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Former Australian spy Witness K spared jail
A former spy has been handed a three-month suspended sentence for conspiring to reveal classified information about an alleged Australian operation to bug East Timor’s cabinet rooms.
- David Estcourt and Anthony Galloway
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Bernard Collaery’s appeal hearing to challenge secret trial closed to the public
Bernard Collaery is appealing a ruling to hold his trial in secret, but on Monday his lawyer didn’t challenge the appeal being held in secret.
- Anthony Galloway
Man jailed after home invasion during which a dog's ear was shot off
The dog would later maul its owner to death during another struggle at the Watson home.
- Alexandra Back
Brother Kostka to remain in nursing home after child abuse finding
The notorious paedophile last month found again to have abused young boys will remain in the nursing home where he lives with debilitating dementia and Parkinson's disease.
- Alexandra Back
Ex-journalist locked up for alleged death threats to Canberra churches
James Michael Waugh, 28, allegedly bought a scimitar, sharpened it and threatened to behead people.
- Elliot Williams
'You're a lying little mutt': violent crime spree accused in court outburst
The witness had just described the accused pouring boiling water on a woman.
- Alexandra Back
'Not a popularity contest': Crown closes in Beowulf trial
Financial dependency and a hostile relationship were the motives behind an alleged murder in Red Hill nearly four years ago, prosecutors say.
- Alexandra Back
Canberra man charged over threats after national security tip off
A 28-year-old Griffith man has been sent for mental health check after being arrested over social media posts.
- Elliot Williams
Pair on trial over alleged drug-fueled crime spree, kidnapping
The pair allegedly shot and stabbed a man before kidnapping two people, carjacking an elderly couple at gunpoint and robbing a military shop.
- Alexandra Back
British man pleads guilty to violent sex attack in Jindabyne
The former ski instructor laughed at the woman before she lost consciousness.
- Elliot Williams
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