woods meninggal…
Ayah dari seorang pria yang menelan GHB dalam jumlah yang fatal di bawah todongan senjata telah mengecam dua pria yang mengaku bersalah atas kematiannya sebagai anjing yang tak kenal takut dan orang jahat. Mayat Jarrad Lovison ditemukan di hutan semak terpencil di Victoria pada Mei 2020. Keluarga telah melaporkan dia hilang lima minggu sebelumnya, di…
Pekerja dari kebun binatang Taronga dan Western Plains akan menerima jutaan pengembalian uang setelah operator nirlaba diterima untuk membayar upah lebih rendah kepada pekerja lepas. Kebun binatang NSW pada hari Jumat mengatakan pihaknya bertindak untuk mengatasi kekurangan pembayaran sekitar $2,6 juta, termasuk tunjangan dan pensiun. Ditemukan bahwa mereka membayar pemeliharaan biasa untuk staf setelah melakukan…
Seorang pria muda yang “cemburu” telah dinyatakan bersalah atas pembunuhan tetapi tidak bersalah atas pembunuhan setelah menikam seorang remaja Queensland yang sedang menghabiskan waktu dengan mantan pacarnya. Pria berusia 18 tahun, yang tidak dapat disebutkan namanya karena dia masih di bawah umur ketika menikam pria Sunshine Coast berusia 16 tahun, Balin Stewart, mengaku tidak bersalah…
“Peeping Tom” ditonton dan direkam oleh lusinan wanita melalui jendela mereka di Brisbane, pengadilan mendengar. John William Goodwin, 51, mengaku bersalah di Pengadilan Distrik Queensland pada hari Jumat atas lebih dari 20 dakwaan mengamati atau merekam pelanggaran privasi dan satu dakwaan memiliki materi eksploitasi anak. Pada tahun 2014 ia menerima 125 dakwaan rekaman yang melanggar…
Pria yang bertanggung jawab atas kematian seorang matematikawan gay Amerika yang memiliki “segalanya untuk hidup” telah dipenjara selama sembilan tahun. Setelah menjalani sebagian dari hukumannya, Scott Phillip White memenuhi syarat untuk pembebasan bersyarat pada tahun 2026 karena meninju Dr. Scott Johnson, meninggalkannya mati pada akhir 1980-an di Sydney. “Tidak banyak yang diketahui tentang kematian selain…
Peringatan pemicu: Artikel ini memuat uraian tentang kekerasan dalam rumah tangga Setelah memukul kepala istrinya yang terasing dengan palu godam, Shaun Robert Sturgess pergi minum, kata juri. Ibu dua anak Jacqueline Sturgess, 45, dibiarkan terbaring dalam genangan darah sampai tubuhnya ditemukan oleh polisi keesokan harinya. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> Menikah…
Seorang wasit sepak bola yang rahangnya patah dalam perkelahian di lapangan mengaku tidak bersalah karena menyerang seorang wanita saat bekerja sebagai tukang pukul di sebuah pub di utara Sydney. Khodr Yaghi, yang muncul di Pengadilan Negeri Hornsby pada hari Rabu mengenakan pakaian olahraga futsal, menghadapi tuduhan penyerangan yang menyebabkan cedera tubuh yang parah dan cedera…
Seorang pria tua NSW yang menikam istrinya sampai mati di rumah mereka dalam percobaan pembunuhan-bunuh diri telah meminta maaf karena telah membunuh wanita yang paling dia cintai, pengadilan mendengar. Heinz Ratke, 75, mengaku bersalah membunuh istrinya yang berusia 71 tahun, Maria, di rumah mereka di Katoomba awal tahun ini. Mayatnya ditemukan di dalam rumah pada…
Seorang mantan agen real estat telah memohon belas kasihan dari seorang hakim setelah dia mengaku mencuri ratusan ribu dolar dari kliennya, sehingga dia dapat berbelanja secara royal untuk istrinya yang sedang sekarat. Pria Ballarat, Richard Hayden, mengaku bersalah di Pengadilan Distrik Victoria karena secara curang menarik lebih dari $700.000 dari bisnis properti milik keluarganya yang…
Seorang pria berusia 42 tahun telah didakwa menyusul dugaan serangan mengerikan terhadap ibu dari anak-anaknya. Peter John Moiler dituduh membakar istrinya yang terasing di Gunung Helena, di pinggiran Perth, pada hari Jumat. Dia menderita luka bakar parah di lebih dari sepertiga tubuhnya dan berada dalam kondisi kritis namun stabil di Rumah Sakit Fiona Stanley. Tonton…
Seorang pria berduka yang melihat seorang teman tewas dan seorang lainnya terluka parah ketika mereka ditabrak oleh seorang pengendara sepeda motor yang diduga mabuk di dekat Brisbane telah menyatakan keselamatan di jalan raya “sangat buruk”. Neil Mendham telah mengeluarkan seruan untuk penggunaan jalan yang lebih aman setelah kematian Darren* – seorang turis dari Inggris –…
