Top Stories Politics Courts General Finance Sport World FactCheck

Factual. Independent. Impartial.

Support AAP with a free or paid subscription

Subscribe to AAP News Download our app

Factual. Independent. Impartial.

Support AAP with a free or paid subscription

Subscribe to AAP News Download our app

Latest news: Crime, Law and Justice

Court chief defends judge's new role in rare statement

Court chief defends judge's new role in rare statement

The Federal Court chief justice has issued a rare public statement of support for a judge appointed to the Australian Law Reform Commission.

Family 'tormented' by son's death at hands of police

Family 'tormented' by son's death at hands of police

Family 'tormented' by son's death at hands of police

Family 'tormented' by son's death at hands of police

The parents of mentally ill man Todd McKenzie, who was shot dead by police on the NSW mid-north coast, have pleaded for change to prevent more deaths like his.

Death isn't good enough for you, victim tells abuser

Death isn't good enough for you, victim tells abuser

Death isn't good enough for you, victim tells abuser

Death isn't good enough for you, victim tells abuser

A man sexually assaulted by Jeff Fenech's brother as a child has confronted his abuser in court, calling him a "pathetic person" and a "monster".

Factual. Independent. Impartial.

Subscribe to AAP News

Already a member? Sign in here

Man accused over baby's death released on bail

Man accused over baby's death released on bail

A Queensland man facing court over the death of his ex-partner's baby boy has been released on bail as murder charges are to be substituted with manslaughter.

British national sentenced over $800m drug haul

British national sentenced over $800m drug haul

A British national is set to be deported after admitting supplying and possessing drugs valued at more than $800 million as part of attempts to waiver a debt.

Family's questions as cop spared jail over man's death

Family's questions as cop spared jail over man's death

A woman whose brother died under a police car following a pursuit has questioned whether a former sergeant spared jail received special treatment.

DV claims against ex-Fiji PM's son serious, lawyer says

DV claims against ex-Fiji PM's son serious, lawyer says

A Sydney court has been told that the son of a former Fiji prime minister Frank Bainimarama faces multiple "extremely serious" domestic violence allegations.

Factual. Independent. Impartial.

Subscribe to AAP News

Already a member? Sign in here

Company behind chemical warehouse inferno fined $3m

Company behind chemical warehouse inferno fined $3m

Company behind chemical warehouse inferno fined $3m

Company behind chemical warehouse inferno fined $3m

A defunct chemical waste recycling company has been hit with $2.98 million in fines after a warehouse fire burned a worker and forced schools to close.

Family of murdered mother stare down 'evil' husband

Family of murdered mother stare down 'evil' husband

Family of murdered mother stare down 'evil' husband

Family of murdered mother stare down 'evil' husband

The family of a woman strangled to death by her husband have stared down her "evil" killer in court, as it's revealed he took photos of her lifeless body.

Mother confesses to trying to kill baby daughter

Mother confesses to trying to kill baby daughter

Mother confesses to trying to kill baby daughter

Mother confesses to trying to kill baby daughter

Wracked with guilt, a woman confessed to police she had tried to kill her daughter weeks after the five-month-old's hospitalisation did not raise suspicion.

Jailed pedophile priest admits abusing more boys

Jailed pedophile priest admits abusing more boys

Jailed pedophile priest admits abusing more boys

Jailed pedophile priest admits abusing more boys

Jailed pedophile and former priest David Edwin Rapson will be sentenced in July for sexually abusing three boys in Tasmania in the early 1980s.

Questions after rare Brazil conviction for Aust murder

Questions after rare Brazil conviction for Aust murder

Questions after rare Brazil conviction for Aust murder

Questions after rare Brazil conviction for Aust murder

A highly unusual trial carried out in Brazil over the murder of Cecilia Haddad in Sydney has concluded with the shock confession and sentence of her ex-partner.

Traveller jailed after raping deaf woman at campsite

Traveller jailed after raping deaf woman at campsite

Traveller jailed after raping deaf woman at campsite

Traveller jailed after raping deaf woman at campsite

A 30-year-old traveller will spend at least two years and 11 months behind bars after he raped a deaf woman at a coastal campsite in 2019.

Footage of violent arrest confronting, says top cop

Footage of violent arrest confronting, says top cop

Footage of violent arrest confronting, says top cop

Footage of violent arrest confronting, says top cop

Queensland's police commissioner has promised a thorough investigation after "very confronting" video of an officer repeatedly punching then tasering a driver.

Factual. Independent. Impartial.

Subscribe to AAP News

Already a member? Sign in here

Killer teen driver spared prison after cyclist crash

The remorse of a young woman for killing a cyclist is clearly self-punishing, says the judge who sentenced her to 200 hours of community work.

Judge blasts 'emotional rape' of sexual assault victim

A judge has blasted social media commentators for the "emotional rape" of a sexual assault survivor who was blamed for her attack.

Police battling to monitor Queensland sex offenders

A review has called for changes to tracking sex offenders in Queensland after it found police weren't able to check in on some cases for years, or at all.

Church founder's indecent assault conviction set aside

Inspire church founder John McMartin has overturned a conviction for indecently assaulting a teenager at his home after a judge was not satisfied of his guilt.

Access five free articles per month

Subscription Options

Already a member? Sign in here

Red flags before woman's brutal killing by partner

The period before Paul McDonough fatally beat his partner Bekkie-Rae Curren-Trinca, as she attempted to leave him, was full of red flags a judge says.

Brazilian man gets 27 years for killing woman in Sydney

Brazilian engineer Mario Marcelo Santoro has been sentenced to 27 years in jail for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Cecilia Haddad in Sydney.

Officer fired shot after van rammed unmarked police car

An officer fired a shot after a man allegedly rammed an unmarked police car and the accused has since been charged with more than 200 offences.

Man punched, tasered by cop after three-vehicle crash

Queensland police are investigating footage of an incident in which an officer repeatedly punched and then tasered a driver.

City carjackings, collisions trigger police manhunt

Police are searching for two men suspected of a number of carjackings across Melbourne roads.

Doubt cast on police timeline of statements on tasering

The NSW police minister has faced repeated questions over what she knew about a police decision to withhold key details from the public after a gran's tasering.

Coal giant denies bullying media over Carmichael mine

The Australian arm of Indian conglomerate Adani says a journalist who attended its Carmichael mine in Queensland was trespassing.

1 … 252 253 254 255

Topics

Politics Australia Crime, Law and Justice New South Wales Victoria Queensland Environmental Issue Police Homicide Death Tasmania Children Sexual Assault South America Environmental Pollution Assault Drug Trafficking Inquest Accident Judiciary (system of Justice)

No opinion, no spin, no agenda.

Support AAP News

Already a member?
Sign in here