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 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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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 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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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 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 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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…