Dua anak laki-laki telah didakwa setelah seorang remaja diduga ditikam di sebuah bus di utara Melbourne. Polisi percaya seorang anak laki-laki berusia 17 tahun dari Reservoir terlibat dalam pertengkaran dengan kedua anak laki-laki itu sekitar pukul 16:15 pada hari Jumat. Dia diduga ditikam di tubuh bagian atas saat berada di bus Preston. Tonton berita dan…
Ben Roberts-Smith kalah dalam proses pencemaran nama baik terhadap tiga surat kabar. Penerima Victoria Cross menggugat tiga surat kabar Fairfax atas laporan pada 2018 yang menuduh dia telah melakukan kejahatan perang di Afghanistan antara 2009 dan 2012. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Ben Roberts-Smith kalah dalam kasus pencemaran nama baik. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis…
Dua pria muda telah dipenjara selama enam bulan karena serangan kentang di utara Perth yang menyebabkan satu orang kehilangan mata. Brandon Micicoi dan Trent Green, keduanya berusia 20 tahun, sedang mengemudi di sepanjang West Coast Dr di Trigg pada Mei 2022, meluncurkan kentang ke arah orang yang tidak bersalah. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pasangan dipenjara…
Polisi telah menetapkan sejumlah dakwaan keras setelah menyergap seorang pria di drive-thru sebuah restoran McDonald’s di Queensland. Sebuah kamera tubuh polisi menangkap momen saat petugas menukik pengemudi di tiang pengeras suara restoran sekitar pukul 14.20 pada hari Rabu, berjalan ke jendela kendaraannya dan menyuruhnya untuk “mematikan mobil”. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Momen liar polisi menangkap…
Seorang pria yang diduga menembak mati ayah dua anak di luar restoran Gold Coast telah diidentifikasi sebagai putra seorang pengendara sepeda motor terkenal. Alexandar “Alex” Ivan Rasic, 24, tidak harus hadir karena dugaan pembunuhannya terhadap Michael Hayes disidangkan di Pengadilan Maroochydore Magistrates pada hari Jumat. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Ayah Gold Coast menjadi korban serangan…
Seorang wanita berusia 71 tahun dengan masalah kesehatan mental meninggal karena kelaparan di perumahan komunitas tak lama setelah dia ditemukan sakit parah oleh polisi, yang tidak memanggil ambulans. Kematian seorang wanita yang kesepian, yang hanya dikenal sebagai HJ, di pinggiran utara Hobart, Bridgewater, mengangkat “beberapa masalah”, menurut laporan koroner. Tiga petugas Polisi Tasmania mengunjungi rumah…
Setelah membunuh ibu Melbourne Ju “Kelly” Zhang, pacarnya melihat truk sampah mengosongkan tubuhnya dari tempat sampah. Pada hari Rabu, Joon Seong Tan dinyatakan bersalah atas pembunuhannya oleh juri di Mahkamah Agung Victoria. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pacar yang cemburu dinyatakan bersalah membunuh pasangannya. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> Pencarian Google berusia…
Seorang remaja yang diduga memperingatkan temannya untuk tinggal di rumah dari sekolah sebelum menembakkan beberapa tembakan ke dalam ruang kelas telah diberikan jaminan meskipun jaksa memperingatkan dia menimbulkan risiko bagi masyarakat. Anak laki-laki berusia 15 tahun, yang tidak dapat disebutkan namanya karena alasan hukum, menghadapi berbagai tuduhan sehubungan dengan insiden minggu lalu di Atlantis Beach…
Tuduhan telah diajukan terhadap perusahaan perjalanan Kimberley dan master kapal jet setahun setelah beberapa orang terluka dalam kecelakaan di objek wisata populer di barat laut WA. Kapal berkecepatan tinggi Falls Express membawa 25 penumpang dan dua awak dalam tur lingkungan ketika menabrak batu di Horizontal Falls pada 27 Mei 2022. PERHATIKAN VIDEO DI ATAS: Tuduhan…
Seorang remaja yang dituduh melepaskan beberapa tembakan ke sekolah, mengenai ruang kelas saat guru dan siswa berebut untuk berlindung, kemungkinan akan menghadapi tuntutan yang lebih tinggi. Anak laki-laki berusia 15 tahun, yang tidak dapat disebutkan namanya karena alasan hukum, hadir di Pengadilan Anak Perth pada hari Selasa melalui tautan video dari tahanan. Pengadilan diberi tahu…
Seorang pemuda membantah telah membunuh remaja Queensland lainnya dalam dugaan serangan yang dipicu oleh kecemburuan. Pria berusia 18 tahun, yang tidak dapat disebutkan namanya karena masih di bawah umur ketika diduga menikam warga Sunshine Coast berusia 16 tahun, Balin Stewart, mengaku tidak bersalah atas pembunuhan di Mahkamah Agung pada hari Senin. Balin ditusuk dengan pisau…
