Prison “rewards” for criminals who snitch on their own have contributed to some of the most violent and brutal crimes ever committed in this country, including the death of Anita Cobby, says a notorious former crim.
By the time he was convicted for the triple murder of three Brisbane siblings, psychiatrists had already built up a disturbing profile of Massimo ‘Max’ Sica, describing him as ‘psychopath’.
It’s cost police millions to keep her out of the witness box, but finally the secret-keeper once known as Lawyer X will give evidence. But will she really answer the crucial questions?
It was known as Operation Jackfish, and it put Adelaide mafia boss Joe Romeo behind bars – but the story of how police finally cracked his drug smuggling ring had all the twists of a true crime thriller.
MURDERER Lindy Williams, who killed her partner and hacked him up with an electric saw before dumping his torso on the side of the road, is a con artist who regularly faints in jail to gain sympathy, according to a prison source.
THE death of Queensland scientist Jeffrey Brooks was no accident and the case was botched by police, according to an explosive insurance investigation, with a private investigator disgusted by “basic errors’’ made.
EVEN child-killer John Edwards’ family hates him.“He’s an awful man, horrible. Always has been,” his only sister Dianne told The Daily Telegraph.
THE sex offender who murdered a toddler and dumped her remains on the side of highway in a suitcase after killing her young mum and leaving her in Belanglo State Forest had brutally assaulted women before. Here is his horror rap sheet.
ODD place, odd dynamics — why do jail guards end up having sex with prisoners? A former corrections officer sheds light on the phenomenon — and what exactly “downing a duck” means.
A CORONER examining the death of a young scientist was told the victim feared “he may cop a bullet’’ as tensions between workers on a property near Brisbane boiled over.
THE man who led the AFP’s recovery of MH17 wreckage in war-torn eastern Ukraine has revealed how the fraught operation was, amid fears his troops would be used as human shields.
THE Herald Sun went behind the scenes of maximum-security Port Phillip Prison, home to some of the state’s worst criminals, and discovered there is nowhere to hide inside.
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