Friends gather to honour Luca Bennett, lost at North Avoca Beach
Loved ones have expressed concern for keen basketballer and Scots student Luca Bennett, who has been missing since the afternoon of Christmas Eve.
- by Clare Sibthorpe, Billie Eder and Riley Walter
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‘Hide it good’: How Sydney criminal kept getaway car secret after a murder
Police searched a house after the murder of a bikie gang member but they did not seize a suspected getaway car. Plans were soon hatched to make it disappear.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Fadi Ibrahim’s business partner stood by him for years. Now their friendship has shattered
Benjamin Scott has spent millions bailing Fadi out of custody and “thousands of hours” helping him with legal troubles. Police have now taken out an AVO to protect him.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Kate McClymont
‘My anxiety would be through the roof’: The one policing job Craig Bellis couldn’t do
Craig Bellis has led many headline-making investigations. Now he’s taken on a new role: keeping the nation’s airports safe.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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Crime
Nirmeen Noufl is accused of an appalling crime. Her own story is horrific
The Sydney woman is accused of butchering her husband in a “horrendous and disturbing” case. New documents contain shocking allegations of what happened earlier.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Buck’s party gang rapists jailed for ‘degrading and heinous’ attacks
The judge described the trio as “professional young men from loving Christian families” who developed a “pack mentality” when they raped three women at a Newcastle Airbnb.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Sarah McPhee
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Wife allegedly dismembered husband with drop saw to escape abusive marriage
Police say a witness observed some of Nirmeen Noufl’s alleged actions, which included placing her husband Mamdouh’s remains in up to 30 rubbish bags.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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Crime
Sydney couple ‘laundered’ sextortion cash from young men
Can Mustafa Kaya and ex-wife Chada Khati allegedly dealt with $100,000 linked to scams involving more than 300 victims.
- by Clare Sibthorpe, Riley Walter and Sally Rawsthorne
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Crime
Deborah spoke out about her abuse. Then the texts urging her to stay silent began
When a wellness business owner learnt a woman was about to go public about being sexually abused by his ex-staff member, he tried to pressure her to remain quiet.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Stuart MacGill helped set up $330,000 cocaine deal in restaurant car park, court told
The former cricketer was allegedly unimpressed with his regular dealer’s cocaine quality and introduced him to his brother-in-law. But when an alleged deal went wrong, he was kidnapped.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Boy, 2, critical after being pulled from Sydney public pool
The toddler has been rushed to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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