Seorang pria berusia 28 tahun telah didakwa dengan pembunuhan seorang pria berusia 63 tahun, yang diduga ditikam beberapa kali selama pertengkaran di sebuah rumah di Queensland. Polisi dipanggil ke blok unit di Redbank, Ipswich, sekitar pukul 22:25 pada hari Sabtu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pria yang didakwa melakukan pembunuhan atas dugaan penikaman pria di unit…
Polisi telah mendakwa sepasang pengendara motor Mongrel Mob karena diduga memukuli dua pria di sebuah bar di selatan Perth pada hari Sabtu. Serangan akhir pekan menghantam tempat parkir di luar bangunan Baldivis dan meninggalkan dua pria, berusia 36 dan 43 tahun, dengan luka di wajah, kata pihak berwenang. Polisi mengatakan seorang pria berusia 29 tahun…
Orang tua dari siswa sekolah dasar berkebutuhan khusus telah mengecam Departemen Pendidikan Australia Selatan atas cara mereka menangani penyelidikan dan setelah kematian anak mereka yang tersedak. Lucas Latouche Mazzei adalah siswa Sekolah Dasar Pantai Henley yang berusia lima tahun ketika dia meninggal pada tahun 2017 karena tersedak batu nektar. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Orang tua…
Peringatan: Konten yang mengganggu Seorang ibu dan ayah telah dipenjara seumur hidup karena membunuh bayi laki-laki mereka dalam apa yang oleh hakim digambarkan sebagai kasus “kekejaman yang tak terbayangkan”. Stephen Boden, 30, dan Shannon Marsden, 22, dari Inggris berjuang untuk mendapatkan putra mereka Finley Boden kembali dari layanan anak-anak dan kemudian melecehkannya dengan sangat buruk…
Seorang pria yang memfilmkan dirinya memperkosa seorang wanita telah dipenjara setidaknya selama lima tahun setelah mantan istrinya menemukan rekaman itu. Boghos Parizian, 58, merekam serangan itu selama satu jam 54 detik di kaset VHS pada 1990-an. Lebih dari 15 tahun kemudian, dia bersikeras untuk masuk ke tempat istrinya yang terasing, di mana kuncinya telah diganti…
Sebuah perusahaan teknik telah didenda $250.000 setelah seorang pekerja terbunuh saat menghancurkan bekas pabrik keju Victoria. Glen Parsons meninggal dunia saat dia tertimpa kondensor seberat 770kg di pabrik tua Keju Murray Goulburn di Leitchville, di Victoria utara, pada Desember 2017. Peralatan tersebut dimuat ke dalam kontainer pengiriman untuk diangkut setelah pabrik tersebut dibeli oleh sebuah…
Seorang peternak anak anjing serial di Perth telah dilarang memiliki anjing seumur hidup setelah dia dihukum karena membiakkan dan menjual anjing yang sakit. Diyakini bahwa Kathryn Lisa King menghasilkan sebanyak $180.000 per tahun dari anak anjing yang dibiakkan dalam kondisi mengocok perut Wanita Bullsbrook, 51, juga dijatuhi hukuman penjara 10 bulan yang ditangguhkan selama 18…
Seorang pria telah didakwa dengan percobaan pembunuhan setelah dua petugas polisi terluka parah ketika mereka ditabrak truk yang diduga dicuri di Darling Downs Queensland. Pria berusia 45 tahun dari Oakey menghadapi dua dakwaan percobaan pembunuhan bersama dengan serangkaian dakwaan lainnya menyusul insiden dramatis di utara Toowoomba pada hari Rabu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Beberapa polisi…
Sepasang suami istri di Melbourne telah dituduh memelihara seorang budak di rumah pinggiran barat mereka. Informasi masyarakat mengarahkan polisi ke rumah Point Cook di mana mereka mengatakan seorang korban ditahan oleh seorang pria, 44, dan wanita, 29. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pasangan Melbourne dituduh melakukan perbudakan Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >>…
Seorang pria berusia 22 tahun yang dituduh menyiksa kanguru disambut oleh pengunjuk rasa yang mencemooh setelah muncul di pengadilan. Presley Bennell menghadapi dua tuduhan kekejaman terhadap hewan yang berasal dari dugaan serangan di Dawesville pada bulan Januari dan Februari. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Presley Bennell menghadapi pengadilan atas dugaan penyiksaan kanguru Tonton berita dan streaming…
Sebuah perusahaan konstruksi telah didenda lebih dari $405.000 setelah seorang pekerja meninggal di tempat kerja Sydney empat tahun lalu. Mohamad Riche meninggal setelah jatuh melalui lubang di atap gedung apartemen tempat dia bekerja di Jordan Springs, dekat Penrith, pada Agustus 2019. Pria berusia 38 tahun itu jatuh dari ketinggian 19m – sekitar enam toko –…
