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'They're gone': panic after men swept away by flood

'They're gone': panic after men swept away by flood

Triple-zero calls by a man shortly after his friends were swept away by floodwaters have been played to a court as he stands trial for manslaughter.

Men's bodies swept kilometres by deadly floodwaters

Men's bodies swept kilometres by deadly floodwaters

Men's bodies swept kilometres by deadly floodwaters

Men's bodies swept kilometres by deadly floodwaters

It took several days to find the bodies of two men who drowned in floodwaters, prompting manslaughter charges for driver of the vehicle.

'Cult' led family from baptism joy to girl's slow death

'Cult' led family from baptism joy to girl's slow death

'Cult' led family from baptism joy to girl's slow death

'Cult' led family from baptism joy to girl's slow death

A father stood between his wife's belief in shunning medicine and his daughter's need for life-saving insulin before his resolve crumbled amid a family crisis.

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'Justice' after man jailed for killing wife at resort

'Justice' after man jailed for killing wife at resort

A daughter has welcomed the jail term for her mother's killer, saying he had taken a loving and caring woman from their lives in "horrific" circumstances.

Second getaway car twist in hunt for gangland killers

Second getaway car twist in hunt for gangland killers

An underworld figure's execution could inflame conflict between warring illicit tobacco groups, as detectives discover a suspected second getaway car.

System 'failed to protect' girl from parents, church

System 'failed to protect' girl from parents, church

The system "failed to protect" a diabetic girl killed by her parents and a small religious group who withheld her medication for days, the victim's sister says.

Revenge fears as ambush takes down underworld identity

Revenge fears as ambush takes down underworld identity

There were no warnings a notorious underworld figure's life was at risk before he was fatally gunned down in front of his girlfriend in a daylight ambush.

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Psychiatric testing for cop accused of double slaying

Psychiatric testing for cop accused of double slaying

Psychiatric testing for cop accused of double slaying

Psychiatric testing for cop accused of double slaying

An ex-cop facing a double murder charge will undergo psychiatric testing as prosecutors prepare an "extraordinary volume" of evidence, a court has been told.

Dead nine-year-old suffered 'significant' head injury

Dead nine-year-old suffered 'significant' head injury

Dead nine-year-old suffered 'significant' head injury

Dead nine-year-old suffered 'significant' head injury

Police allege a nine-year-old boy had been in the care of a 24-year-old woman at the time of his death, as she faced court on one charge of murder.

Cold-case murder accused remains behind bars

Cold-case murder accused remains behind bars

Cold-case murder accused remains behind bars

Cold-case murder accused remains behind bars

A man accused of killing his partner decades ago initially requested to appear via videolink in a courtroom a short drive from the alleged crime scene.

Man strangled wife believing she stole his ID cards

Man strangled wife believing she stole his ID cards

Man strangled wife believing she stole his ID cards

Man strangled wife believing she stole his ID cards

A man murdered his wife during a drug-induced psychosis as he believed she had stolen his identity cards.

Gang shooting victim 'tracked with iPhone', judge hears

Gang shooting victim 'tracked with iPhone', judge hears

Gang shooting victim 'tracked with iPhone', judge hears

Gang shooting victim 'tracked with iPhone', judge hears

A man used an iPhone app and GPS tracker to locate a murder victim ahead of a fatal shooting linked to organised crime, a prosecutor has alleged.

Crucial phone detail sought in cop's double murder case

Crucial phone detail sought in cop's double murder case

Crucial phone detail sought in cop's double murder case

Crucial phone detail sought in cop's double murder case

Lawyers for a former senior constable facing a double murder charge are calling on police to release his phone records from the time of the alleged killings.

'Never the same': family's heartbreak after arson death

'Never the same': family's heartbreak after arson death

'Never the same': family's heartbreak after arson death

'Never the same': family's heartbreak after arson death

The mother of a performer killed by fire in what police say is a case of mistaken identity has detailed her grief as the hunt for those responsible continues.

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First birthday celebrations end in double murder

Police are investigating the deaths of two men fatally stabbed at a house where friends of the victims say a child's first birthday was being celebrated.

Video clue in hunt for killers behind house-sit horror

The hunt for two arsonists wanted over the death of a woman in a suspicious fire has been intensified with the release of CCTV footage of a getaway car.

Man accused of mother's murder admits driving offences

Samantha Murphy's accused killer has pleaded guilty to three driving offences after coming off his motorcycle while drunk following a grand final party.

Murder charge after woman's body found near riverbed

A 49-year-old man has been charged with murder after police found his 51-year-old partner's body near a river bed.

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Murder-suicide probe into highway horror of four dead

Investigators are exploring whether a fiery crash that killed a mother and daughter, their taxi driver and another man was a murder-suicide.

States defend 'no body no parole' from killer's appeal

A man jailed for murdering two women, one of whom was never found, claimed in the High Court that having his parole blocked unlawfully altered his sentence.

DV homicide adds to 'horrible' start for 2025: police

Police have arrested the partner of a woman whose body was found in a riverbed, in the NT's first alleged case of domestic violence homicide for 2025.

Man remains behind bars after murder, torture charges

A man has been remanded in custody, accused of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a 52-year-old man in an extortion attempt.

Cold-case murder charge to be heard near body scene

The case of a man accused of killing his partner 27 years ago will return to court in a coastal town close to where police allege he committed murder.

Suspect returns 27 years after alleged cold-case murder

A man who allegedly evaded police across eastern Australia for 18 months has been extradited to face a murder charge over his partner's death in 1997.

'Not guilty': teacher's accused killer fast-tracks case

A man accused of murdering 67-year-old Annette Brennan, whose body was put inside a wheelie bin, has elected to fast-track his case to a higher court.

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