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Mother confronts daughter's killer after guilty verdict

Mother confronts daughter's killer after guilty verdict

The mother of Ju Zhang yelled at her daughter's killer as she finished reading her victim impact statement and broke down into heavy sobs before leaving court.

Disgraced ex-NSW MP in hospital after prison bashing

Disgraced ex-NSW MP in hospital after prison bashing

Disgraced ex-NSW MP in hospital after prison bashing

Disgraced ex-NSW MP in hospital after prison bashing

Disgraced former NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos has been hospitalised after being bashed in prison.

Guilty verdict for 1987 murder in Sydney 'gay beat'

Guilty verdict for 1987 murder in Sydney 'gay beat'

Guilty verdict for 1987 murder in Sydney 'gay beat'

Guilty verdict for 1987 murder in Sydney 'gay beat'

Jurors have returned a guilty verdict against the man accused of killing Raymond Kean in a suspected gay bashing in Sydney more than 35 years ago.

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Dylan Brown barred from pubs over alleged breast grope

Dylan Brown barred from pubs over alleged breast grope

Parramatta Eels five-eighth Dylan Brown has been barred from entering licensed premises in Sydney's Double Bay after allegedly groping a woman's breasts.

New timeline for building Tassie youth detention centre

New timeline for building Tassie youth detention centre

Tasmania's minister for children and youth says there will be a new time fame for building the replacement facility for a troubled detention centre.

Man charged as police link series of home kidnappings

Man charged as police link series of home kidnappings

More than two years after a western Sydney man was dragged from his Sydney home and forced into a van, a 22-year-old has been charged over the incident.

Assault charge against Olympian Harry Garside dropped

Assault charge against Olympian Harry Garside dropped

Olympic boxing medallist and reality TV contestant Harry Garside says he feels "vindicated" after a domestic violence charge against him was dropped.

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Woman who stabbed cheating lover guilty of murder

Woman who stabbed cheating lover guilty of murder

Woman who stabbed cheating lover guilty of murder

Woman who stabbed cheating lover guilty of murder

A woman who spent hours in an airport bathroom furious and crying after finding her lover had been cheating has been found guilty of his murder.

Vax litigants fail in airline discrimination suit

Vax litigants fail in airline discrimination suit

Vax litigants fail in airline discrimination suit

Vax litigants fail in airline discrimination suit

A lawsuit launched by former airline workers claiming they were discriminated against for not taking the COVID-19 vaccine has fallen at the Federal Court.

Husband 'struck wife with sledgehammer, went drinking'

Husband 'struck wife with sledgehammer, went drinking'

Husband 'struck wife with sledgehammer, went drinking'

Husband 'struck wife with sledgehammer, went drinking'

Shaun Robert Sturgess hit his estranged wife in the head with a sledgehammer then left her in a pool of blood to go out drinking, a court has been told.

Murder charges against pair over man's shooting death

Murder charges against pair over man's shooting death

Murder charges against pair over man's shooting death

Murder charges against pair over man's shooting death

Two young men have been charged with murdering an elderly man after he died from a gunshot wound to his leg two years ago.

Tables turned as bashed soccer ref faces assault charge

Tables turned as bashed soccer ref faces assault charge

Tables turned as bashed soccer ref faces assault charge

Tables turned as bashed soccer ref faces assault charge

Soccer referee Khodr Yaghi, whose jaw was broken in an on-field fight, is contesting charges he assaulted a woman while working as a bouncer at a Hornsby pub.

Jury unable to reach verdict in hairdresser rape trial

Jury unable to reach verdict in hairdresser rape trial

Jury unable to reach verdict in hairdresser rape trial

Jury unable to reach verdict in hairdresser rape trial

Despite lengthy deliberations a jury has been unable to decide over whether hairdresser Emilio D'Aguanno raped three teen clients in the 1970s, '80s and '90s.

Judge accused of peeking into prosecutorial discretion

Judge accused of peeking into prosecutorial discretion

Judge accused of peeking into prosecutorial discretion

Judge accused of peeking into prosecutorial discretion

Victorian prosecutors argue a judge didn't have the right to know why they dropped a case against trucking boss Simiona Tutera over the deaths of four police.

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Corruption watchdog launches review after mayor's death

Victoria's corruption watchdog will review its practices after being criticised for failing to keep witnesses up to date, following the death of a former mayor.

Bikie girlfriend jailed for setting up ambush shooting

Bikie girlfriend Athar Almatrah has been jailed for nearly two years after setting up a rival Mongols gang member for a revenge shooting for a promised $5000.

Legal stoush locked in over alleged Nazi soccer salutes

Three men charged after allegedly making the Nazi salute at a soccer match will fight the hate crime claims in a hearing next year.

Harry tells court 'vile' press has blood on its hands

Prince Harry became the first senior royal to appear in a witness box in more than a century in a lawsuit he and others brought against Mirror Group Newspapers.

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Man freed from Indonesian jail after drunken rampage

Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones is set to return to Australia after spending more than a month behind bars in Indonesia following an alleged drunken rampage.

Man walks free from Qld court cleared of murder

Jason Moana Rimene has walked free from court cleared of murder after his defence had the charge thrown out in week two of his Brisbane Supreme Court trial.

Man who choked partner in jealous rage jailed

A Victorian father who threatened to kill his ex-partner and choked her until she could not breathe has been handed a five-and-a-half year prison term.

Ex-Labor MP convicted over restraining order breaches

Months after being expelled by Labor, West Australian MP Ben Dawkins has been denied a spent conviction for breaching family violence restraining orders.

Dell admits misleading consumers about monitor prices

Dell has admitted falsely advertising the prices of monitors purchased as part of an add-on package and has said it is working to rectify the "error".

Rapist sues Corrective Services over sex worker ban

Queensland Corrective Services thought convicted rapist Leon Frederick Wallace was developing a sexual fixation on his disability support workers.

Reason for bikies' cold-blooded murder remains mystery

The family of fruiterer Paul Virgona, who was shot in cold blood by one of two bikies on a freeway in 2019, has shared the pain and anguish of losing him.

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