Seorang petugas polisi NSW yang membuat seorang remaja Aborigin pingsan setelah menggesekkan kakinya telah dinyatakan bersalah melakukan penyerangan. Dua minggu setelah ulang tahunnya yang ke-17, anak laki-laki itu dikirim ke tanah terlebih dahulu setelah Polisi Ryan Barlow mengalami dislokasi kakinya selama percobaan penangkapan. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Petugas polisi bersalah melakukan penyerangan terhadap remaja Orang…
Seorang hakim menggambarkan pembunuhan seorang pekerja TAFE Sydney oleh pacarnya sebagai “tragedi kemanusiaan yang hebat”. James Hachem, 37, dipenjara hingga 24 tahun setelah dinyatakan bersalah membunuh Samah Baker, 30, pada Januari 2019. “Pembunuhannya telah menimbulkan kerugian besar, luas dan dampaknya tidak dapat diungkapkan dengan kata-kata,” kata Hakim Robertson Wright di Mahkamah Agung NSW, Jumat. Tonton…
Pria NSW yang dituduh membunuh Charlise Mutten yang berusia sembilan tahun dan membuang tubuhnya di tempat sampah telah diadili. Justin Laurens Stein, 32, hari Jumat mengaku tidak bersalah atas pembunuhan terkait kekerasan dalam rumah tangga dan pemaparan mayat yang tidak senonoh. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Tersangka pembunuh Charlise Mutten dikenai lebih banyak dakwaan. Tonton berita…
Seorang ibu remaja yang dituduh membunuh bayinya yang baru lahir “menciumnya” dan “memeluknya selamat tinggal” sebelum memasukkannya ke dalam tas, pengadilan Inggris mendengar. Paris Mayo dituduh membunuh putranya, Stanley, pada Maret 2019 tak lama setelah kelahirannya. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Ibu melahirkan di ferry Queensland. Tonton Berita terbaru di Channel 7 atau streaming gratis di…
Damien Oates dan keluarga mudanya akhirnya pindah ke rumah pertama mereka setelah menunggu tiga tahun untuk dibangun — kemudian mimpi itu berubah menjadi mimpi buruk. Hanya lima hari kemudian, seluruh townhouse Adelaide kebanjiran, dan seorang inspektur pipa menemukan bagian yang tidak sesuai telah digunakan untuk pipa tersebut. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Tukang bangunan SA mempertanyakan…
Seorang tokoh dunia bawah tanah yang selamat dari penembakan geng di Melbourne telah didakwa menyusul penggerebekan narkoba yang dramatis di pinggiran utara Perth. Polisi menggerebek sebuah rumah di Ballajura pada Kamis pagi, diduga menyita uang tunai dan 14 kg sabu dengan nilai jalanan sekitar $14 juta. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Mohammed Charif Oueida didakwa atas…
Memegang pudel mainannya menyilangkan Lucy di atas kepalanya, seorang pria berusia 60 tahun menendang seekor anjing saat anjing itu melompat untuk menggigit anjingnya yang lebih kecil. Sebagai tanggapan, Roland Patrick Meldrum “memukul” pria itu dari belakang sebelum menendangnya begitu keras hingga lengan pria berusia 60 tahun itu patah. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Dokter hewan membagikan…
PERINGATAN: Konten yang mengganggu Seorang ibu empat anak di Queensland yang ditikam di luar kompleks unit mendapat perintah kekerasan dalam rumah tangga yang dikeluarkan sebelum serangan fatal itu, ungkap polisi. Heather Ball, 29, meninggal pada Rabu malam di rumah sakit setelah insiden di jalan setapak di luar gedung Short St di Caboolture. Tonton berita dan…
Seorang pria yang salah dihukum karena membunuh kekasih rahasianya yang sedang hamil telah diberikan kompensasi lebih dari satu juta dolar. Scott Austic dibebaskan dari pembunuhan pada tahun 2020 setelah menghabiskan hampir 13 tahun penjara di Australia Barat. Austic dihukum karena membunuh Stacey Thorne, 34, yang sedang mengandung bayinya, di rumahnya di Boddington pada 2007. Tonton…
Seorang remaja Queensland telah dituduh menyerang pengacaranya di luar pengadilan. Anak laki-laki berusia 15 tahun dan seorang Pekerja Bantuan Hukum yang terkenal berada di luar Pengadilan Chinchilla sekitar pukul 9.40 pagi pada hari Rabu ketika dugaan insiden tersebut terjadi. Remaja itu dijadwalkan hadir di pengadilan tetapi dilaporkan mengganggu di tangga depan pengadilan. Tonton berita dan…
Lima pria telah dijatuhi hukuman beberapa tahun penjara karena peran mereka dalam pencurian senilai $123 juta ($A182 juta) yang menarik perhatian internasional karena tindakannya yang keterlaluan, lapor lembaga penyiaran publik Jerman. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk tidak mengatakan berapa tahun yang diterima setiap tahanan, tetapi melaporkan mereka masing-masing menghadapi antara empat dan enam tahun penjara. Terdakwa keenam dibebaskan….
