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Jamie John Curtis is likely to be released on parole again. Picture: Supplied
True Crime

Plea to keep murderer locked up

The sister of a murder victim has called for the Parole Board to keep a “psychopathic” killer behind bars for the rest of his life saying he “should come out of there in a box”.

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NSW

‘I’m laughing’: Failed terrorist’s police interview

When police interviewed failed terrorist Mahmoud Khayat about his plan to blow up a flight departing Sydney, all he could do was feign surprise, but the moments leading up to what could have been Australia’s worst terror attack were all caught on camera.

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Shelsea Schilling died after being bashed by Bronson 'Lizard Man' Ellery inside his Southport unit. Photo: Gold Coast Bulletin

What really happened inside Lizard Man’s lair

TWO people cowered in the apartment as Bronson ‘Lizard Man’ Ellery beat his ex Shelsea Schilling to death, only coming out once the screaming had stopped. For the first time, new details can be revealed about one of the Gold Coast’s most shocking murder-suicides.

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When a whole school was kidnapped — twice

IT was crazy enough the first time an ambitious but bumbling criminal kidnapped an entire Victorian school at gunpoint, only to be foiled by a teacher and her knee-high boots. But then he went back and did it again.

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How Mr Stinky got his name

TWO bodies in the bush. A rapist terrorising the young mothers of Donvale. And the clue kept secret for 16 years that finally led to the man responsible for all of it.

 Crime & Justice
Graphics for Tiahleigh Palmer special feature part 1.

A sick game played out for six grim days

TIAHLEIGH Palmer’s foster dad spent six days leading the charge to find her – but he was an actor hiding a horrific truth, writes Kate Kyriacou in the first part of our special investigation into the Queensland schoolgirl’s murder.

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