‘You’ve got major issues’: Drink driver’s reading shocks magistrate
A magistrate was astounded by a mother’s alcohol reading after she rolled down an embankment, saying it was the highest he’d seen in his 32-year career.
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Methed-up hairdresser makes rape threats in violent home invasion
A mother-of-five who punched a homeowner and demanded money told her she was going to get her raped and bashed if she kept running her mouth, a court has heard.
‘Unacceptable risk’: Alleged drug dealer to stay behind bars
A father-of-five has lost his second bail bid after he was allegedly caught with $20,000, hundreds of grams of meth and fantasy and various weapons.
‘Vicious’ hammer attack ends in jail for drugged-up intruder
A man whose life has been “ruined by drugs” bashed a homeowner with a hammer in a violent home invasion.
Pervert jailed for filming boys showering, with hidden camera
A mother said she is “sickened” by the man who secretly filmed her son and other boys showering at a popular swimming centre before sharing the videos with other “depraved” people.
‘Utterly wicked’ pedophile plotted to steal baby to abuse
A vile man who sexually abused his daughter from the age of two plotted to knock out a woman in a carpark and steal her baby to continue his sick fantasies. Warning: Graphic
‘Fired up’ bakery worker dodges jail for violent pool hall assaults
A pool hall brawl escalated when a “fired up” woman started violently throwing glass bottles, one of which broke a staff member’s nose who was escorting her out.
How ‘decorated’ teacher was exposed as a sick pedophile
A respected teacher who taught at several schools in Adelaide will have his first taste behind bars after his sinister secret was exposed 30 years later.
Alleged shooter behind bars after ‘threats made’, new gun found
A mother accused of firing shots in a terrifying daylight shootout between feuding groups has now been found with another gun and bullets in her house, police will allege.
Revealed: Savage remarks in South Australian courtrooms
From a “bad role model” blasted for bringing her child to court to an enraged criminal saying a magistrate thought his “s**t didn’t stink”, brutal sledges bring disorder to the courts.
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