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…
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 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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…