A three-year-old boy has been found fatally stabbed in a domestic violence incident at a south Sydney home, while a man he lived with has sustained critical injuries. Police were called to a complex at Riverwood at about 4pm on Wednesday where they found the child inside, dead from stab wounds. A 45-year-old man he lived with suffered … [Read more…]
Chris Dawson was seen in his high school office with a teenage student sitting on his lap, a court has heard. Convicted wife killer Dawson, 74, is standing trial in the NSW District Court accused of engaging in sexual activities with a then 16-year-old student at a high school where he taught. During her evidence, … [Read more…]
Parents whose children were inside a primary school classroom in Sydney’s southwest when a bullet smashed through a window have vented their frustrations as police ramp up their investigation. Year one and two students were inside their classroom at Macquarie Fields Public School on Tuesday when a bullet broke through glass before being stopped by … [Read more…]
Lindsay Smyrk was supposed to be spending a Sunday afternoon celebrating his wife’s birthday but decided to go on a quick bike ride with some friends first. “As usual he was squeezing every bit out of life,” his daughter Lucia told Victoria’s County Court on Wednesday. He had left his friends and was on the … [Read more…]
After killing Melbourne mum Ju ‘Kelly’ Zhang her boyfriend watched a garbage truck empty her body from a wheelie bin. Joon Seong Tan was found guilty of her murder by a jury in Victoria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday. They had been dating for just a month when Tan killed Ms Zhang in her home in … [Read more…]
An almost imperceptible slip of the tongue revealed former Bathurst mayor Bobby Bourke was part of a blackmail plot against a female councillor he believed was getting in the way of his power. When police showed Bourke a copy of an anonymous threat sent to Councillor Jacqui Rudge’s home in March 2020 telling her to … [Read more…]
A man accused of making death threats online has been ordered to stay away from former political staffer Brittany Higgins and her fiance. David William Wonnocott, 49, appeared in a northern NSW court on Wednesday for the first time since his April arrest over social media threats of violence. One condition of his bail is … [Read more…]
Inconsistent stories around the death of a man caught cheating should be discarded, and his jilted lover found guilty of murder, a jury has been told. Jenny Niguidula told police she woke up on November 17, 2019, and heard her lover Rhonie Apostol making gurgling sounds from the bathroom of their Sydney home. Finding him … [Read more…]
It was an almost imperceptible slip of the tongue that revealed former Bathurst mayor Bobby Bourke was part of a blackmail plot against a female councillor he believed was getting in the way of his power. When police showed Bourke a copy of an anonymous threat sent to Councillor Jacqui Rudge’s home in March 2020 … [Read more…]
A Gold Coast father-of-two on life support after being punched had been in conversation with his suspected attacker, police say. The man who left Michael Hayes, 39, in a critical condition since the attack on Saturday night has not been caught — and police do not have a suspect. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Gold Coast … [Read more…]