Brett Johnson memangsa orang-orang yang ingin dia layani dan lindungi, demi kepuasan seksualnya sendiri. Setelah seorang wanita pergi ke kantor polisi Melbourne karena takut akan mantan pacar yang kasar, dia mengiriminya lebih dari 900 pesan genit dan mencoba mengunjungi rumahnya untuk “pemeriksaan kesejahteraan”. Ketika seorang saksi kejahatan memberi tahu seorang petugas Polisi Victoria tentang ide…
Seorang penyendiri yang menembak mati kedua tetangganya dari jarak dekat marah karena mereka telah mematikan selang kebunnya. Rodney Lee, 73, mengaku bersalah di Mahkamah Agung Victoria pada hari Senin atas pembunuhan Saumotu Gasio, 62, dan Tibor Laszlo, 72. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Manusia menghadapi kehidupan di balik jeruji besi di atas barisan selang taman yang…
Seorang pria telah didakwa dengan pembunuhan dan merusak mayat, menyusul kematian “brutal” seorang pria Queensland. Mantan asisten guru “tercinta” Christopher Gwin ditemukan di rumahnya oleh tetangga di alamat Kilcoy Lane di desa ramah lingkungan Conondale, Crystal Waters, di pedalaman Sunshine Coast, tak lama sebelum jam 4 sore pada hari Sabtu. Gwin yang berusia 69 tahun…
Seorang mantan wakil kepala sekolah Sydney yang kedapatan sedang mencoba mendandani seorang gadis remaja untuk berhubungan seks telah diperingatkan untuk memperketat pembelaan hukuman “bersama” atau dia dapat menghadapi hukuman yang lebih keras. Awalnya menyangkal melakukan kesalahan, Damian Scott Wanstall, 49, mengaku bersalah pada September 2022 karena menggunakan layanan transportasi untuk mendapatkan anak di bawah 16…
Peringatan pemicu: Artikel ini berisi deskripsi kekerasan seksual Azar Rahmatzadeh mulai berbicara dengan muridnya yang berusia 14 tahun di Snapchat selama liburan musim panas. Guru Melbourne menikmati perhatian bocah itu dan mengundangnya ke rumahnya untuk minum. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> Setelah menjemputnya dari stasiun kereta dengan mobilnya, dia menyuruhnya untuk…
Seorang ibu AS telah dihukum atas pembunuhan dua anak bungsunya dan saingan romantisnya setelah penyelidikan tiga tahun yang mencakup klaim aneh bahwa putra dan putrinya adalah zombie dan bahwa dia adalah seorang dewi yang dikirim untuk mengantarkan kiamat Alkitab. Lori Vallow Daybell tidak menunjukkan ekspresi saat hasil dibacakan. Beberapa orang di galeri ruang sidang menyeka…
Keluarga seorang nenek Adelaide yang hilang dalam perjalanan ke Malaysia mengatakan mereka sedih dan kecewa setelah penyelidikan gagal memastikan penyebab kematiannya. Annapuranee Jenkins, 65, juga dikenal sebagai Anna, menghilang pada Desember 2017 saat mengunjungi ibunya yang sakit di Penang bersama suaminya. Tiga tahun kemudian, harta benda dan jasadnya ditemukan di lokasi konstruksi. Tonton berita dan…
Mantan bintang NRL Jarryd Hayne akan menghabiskan setidaknya tiga tahun penjara setelah dinyatakan bersalah memperkosa seorang wanita pada malam grand final NRL 2018. Pria berusia 35 tahun itu dinyatakan bersalah oleh juri atas dua dakwaan hubungan seksual yang melanggar hukum pada bulan April. Dia telah ditahan sejak jaminannya dicabut bulan lalu setelah naik banding di…
Seorang pria lanjut usia yang didakwa dengan lusinan pemerkosaan sebelumnya dan pelanggaran penyerangan tidak senonoh telah diekstradisi ke Queensland. Pria berusia 75 tahun itu diekstradisi dari Australia Selatan pada hari Kamis setelah penyelidikan atas dugaan insiden penyerangan seksual bersejarah di Cairns. TONTON VIDEO: Pria SA menghadapi pengadilan Queensland atas dugaan riwayat pemerkosaan. Tonton berita dan…
Ibu yang berduka dari seorang pejalan kaki Jerman yang meninggal di pertanian alpukat Queensland telah berkeliling dunia untuk mencari tahu apa yang terjadi pada putrinya. Jennifer Kohl, 27, tewas tertimpa mesin pemotong rumput yang ia tumpangi bersama pacarnya terbalik saat mereka bekerja di Mt Tamborine Avocados pada Desember 2017. Cornelia Kohl melakukan perjalanan dari Jerman…
Tindakan kelas telah diluncurkan terhadap operator kapal pesiar besar Karnaval setelah “pelayaran dari neraka” langsung menuju badai Kategori 5. Gugatan yang diajukan Carter Capner Law itu mengklaim penumpang tidak diberi pilihan untuk membatalkan tiket kapal pesiar dari Brisbane ke Kaledonia Baru dan Vanuatu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Aksi kelas diluncurkan terhadap P&O Cruises atas badai…
Polisi telah mendakwa seorang pria dengan apa yang dikatakan pihak berwenang sebagai pelanggaran terkait uang profil tertinggi WA setelah penyitaan 1,8 juta dolar dari sebuah mobil sewaan yang berhenti di sebuah kota pertambangan bersejarah 350km timur Perth. Pihak berwenang mengatakan seorang pria negara bagian timur yang menuju perbatasan dihentikan di dekat Southern Cross sekitar pukul…
PERINGATAN: Konten yang mengganggu Pasangan WA meninggalkan anjing mereka tanpa air yang cukup selama hampir sebulan saat mereka pergi, dengan tetangga turun tangan untuk menghentikan “hasil tragis”. RSPCA WA mengatakan Bindi yang berusia satu tahun ditinggalkan oleh pasangan Bindoon di rumah tanpa akses ke air antara 9 November dan 11 Desember. Tonton berita dan streaming…
PERINGATAN: Konten yang mengganggu Seorang pekerja BHP mengatakan dia terbangun dan menemukan rekan kerjanya memperkosanya setelah semalaman mabuk berat di sebuah kamp pertambangan di wilayah Pilbara, Australia Barat. Wanita itu menuduh Ryan John Zabaznow, 37, melakukan pelecehan seksual setelah dia melewatinya di Newman pada 18 November 2020. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus…
Departemen Pendidikan Victoria dan sebuah kolam renang di barat daya negara bagian telah didakwa setelah kematian seorang anak berusia delapan tahun di sebuah kamp sekolah. Cooper Onyett meninggal di kolam Belfast Aquatics di Port Fairy pada 21 Mei 2021 saat menghadiri kemah sekolah semalam pertamanya. Menyusul penyelidikan atas kematian siswa Sekolah Dasar Merrivale, WorkSafe kini…
Seorang pegawai negeri NSW yang ditikam dalam serangan yang tidak beralasan “baik-baik saja” saat dia pulih di rumah sakit. Pembaruan datang sehari setelah pengacara pria berusia 37 tahun yang dituduh menikamnya meminta agar dia dipindahkan ke fasilitas kesehatan mental. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Seorang pelanggan menikam seorang pekerja Layanan NSW di depan saksi yang ketakutan….
