‘Get the f*** out’: Druggie duo’s violent carjacking gone wrong
A couple “desperate” for their next meth hit attempted to force a woman out of her car in a supermarket car park before stealing her handbag.
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A drug dealer tried to shift the blame to his friend after police uncovered them attempting to transport kilos of marijuana across South Australia.
Identity thief’s sophisticated fraud operation exposed
A judge told a fraudster “so be it” if she had to spend the rest of her life paying back the multiple victims she stole the identities of to score thousands of dollars worth of goods.
Hairdresser turned meth mum helped boyfriend deal drugs
A former hairdresser who turned to using methamphetamine as an escape joined forces with her boyfriend to run a drug-dealing business in a country town.
‘KA BOOM’: Mum threatens to kill child in ‘gassed-out suicide’
A drugged-up mother sent her ex-partner horrific messages about “gas tasting good” and threatening to “light up” their 17-month-old daughter. She then turned on the gas.
Victims turned assailants in vicious Australia Day hammer attack
Two men fractured a man’s jaw during a violent hammer bashing outside a popular hotel on Australia Day, but one says it was just “excessive self defence”.
‘Not going to happen’: Motorbike thief’s freedom request shut down
A judge has hit back at a lawyer’s request for a suspended sentence for a man with an “appalling history” who kicked down the door in a smash-and-grab at a motorcycle store.
Rapist driver offered victim a car to drop charges
A predator who sexually assaulted a woman, apologised and said he’d never do it again, then raped her just days later has been found guilty of all charges.
Mother ‘held captive in drughouse’ agreed to be jailhouse smuggler
A mother-of-four agreed to smuggle drugs to an inmate in jail after she was held captive and repeatedly injected with drugs over a debt, a court has heard.
Aspiring lawyer among trio who deny throat-slitting home invasion
A “disguised” law student and her co-accused will stand trial charged with a violent home invasion and robbery, where a man’s throat was horrifically slit over a drug debt.
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