A Geraldton stalker with a “telephone fetish” has been jailed for less than five years for sexually harassing multiple women over a nine-year period using payphones and possessing “abhorrent” and “disturbing” child exploitation material. Business owner Christopher Andrew Anderson, 59, was sentenced in Geraldton District Court on Friday after previously pleading guilty to 28 charges, … [Read more…]
Peter Albert Crawford was a highly respected netball coach and church member, who used his authoritative standing in the community to sexually abuse girls under his care over four years. The former president of the St George District Netball Association was on Friday spared jail time for sexually touching four girls, with a judge finding … [Read more…]
A Queensland girl has been arrested – on average – once every five days since early May, police have revealed. The 15-year-old girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has most recently been charged with stealing and unlawful use of a motor vehicle over a series of alleged property offences in Maryborough on Sunday. … [Read more…]
An international cruise company has collapsed, going into liquidation following the cancellation of cruises and the Federal Court seizure of a vessel. Despite the vessel’s sale, a report filed by liquidators reveals customers are unlikely to see any reimbursement for their cancelled trips. Island Escape Cruises (NZ) Limited traded for less than a year before … [Read more…]
A teenage boy is in critical condition in hospital after being allegedly stabbed during a brawl in Sydney’s north. Police were called to a park in Herring Rd, Macquarie Park, on Sunday evening following reports of a brawl. On arrival, a 14-year-old boy was found suffering a stab wound at a nearby railway station. Watch … [Read more…]
A man has allegedly been found with guns in his car after crashing into multiple vehicles waiting in a Queensland school zone. The man was spotted allegedly driving at 142km/h in a 100km/h zone on Mary Valley Rd, Wide Bay, about 3pm on Tuesday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man crashes in school zone during alleged … [Read more…]
Workers from Taronga and Western Plains zoos will receive millions in back pay after the non-profit operator admitted to underpaying casual staff. The NSW zoo organisation on Friday said it was acting to address underpayments worth about $2.6 million, including interest and superannuation. It found it was underpaying casual maintenance staff after undertaking a “proactive … [Read more…]
A South West man has declared he will fight allegations of sexually offending against six different children but may face further charges over further alleged offending against a child outside of Australia. The man, whose identity has been suppressed, appeared in Bunbury Magistrates Court via video link from Hakea Prison on Thursday where he pleaded … [Read more…]
A former real estate agent has begged for a judge’s mercy after he admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his clients, so he could splurge on his dying wife. Ballarat man Richard Hayden pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court to fraudulently withdrawing more than $700,000 from his family’s 90-year-old real estate … [Read more…]
A Gold Coast man has been ordered to pay his parents’ neighbour $3300 for calling him a “f****** German c***”. However Jason Scott Murray denied using the xenophobic phrase, instead claiming he called Dirk Huenerberg a “vermin c***”. Murray had targeted the 75-year-old Huenerberg while out the front of their respective Bunderoo Circuit, Pimpama, properties … [Read more…]