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Leah Smith is a reporter with The Advertiser and The Messenger. She covers general news with a specialisation in search and trends, as well as courts and councils in the northern suburbs. She began her career in 2023 after graduating from the University of South Australia.

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Police & Courts

Computer hacker stealing data from a laptop concept for network security, identity theft and computer crime

Factory worker admits online grooming, as charges grow

A Salisbury North factory worker brought down in a police sting has pleaded guilty – but is already facing another charge.

Mount Gambier

Arriving at the City Watch House, Steven Hainsworth , suspect in the murders of Stephen Newton , Beverley Hanley and Phyllis Harrison . He is to be extradited from Melbourne today. 16 May 2019. Picture Dean Martin .

Alleged serial killer ‘punched victim until he stopped moving’

A man who allegedly murdered three vulnerable people across SA made a jailhouse confession to his Yatala prison bunkmate in 2021, a court has heard.

Police & Courts

Amrik Singh Thandi, 71 of Gulfview Heights, has faced court charged with aggravated driving without due care, over the death of a 73-year-old Tiddy Widdy Beach pedestrian outside a Salisbury shopping centre on September 7, 2034. Picture: Facebook

Upper house wannabe charged over fatal Salisbury crash

A taxi driver who ran for the upper house at the last election has appeared in court after a 73-year-old was struck and killed by a car.

Police & Courts

Jake Rathjen was released on home detention bail. Photo: Facebook

Former public servant sentenced for driving disqualified on meth

He was an ATO and immigration officer for more than 10 years – but his lawyer said a “fall from grace” led him to driving while high on meth.

City

Nicholas Guy Birdseye, 69, Director of Nicholas Birdseye &Associates, fined by court after pleading guilty to failing to providedocuments to ATO for audit.

Adelaide accountant stripped of credentials, fined by court

He’d lost his credentials as a tax accountant – now this Adelaide man has been fined in court for breaching taxation law.

Police & Courts

Convicted killer truckie Richard Murray Timperon, 57 from Virginia, is charged with new offenses after three different traffic incidents - including three collisions - and an alleged assault at a truck stop. Picture: Leah Smith

Killer truckie back in court for driving unlicensed

A truck driver who killed a P-plater in 2003 – and then allegedly caused a series of crashes in August – is back in court after police caught him driving again.

Police & Courts

Six teenagers have been arrested following an incident outside the Arndale Shopping Centre., Police say a group of youths threatened a man around 1.30pm, with officers allegedly finding knives on two of the boys. Picture: NINENEWS

Boys accused over violent shopping centre fight in court

A group of teenagers charged over a violent incident at an Adelaide shopping centre have faced court, with one failing to show – and a warrant out for his arrest.

ExclusivePolice & Courts

COURTS - Former PAC Student accused of Money Laundering. Samuel Chaiyaphop Peter, 21, from Gilberton . Pictured on 4th September 2024. Picture: Ben Clark

‘Foolish’ PAC boy learns fate over his part in ‘obvious’ puppy scam

An Adelaide court has heard he was not the only student at the exclusive private school to answer a Snapchat ad promising easy money.

North & North East

Bikies and other criminals that shocked Adelaide’s north

Murder of an innocent person. Bashings. Mystery disappearances. Bikies, their associates and other criminals have caused chaos over the years in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.

Police & Courts

.Marhdu Rosas is charged with indecently assaulting a child at Hungry Jacks at Firle.

‘We don’t know’: Confusion over Hungry Jack’s indecent assault case

Confusion surrounds evidence at the heart of the case against a man who allegedly indecently assaulted a child at an Adelaide Hungry Jack’s, a court has heard.

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