A Queensland teenager accused of murdering Balin Stewart has admitted that he could have avoided or left the scene of a confrontation with the 16-year-old boy before the incident turned deadly. The defendant was aged 17 when he had a fatal brawl with Balin after he was sent messages from the alleged victim and the … [Read more…]
The father of a man who was shot dead outside a Melbourne boxing match says he’s relieved his son’s killer was found guilty of murder. Benjamin Togiai was struck in the chest and killed outside the Big Time Boxing event at the Melbourne Pavilion on March 1, 2019. Another man, Omar Bchinnati, required emergency surgery … [Read more…]
A former Cricket Australia executive wants to be spared jail time after he was found guilty of sexually touching two younger male staffers. Timothy Joseph Whittaker, 37, touched one of the men without his consent after an end-of-season function on March 16, 2019. Whittaker and a group of staffers had gone to his Abbotsford apartment … [Read more…]
Human remains could be found in the rubble of a fire that tore through a building in Sydney’s Surry Hills. Officers on the ground are preparing for the possibility that they will discover the bodies of people who died in the fire. Two homeless people are currently unaccounted for after the blaze, which razed a … [Read more…]
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian woman who spent 20 years in prison was pardoned and released Monday based on new scientific evidence that her four children died by natural causes as she had insisted. The pardon was seen as the quickest way of getting Kathleen Folbigg out of prison, and a final report from … [Read more…]
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Heavy police presence remains at Sunnybrook Park Sunday evening after a daylight shooting involving two suspects and a vehicle that crashed into a pole. Officers were dispatched to the scene near Lawrence Avenue East and Leslie Street shortly after 5:38 p.m. after reports of gunshots. Police later confirmed a firearm discharge on the scene after … [Read more…]
Warning: Distressing content Eight youths are on the run after the alleged bashing of a 14-year-old girl at a Gold Coast shopping centre. The girl was with a boy, 13, on a train when they were accosted by a group of eight juveniles — four boys and four girls — on Sunday afternoon, police believe. … [Read more…]
An Australian mother jailed for killing her four young children has been pardoned after 20 years behind bars, authorities said Monday, after an inquiry upended the high-profile case. Kathleen Folbigg was dubbed “Australia’s worst female serial killer” after she was convicted in 2003 of murdering three of her children, and the manslaughter of a fourth. … [Read more…]
DECATUR — A drug dealer who opened fire at another man on a Decatur street has been sent to prison for six years. Johnathan M. Radley, 25, Decatur, had taken a plea deal negotiated by his defense lawyer, Philip Tibbs, that saw him admit to a charge of dealing cocaine. Presiding Macon County Circuit Court … [Read more…]
St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News)- Police in St. Paul say they have made an arrest in connection to a fatal stabbing. The St. Paul Police Department says officers were dispatched to a residence in the capital city’s Frogtown neighborhood on the report of a stabbing shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Responding officers found an adult male … [Read more…]