Courts
Charlise Mutten, 9, allegedly shot twice before body dumped in barrel
Justin Stein has pleaded not guilty to murdering his partner’s daughter as she visited his family’s Blue Mountains home in January 2022.
- by Sarah McPhee
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Housing crisis
How an owl and a flying fox may stop the government’s housing reforms
Ku-ring-gai Council is claiming the Minns government has broken the law with its plan for development in special transport hubs.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Crime
Alexandria stabbing accused allegedly broke knife in three pieces during attack
Police will allege that Anthony Monteleone stabbed his former girlfriend so hard that the knife broke apart at the handle and blade split in two.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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NRL off-field behaviour
George Burgess found not guilty of groping woman
The former NRL player had admitted to telling the woman “be naughty with me” when he visited her Sydney apartment, but denied repeatedly grabbing her bottom.
- by Sarah McPhee
Man killed parents after taking drugs due to lockdown boredom
Graeme Murray stabbed his parents to death with “utmost brutality” in their home in the NSW Central Tablelands, a judge says.
- by Sarah McPhee
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Crime
Woman breaks down in court detailing alleged rape inside police station
The former sex crimes detective was investigating the then-teenager’s complaint when he allegedly put $70 on the police station desk and said she could leave if they had sex.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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NSW Police misconduct
Detective’s alleged teen rape victim ‘kept asking to leave’ when he groped her in police car, court told
The then-19-year-old has accused the sex crimes detective of raping her, and thought she had to ask permission to leave his car because “he was a cop”.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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Child abuse
‘Most evil crimes imaginable’: Childcare worker, partner jailed for decades
The NSW childcare worker and his partner abused dozens of children over several years and filmed the acts.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Inside the $6 million war between Racing NSW and the major sponsor of The Everest
A slump in betting and ticket sales for a support race on Everest day has left two of horse racing’s major players at loggerheads. Tabcorp has described the action as “embarrassing and irrelevant”.
- by Adam Pengilly
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Domestic violence
To the police she was a missing person. Erika knew her ‘perfect friend’ was dead
Erika Wadlow-Smith won’t forget the moment her phone lit up with messages about the disappearance of her friend Shereen Kumar.
- by Sarah McPhee
Sex crimes detective raped woman whose complaint he was investigating, court told
Glen Coleman allegedly raped the 19-year-old woman at a police station and sexually touched her without her consent in his police car.
- by Clare Sibthorpe