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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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 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,…
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
“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 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 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 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….
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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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…
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 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…
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…
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…