Police officers often remain matter-of-fact about the tragic and often grisly things they see and do on the job. One officer recounts the worst cases he witnessed during his long career in the road accident squad.
Ingle Farm man Allan Michael Speck was a bikie drug mule – until he unwittingly led police to a $350,000 stash of drug money being transported in an ingenious and hi-tech way.
It’s the true story behind crime statistics that police don’t want you to know. It’s even resulted in defendants being awarded thousands in compensation.
A $334,000 seizure order has been slapped on the luxury home of famous stuntman Robbie Bolger, ringleader of the syndicate that stole $2 million in parts from Holden’s Elizabeth factory. For the first time we tell the full extraordinary story behind the heist.
The US media site that first broke news of George Pell went to extreme lengths to report his guilty verdict — and they’ve vowed they’d do it again.
A US judge has issued a new order against Australian man Shaun Haywood who allegedly attempted to murder a security guard outside supermodel Miranda Kerr’s former home.
Illegal alcohol, suspected drug use or prostitution, and wild drunken brawls – Brisbane’s karaoke scene has a dark side and police are eyeing anti-bikie laws as part of a crackdown on dodgy venues.
Late-night jail visits and bags of cash were part of Nicola Gobbo’s world. There were death threats, a firebombing and demands for $20m. How did a former private school prefect from a well-known family weave herself such a dangerous web?
Prison doctors are pushing for the immediate relocation of George Pell, expressing concerns for the disgraced Vatican cleric who has so far spent three nights behind bars.
George Pell’s stunning fall from grace hit home hard when he spent his first evening behind bars on Wednesday night, swapping marble staircases and gilded ornaments for concrete floors and fixed stainless steel fittings. There’ll be no banquets or expensive wine, only basic prison food.
Ian Stewart’s “interesting journey” in the Queensland Police Service will come to an end on what could be interpreted as a very symbolic date in terms of the force’s chequered history.
He was a popular student, a promising footy player, an Oxford scholar, Archbishop of Australia’s two largest cities and a cardinal. How did George Pell climb the ranks of the Catholic Church — and how far can he still fall?
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