Gobbo’s moment of truth may deliver few answers
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?
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Catching a kingpin: How police smashed SA mafia ring
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.
Heartbreaking reason for backyard dig
A little girl who hasn’t been seen for more than two years is behind the police excavation of a Queensland back yard last month.
Unsolved killings: The ones that got away in 2019
Despite a nearly 100 per cent clean-up rate for murders in 2019, Queensland detectives continue to be frustrated by these unsolved cases.
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Sister’s venom for coward child killer John Edwards
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.
Suitcase murder: Secret past of an evil sex monster
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Jail sex ‘grubby with no privacy’
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Coroner refuses to rule out murder in cold case
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Aussie cops’ Russia fears in ‘chaotic’ MH17 mission
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.
No escape from prying eyes behind bars
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.
In pictures: What really happened to Jeffrey Brooks?
FOR the past year, The Courier-Mail has tracked down witnesses, statements and documents relating to the death of young scientist Jeffrey Brooks. These are the pictures that tell the story.
‘I dreamt the bodies were coming back to life’
THE forensic pathologist called in after the discovery of the Snowtown bodies-in-the-barrels murders reveals the horrific impact of solving a “gruesome jigsaw puzzle”. GRAPHIC CONTENT
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