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Victim slams sentence for ex-senator's cop son

Victim slams sentence for ex-senator's cop son

A man wrongfully imprisoned due to a false statement by the son of ex-NSW premier Kristina Keneally has criticised a decision to spare the police officer jail.

Accused a court no-show over burger shop blaze charge

Accused a court no-show over burger shop blaze charge

Accused a court no-show over burger shop blaze charge

Accused a court no-show over burger shop blaze charge

Police have charged two men with arson after a Melbourne burger shop was destroyed in a suspicious blaze that led to a violent clash last year.

Hello Kitty toy trap lures boy into smash and grab

Hello Kitty toy trap lures boy into smash and grab

Hello Kitty toy trap lures boy into smash and grab

Hello Kitty toy trap lures boy into smash and grab

A three-year-old boy with his eyes on the prize has taken a short cut and ended up stuck inside a shopping centre claw machine, surrounded by plush toys.

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Accused burger shop arsonist 'refusing' to front court

Accused burger shop arsonist 'refusing' to front court

A man charged with a Melbourne burger shop arson, causing a violent clash between Israel and Palestine supporters, has refused to face court due to an injury.

Murder charge over missing Colombian man

Murder charge over missing Colombian man

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder over the disappearance of a Colombian national in Victoria.

Two arrested over missing Colombian man feared dead

Two arrested over missing Colombian man feared dead

A Colombian man is feared dead after vanishing in suspicious circumstances as police arrest two men they believe could help with answers.

Qld police share evidence on alleged shooting supporter

Qld police share evidence on alleged shooting supporter

Evidence gathered by Australian authorities into the December 2022 fatal shooting of two police officers at Wieambilla has been provided to a US court case.

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Charges possible for cop in fatal Indigenous teen crash

Charges possible for cop in fatal Indigenous teen crash

Charges possible for cop in fatal Indigenous teen crash

Charges possible for cop in fatal Indigenous teen crash

Police were told not to pursue a trail bike that Indigenous teen Jai Wright was riding before he crashed into an unmarked car and died, an inquest has heard.

Call to reveal more data amid grim road deaths tally

Call to reveal more data amid grim road deaths tally

Call to reveal more data amid grim road deaths tally

Call to reveal more data amid grim road deaths tally

A road safety group is urging a rethink on how crashes can be prevented after the past six months proved the most deadly in 13 years.

Law change considered after 'ridiculous' neo-Nazi march

Law change considered after 'ridiculous' neo-Nazi march

Law change considered after 'ridiculous' neo-Nazi march

Law change considered after 'ridiculous' neo-Nazi march

So-called white power salutes might follow Nazi symbolism into the NSW criminal code after neo-Nazis marched in Sydney on Australia Day.

Man, 63, on more than 100 historical child sex charges

Man, 63, on more than 100 historical child sex charges

Man, 63, on more than 100 historical child sex charges

Man, 63, on more than 100 historical child sex charges

A 63-year-old Queensland man has been charged with more 100 child sex offences that occurred over an 11-year period.

Three people drown near unpatrolled island caves

Three people drown near unpatrolled island caves

Three people drown near unpatrolled island caves

Three people drown near unpatrolled island caves

Two women and a man have died and another woman is fighting for her life after being pulled from the water at Victoria's Phillip Island.

Rape allegation against cop added to raft of DV charges

Rape allegation against cop added to raft of DV charges

Rape allegation against cop added to raft of DV charges

Rape allegation against cop added to raft of DV charges

A senior constable facing multiple allegations including rape, assault and stalking has been hit with another charge of sexual intercourse without consent.

Cops charged over bar brawl with now-cleared NRL star

Cops charged over bar brawl with now-cleared NRL star

Cops charged over bar brawl with now-cleared NRL star

Cops charged over bar brawl with now-cleared NRL star

NRL player Tom Starling is seeking compensation over a brawl in which he was repeatedly punched by police officers, two of whom are now facing assault charges.

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Charming and cruel, crooked cop Rogerson tainted to end

Charismatic and cold-blooded is how notoriously corrupt detective Roger Rogerson has been remembered following his death while incarcerated for murder.

No jail for cop who assaulted woman and lied about it

Ex-officer Mark Anthony Follington has been given a reprieve from a prison sentence despite throwing a woman into an ATM and lying about the incident.

Roger Rogerson epitomised notorious cop corruption era

Roger Rogerson's charismatic, hard-man status captured the public's attention but as his life imploded he became the face of police corruption in Australia.

'Peering' ex-constable pleads guilty to stalking woman

A former police officer has admitted smashing a woman's phone, tracking her location without consent and stalking her by peering over a fence near her work.

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Hope that man in CCTV image can shed light on CBD death

Grainy footage of a man captured on CCTV could help police account for a suspicious death after the body of a man was found inside a Sydney city apartment.

Man linked to cop shootings charged over military guns

A US man accused of talking online with the Queensland family who fatally shot two police officers now faces new charges of possessing military-style firearms.

Disease not to blame for cop's false evidence: expert

Mild pre-dementia symptoms would not have caused a police officer to have false memories of his assault on a woman, a court has heard.

Third man charged over fatal home-invasion shooting

Three men are accused of murdering a 25-year-old man who was killed in front of his family during a bungled home invasion at his parents' property.

Graphic video shown of cop's pub assault on woman

A senior constable jailed for the violent arrest of a young woman is appealing findings he assaulted her and then falsified evidence about what happened.

Man killed in police stand-off earlier posed as lawyer

Alexander Stuart Pinnock has been identified as the man fatally shot by police outside a NSW clinic after he reportedly produced a firearm.

Qld police shooting inspired 'true threats' from US man

Prosecutors have argued a US man accused of encouraging the Queensland police shooting that claimed three lives later made serious threats to kill others.

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