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Ashleigh Tullis is a reporter for the St George Shire Standard. She covers court, crime, breaking news and a range of other community stories important to those who live and work in southern Sydney. She has previously worked in the Illawarra at a daily masthead and in a weekly community newspaper in south-west Sydney. Ashleigh loves the chase of breaking news, covering a trial and fighting for residents. She grew up in the Sutherland Shire and also spent three-months working for a press freedom organisation in Paris upon finishing university. In 2021, Ashleigh was named a finalist in the Kennedy Awards outstanding regional newspaper journalism.

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An elderly farmer who has been diagnosed with having âpersistent sexual interestsâ has been told toÂ âkeep your hands to yourselfâ after he sexually touched seven women while swimming at pools.John Robert Booth, 80, was sentenced in Wollongong Local Court on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexually touching another person without consent at Kiama Leisure Centre and rock pools - which he has now been banned from attending. Pictured with his daughter and lawyers. Picture: Ashleigh Tullis

Elderly farmer felt up seven woman in public pools

An elderly farmer who has been diagnosed with having “persistent sexual interests” has been told to “keep your hands to yourself” after he sexually touched seven women at Illawarra pools.

A computer science graduate with a highly disturbing defecation fetish wanted to find soiled nappies for sexual gratification after he sent extremely depraved rape fantasies about children in online chat groups, a court has heard.Â Timothy Burgoyne, 25, was sentenced to 18 months in prison with a non parole period of nine months in Wollongong Local Court on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to two counts each of disseminating and possessing child abuse material. Picture: Facebook

Depraved pedo’s sick fantasies land him in jail

A computer science graduate with a defecation fetish sent extremely depraved child abuse fantasies in online chat groups. WARNING: Graphic content.

St George Shire Standard

Plans for $12.5m apartment building under a build-to-rent scheme to help address the rental crisis could get the green light.Bayside planning panel will determine a development application for construction of a nine-storey residential building of 50 build-to-rent apartments and three levels of basement parking located at 1-5 Charles St, Arncliffe.Bayside Council officers recommended the development be approved in its report to the panel, which will sit on February 13. Picture: Supplied Charles Street Holdings,

Build-to-rent: Decision looms on $12.5m apartment plans

Plans for a $12.5m apartment block under a build-to-rent scheme to help address the rental crisis could get the green light in Sydney’s south. Here’s the latest.

ExclusiveSt George Shire Standard

A recovering drug addict has been warned that if comes back before the court for a driving offence then he is looking at full time custody given his appalling traffic history.James Nicholas Papadopoulos, 22, was sentenced in Sutherland Local Court on Monday after he pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified. Picture: Ashleigh Tullis

Soon-to-be father sped from police while disqualified

A soon-to-be father has been warned that if he comes back before the court for a driving offence, he will go to jail due to his appalling traffic history.

UpdatedIllawarra Star

Daily Telegraph Friday, 1 April 2022Generic pics of police for future use online and printPicture / Monique Harmer

Son charged with murder after death of elderly man

The son of a man found dead in the backyard of a home near Wollongong has been charged with murder. See what happened in court.

UpdatedSt George Shire Standard

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 23, 2023: Frank Zumbo pictured (right) as he arrives at Downing Centre courts in the Sydney CBD. Craig KellyÃs long-standing staffer is charged with indecently assaulting five young women.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw NO NAME IN BYLINE PLEASE

Political staffer found guilty of assaulting female employees

A former political staffer to ex-MP Craig Kelly has been found guilty of sexual misconduct and indecent assault against four female employees while he was their boss.

St George Shire Standard

A father who teaches children including those who are neurodiverse to learn to swim in his backyard pool was âshockedâ when he was told be a south Sydney council to cease his business.Andrew Duncan has Â operated Make a Splash Learn to Swim school from his Yarrawarrah property for more than three years.Mr Duncan said was given a stop use order by Sutherland Shire Council compliance offers this week forcing him to close in 90 days after a noise complaint was made.Â He is the only teacher and teaches one or two children at a time between 8am and 6pm.

‘Shocked’: Backyard swim school ordered to close

A father who teaches children, including those who are neurodiverse, to swim in his backyard pool was ‘shocked’ when he was told to close. Here’s the latest.

ExclusiveNorth Shore

Lisa Baynes, 32, (green shirt) pleaded guilty to two counts of not registering as a health practitioner and claiming to be registered when she appeared in Downing Centre Local Court on January 25. She worked at Royal North Shore Hospital and Northern Beaches Hospital while unregistered. Picture: Thomas James Parrish

Doctor worked at two Sydney hospitals while unregistered

A doctor has admitted to continuing to work in two major hospitals in Sydney’s north after she wilfully did not renew her medical practitioner registration, a court has heard.

BreakingSt George Shire Standard

A mother and her children have had a lucky escape after the car they were in caught fire amid peak hour traffic in Sydneyâs south.Emergency services arrived at Heathcote Rd, near Old Illawarra Rd, about 4.15pm after there were reports a car had caught alight.Paramedics treated the woman and a young girl for minor burns. The girl sustained an injury to her foot. Picture: Ashleigh Tullis

Lucky escape for family after peak hour car fire

Paramedics are treating a mother and a little girl for minor burns after their car caught alight in peak hour traffic in Sydney’s south.

Police & Courts

ONE TIME WEB USE FOR NEWS.COM.AU ONLY - FEES APPLY - , FATAL ELECTROCUTION ENGADINE, MALE DECEASED, ENGADINE NSW, AUSTRALIA, 30/01/2024, , Description, , MALE WORKING ON ROOFTOOP ABOVE A BUTCHER IN THE ENGADINE ARCADE RECEIVED A FATAL ELECTRIC SHOCK SHORTLY BEFORE MIDDAY. ANOTHER MALE RECEIVED A NON FATAL ELECTRIC SHOCK AND WAS ASSESSED BY AMBULANCE ON SCENE. SUTHERLAND POLICE ESTABLISHED A CRIME SCENE AND TOOK A COLLEAGUE OF THE DECEASED AWAY FOR QUESTIONING. THEY ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OR NEAR THE REFRIGERATION UNIT ABOVE THE BUTCHER SHOP., POLICE INVESTIGATING. , Picture: TNV

Worker electrocuted while working on roof in Sydney’s south

A man has died after receiving an electric shock while working on a roof atop a butcher’s shop in Sydney’s south. Another man was injured as he went to the tradie’s aid.

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