Seorang pria Queensland dinyatakan bersalah atas percobaan pembunuhan setelah menyerang mantan pacarnya dengan kapak telah dipenjara selama 14 tahun. Orang Samaria yang baik harus datang membantu Maria Buci setelah Cameron Turgay Bardak menyergap mantan pacarnya di tempat parkir CBD Brisbane pada Juli 2020. Bardak dinyatakan bersalah atas percobaan pembunuhan di Mahkamah Agung Brisbane pada hari…
Seorang pria telah didakwa melakukan pembunuhan setelah kematian seorang siswa muda internasional yang terluka selama invasi rumah di Darwin awal pekan ini. Pria berusia 29 tahun itu diduga memasuki rumah seorang pria berusia 23 tahun, yang diyakini sebagai pelajar internasional dari Bangladesh, sekitar pukul 4.25 pagi pada hari Rabu, kata Polisi NT. Siswa itu diduga…
Isaac James Martin, narapidana Queensland yang bertanggung jawab atas kematian tersangka pembunuh Zlatko Sikorsky, telah menambah satu dekade hukumannya atas kematian yang terakhir. Sikorsky, 37, dilarikan dari Pusat Pemasyarakatan Wolston Brisbane ke rumah sakit karena cedera kepala kritis pada 10 November 2020. Dia meninggal 10 hari kemudian. Sikorsky dituduh membunuh dan menyiksa Larissa Beilby yang…
Korban penusukan Queensland yang “ganas” mengatakan dia tidak lagi merasa aman setelah insiden itu. Jayden Aoese Sale berusia 18 tahun ketika dia “mengamuk” di South Bank Brisbane. Adis Fejzic ditikam selama serangan itu. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> Sale, kini berusia 20 tahun, mengaku bersalah atas sejumlah dakwaan termasuk niat jahat…
Peringatan pemicu: Artikel ini berisi deskripsi dugaan pelecehan seksual Seorang pria yang mengklaim mantan eksekutif Cricket Australia melakukan pelecehan seksual kepadanya telah memberi tahu temannya bahwa dia yakin minumannya telah dibubuhi sebelum insiden yang dituduhkan. Pria itu mengatakan Timothy Joseph Whittaker, 37, melakukan masturbasi tanpa persetujuannya pada dini hari tanggal 16 Maret 2019, mengikuti akhir…
Seorang perawat yang dituduh membunuh tujuh bayi dan berusaha membunuh 10 bayi lainnya pada tahun 2015 dan 2016 telah menjelaskan apa yang tampaknya merupakan catatan yang memberatkan, di Pengadilan Mahkota Manchester. Lucy Letby bekerja di unit neonatal Inggris di Counter Rumah Sakit Chester, di mana jaksa menuduh dia menyuntik bayi dengan air dan meracuni mereka…
Seorang pria Perth yang membunuh bayi perempuan berusia tiga bulan dengan mengguncangnya setelah dia mengotori popoknya akan menghabiskan setidaknya enam tahun penjara. Zach Meier mengguncang bayi Elyssia, yang merupakan putri pasangannya Sarah Nash, hingga meninggal di sebuah rumah di Girrawheen, di pinggiran utara kota, pada Maret 2021. Pria berusia 32 tahun itu mengaku bersalah atas…
Pengadilan telah menolak untuk meningkatkan hukuman penjara seorang pengemudi remaja yang membunuh pasangan muda dan anak mereka yang belum lahir di dalam mobil curian di dekat Brisbane. Namun Pengadilan Banding Queensland juga menolak tawaran dari tim hukum remaja tersebut untuk mengurangi masa penahanannya. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Keluarga korban kecelakaan Alexandra Hills yang patah hati…
Seorang ibu asal Queensland dikenang sebagai sosok yang “fenomenal” dan “istimewa” setelah kematiannya dalam dugaan kecelakaan mobil curian yang merenggut nyawa dua orang lainnya. Michale Chandler, seorang ibu berusia 29 tahun dari dua anak kecil, meninggal bersama Kelsie Davies yang berusia 17 tahun ketika Holden mereka ditabrak oleh Mercedes Benz yang diduga dicuri di Maryborough…
