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‘Infatuated’ man, 62, stalked girls at Westfield, beach over several days

Mark Coker first spotted the 12-year-old girls inside McDonald’s and felt they had a “connection”. He followed them into the water at Bondi Beach days later.

  • Clare Sibthorpe

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WA Police examine an electric off-road motorbike involved in a fatal crash in Edgewater on Saturday, July 26, 2025.

Parents of accused rider in fatal Edgewater crash have ‘absolutely no control’ over him, court told

The teenager allegedly crashed an off-road electric motorcycle into a pedestrian in Perth’s north on Saturday afternoon.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Lawyers Zoe Davis (left) and Rachelle Badour-Taha in July 2024.

‘Make up a reason’: Melbourne lawyers to stand trial over alleged lies to court

Two lawyers are accused of lying to the court about a client having a car accident to explain the client’s absence.

  • Erin Pearson
Kalim Saliba who was allegedly murdered by two masked intruders, and his wife. Photo Supplied

Grandfather allegedly murdered in violent home invasion orchestrated by relatives

Kalim Saliba, 86, died after an attack that began as he and his wife sat in front of their TV in their Sydney home.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
The identities of the couple were previously suppressed by a non-publication order.

‘Right in my face’: Former MKR star allegedly choked complainant

A former reality television star who appeared on a popular cooking show allegedly dragged a complainant by the hair down a hallway, and then choked her against a wall, after a dispute involving tomato sauce.

  • Cloe Read
A NSW woman’s 2020 will left her $1 million estate to the Sydney Opera House Trust.

The opera lover, the aromatherapist and the $1m inheritance fight

A NSW woman left her fortune to the Sydney Opera House. Her friend argued she was entitled to the million-dollar estate.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
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Kate was 18 when she was strip searched by police at a Sydney music festival.

Kate was forced to strip naked at a Sydney festival. She still has nightmares about it

NSW Police strip searched more than 80,000 people looking for drugs. Less than one in 10 were convicted of an offence.

  • Riley Walter
James Rebbeck has beem jailed for child abuse material charges

Former Sydney cafe owner jailed over child abuse material

In a single conversation, James Rebbeck sent 49 child abuse videos and told one person: “Pedo bro here is desperate”.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
Callum and Jake Robinson with their dog.

Accused killers of Australian brothers on Mexico surf trip seek plea deal

Three of the four people charged over the deaths of Callum and Jake Robinson in a robbery that turned deadly are seeking to strike a deal with Mexican prosecutors and avoid trial.

  • Jordi Lebrija and Rebecca Peppiatt
Ahsan Ali Syed in his Bahrain office.

The conman, the jet and the Australian developer who helped bring him down

He had a private jet, a luxury Swiss apartment and a Spanish football team. But after a decade on the run, the law has caught up with fraudster Ahsan Ali Syed.

  • Kate McClymont

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