Balita berusia 19 bulan meninggal karena obstruksi usus setelah penundaan diagnosis dan evakuasi di rumah sakit, dan kegagalan untuk melakukan tindak lanjut yang diperlukan, seorang koroner menemukan. Gadis itu “tidak sehat” ketika dia tiba bersama ibunya di Rumah Sakit Umum Launceston di Tasmania pada dini hari tanggal 10 Juni 2021. Dia dianggap sebagai kategori dua,…
Kathleen Folbigg – seorang wanita NSW yang dihukum karena membunuh keempat anaknya – minggu ini mendengar kata-kata yang telah dia tunggu selama 20 tahun: bahwa ada “keraguan yang masuk akal” atas kesalahannya. Folbigg dipenjara pada tahun 2003 karena membunuh keempat anaknya – Sarah, Caleb, Laura dan Patrick. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Meminta Kathleen Folbigg dibebaskan…
PERINGATAN: Konten yang mengganggu Sarkis El Bayeh mengira seorang wanita muda yang dia temui suatu malam di timur Sydney ingin berhubungan seks dengannya setelah dia membawanya ke tempat parkir klub malam dan menciumnya. El Bayeh, 39, akan menghabiskan setidaknya sembilan bulan di penjara karena memperkosa wanita di tangga dekat Bedouin Restaurant di Double Bay pada…
Penasihat keuangan Sydney Gavin Fineff “memiliki dunia di kakinya”. Ayah dua anak ini menikah dan berpenghasilan lebih dari $160.000 sebagai perencana keuangan senior di perusahaan Sydney Sentinel Management. Tetapi setelah meminjam $90.000 dari ibunya untuk membantunya membeli saham di Sentinel, Fineff dengan cepat pergi ke lubang kelinci, mempertaruhkan uangnya dengan harapan menghasilkan lebih banyak. Tonton…
Seorang wanita yang tinggal di salah satu pinggiran kota Sydney yang paling makmur telah membawa tetangganya ke pengadilan dengan tuduhan pohon palem yang ditanam di properti tetangga menghalangi pandangannya yang sebelumnya tidak terganggu ke pelabuhan ikonik kota itu. Georgina Black – yang telah tinggal di Rose Bay sejak 2015 ketika dia membeli rumah tepi pantai…
PERINGATAN: Konten yang mengganggu Seorang ibu menikam, mencekik, dan mencekik ketiga anaknya sebelum membakar tubuh mereka dalam kebakaran rumah di kota Port Hedland, Australia Barat. Margaret Dale Hawke, 36, secara resmi mengaku bersalah di Mahkamah Agung di Perth pada hari Jumat karena membunuh putri dan dua putranya yang berusia 10 tahun, berusia tujuh dan empat…
Seorang wanita Sydney yang memukuli tetangganya yang sudah tua sampai mati dengan penggorengan akan menghabiskan setidaknya 15 tahun di balik jeruji besi. Narelle Fiona Smith tahun lalu dinyatakan bersalah oleh juri atas pembunuhan pensiunan pengacara Peter McCarthy di rumahnya di South Coogee pada 20 Desember 2020. Pria berusia 77 tahun itu ditemukan tewas di lantai…
Pengakuan seorang pria atas pembunuhan remaja Michelle Bright tahun 1999 di pedesaan NSW dibuat setelah ditipu oleh polisi, kata seorang juri. Pengacara Craig Henry Rumsby berpendapat bahwa meskipun dia mengklaim telah membunuh remaja berusia 17 tahun itu pada dini hari tanggal 27 Februari 1999, ini adalah pernyataan palsu yang dibuat setelah “digunakan” oleh polisi. “Itu…
Seorang pria yang diduga ditikam enam kali oleh teman serumahnya di persewaan mereka di North Sydney menyalahkan kurangnya perumahan atas serangan brutal itu. Korban ditikam lima kali di dada dan satu kali di paha dengan pisau dapur sepanjang 20 cm pada Selasa. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Seorang pria terhuyung-huyung keluar dari rumahnya di North Sydney…
Teman dan pendukung Kathleen Folbigg telah menyerukan agar dia dibebaskan bersyarat segera setelah pemeriksaan mendengar ada keraguan dia bersalah membunuh keempat anaknya. Folbigg dipenjara pada tahun 2003 karena membunuh keempat anaknya – Sarah, Caleb, Laura dan Patrick – dan menjalani hukuman minimal 25 tahun setelah dinyatakan bersalah atas tiga tuduhan pembunuhan dan satu tuduhan pembunuhan….
Seorang pria Australia Barat yang mabuk narkoba dan mabuk ketika dia memukul mantan teman serumah dan tetangganya sampai mati dengan palu mengirim sms kepada pacarnya, “Saya menyerah pada tengkoraknya dan menertawakannya” setelah pembunuhan brutal itu. Andrew John Myles, 37, mengaku bersalah membunuh Zeljko Kuch, 51, di rumahnya di Ocean Reef di utara Perth pada 1…
Seorang wanita muda bisa menghadapi hukuman 10 tahun penjara setelah pistol berlapis emas 24 karat diduga ditemukan di kopernya ketika dia tiba di Australia pada akhir pekan. Wanita berusia 28 tahun – yang berasal dari AS – tiba di Sydney dari Los Angeles pada hari Minggu. Sebuah pistol yang tidak diumumkan diduga ditemukan di dalam…
Seorang perawat Australia Selatan telah diskors selama dua bulan karena hubungan yang tidak pantas dengan seorang pria lumpuh yang dijelaskan dalam dokumen pengadilan sebagai “sangat rentan” dan “sangat tergantung”. Perawat terdaftar adalah pekerja perawatan pribadi untuk pasien selama lebih dari 10 tahun dan selama enam tahun adalah perawat terdaftar, menurut Pengadilan Sipil dan Administrasi SA….
Operator restoran Melbourne telah didenda $35.000 setelah dua pekerja terluka dalam tumpahan minyak panas. Salah satu juru masak sedang memindahkan minyak dari penggorengan ke fasilitas limbah di The Cheeky Squire di Frankston ketika dia menemukan sebuah kotak pada Januari 2021. Minyak panas tumpah ke koki lain, menyebabkan luka bakar tingkat dua di kakinya dan luka…
Seorang ibu Melbourne diikat dan disumpal oleh seorang pria yang masuk ke rumahnya dan menculik dua anaknya yang masih kecil selama 12 jam, menuntut uang tebusan $1 juta agar mereka kembali dengan selamat. Jiangang Ji, seorang pekerja konstruksi, menghadapi hari pertama persidangan di Pengadilan Negeri pada Rabu atas dakwaan termasuk serangan di sebuah rumah di…
Pengadilan Jerman mengatakan Kamis bahwa mereka telah memutuskan untuk tidak mendengarkan kasus pelanggaran seks terhadap seorang pria yang juga menjadi tersangka hilangnya balita Inggris Madeleine McCann, dengan alasan bahwa wilayah tempat dia berada bukanlah tempat terakhir dia tinggal. Jerman dan karena itu tidak bertanggung jawab. . Jaksa di kota utara Braunschweig pada bulan Oktober mendakwa…
Sepasang suami istri menembak mantan pasangan putri mereka empat kali dan meninggalkannya setelah perceraian yang jauh dari damai, kata pengadilan. Nolene June Jordan dan Cedric Harper Jordan mengaku tidak bersalah atas pembunuhan Shane Barker, 36, di rumahnya di Campbell Town di Tasmania pada 2 Agustus 2009. Pasangan itu didakwa pada Mei 2020 setelah penyelidikan polisi…
Tuduhan pemerasan terhadap mantan anggota parlemen Buruh Australia Selatan dan suaminya telah dibatalkan. Annabel dan Greg Digance sama-sama mengaku tidak bersalah atas tuduhan terkait perilaku Perdana Menteri Peter Malinauskas saat dia menjadi pemimpin oposisi. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Mantan Anggota Parlemen yang dituduh memeras Perdana Menteri telah dicabut dakwaannya. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis…
Ayah dari dua anak perempuan yang meninggal dalam mobil panas saat ibu mereka tidur menuntut pemerintah Queensland, dengan mengatakan “tidak ada yang mendengarkan” ketika dia menyampaikan kekhawatiran tentang perawatan mereka. Peter Jackson terus berduka atas putrinya Darcey Helen dan Chloe Ann, masing-masing berusia dua setengah dan 18 bulan, setelah kematian mereka di Logan pada 2019….
Kebebasan “terpicu” Mona Maunsell Anderson membuat Nicholas Braid berbohong kepadanya tentang namanya sebelum menikamnya secara fatal di Gold Coast, pengadilan mendengar. Anderson kemudian memberi tahu petugas yang menyamar bahwa dia biasanya tidak membawa pisau, lebih suka menggunakan tinjunya, kata juri Mahkamah Agung Queensland pada hari Rabu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Freedom Anderson mengaku tidak bersalah…
Seorang pelanggar seks yang menghamili seorang gadis berusia 15 tahun menantang hukuman yang diterimanya atas kejahatannya. Korban Nathaniel Roberts membesarkan seorang anak setelah dia melakukan pelecehan seksual empat kali selama 11 hari pada Agustus 2020. Dia 15 dan dia 24. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> Roberts mengaku bersalah atas empat tuduhan…
Seorang pria Melbourne yang membunuh putri dan menantunya dengan darah dingin karena mereka tidak meminta izin untuk menikah telah menantang hukuman seumur hidup yang diterimanya. Salah satu hakim yang akan memutuskan kasusnya mengatakan sulit membayangkan kejahatan yang lebih kejam dilakukan terhadap anak sendiri. Osman Shaptafaj dipenjara setidaknya selama 35 tahun karena membunuh Lindita Musai, 25,…