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Ava Benny-MorrisonThe Sunday Telegraph Crime Reporter

Ava Benny-Morrison is a crime reporter for The Sunday Telegraph. She joined the team in September 2017 after covering crime and courts for several years in NSW and Queensland.

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NSW

Search for 4WD with link to Amar Kettule’s execution

A 4WD stolen from a home in south west Sydney was potentially used as a getaway car days later in the execution of crime figure Amar Kettule.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING - THANKS A MILLION CAMPAIGN - Pictured in Darlinghurst today is prominent Sydney lawyer Hector Ekes. NO BYLINE PLEASE.

Client fees not placed in Sydney law firm’s trust account

A Sydney solicitor directed a client to deposit thousands of dollars in legal fees into his account rather than in the law firm’s trust account, it can be revealed.

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Melissa Caddick MD and Financial planner, at home in Paddington. pic by Andy Baker.

Nationwide hunt after mystery sightings of missing Melissa

Sightings of Melissa Caddick in Victoria, Queensland and South Australia have been followed up and ruled out by police since the financial planner disappeared in November.

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Amar Kettule was shot dead in Fairfield.

How Kettule became an enemy of a ruthless gang

Homicide detectives are exploring links between slain crime figure Amar Kettule’s brazen murder and several other gang-related shootings dating back to 2016 and earlier.

Police & Courts

WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Feras Kettule, the brother of slain underworld figure Amar Kettule, has been charged with supplying. He was arrested in December, 2020.

Slain crime figure’s brother charged with coke supply

Feras Kettule, also known as Calvin Mansour, was arrested in Sydney’s west for alleged cocaine supply in December. A month later his older brother, Amar Kettule, was the victim of a brutal execution.

NSW

‘Horrendous’ tragedy: Rogue wave leaves three dead

Three men fishing off a rock platform near Wollongong have died after an enormous wave swept them into rough swell. Just one of them was wearing a life jacket.

Police & Courts

Crooks bump beer for hot chocolate (with marshmallow)

While crooks of days gone by would opt for beer with a bourbon chaser, today’s brand of bad guy is a little more fussier with his drink of choice.

Police & Courts

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos January 21, 2020: Tarek Zahed leaving the Downing Centre, Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / James Gourley

Bikie charged over casino restaurant brawl

Minutes after being sentenced in the Downing Centre Local Court, Comanchero bikie Tarek Zahed learned was arrested again. This time for an alleged punch-up inside the new Sydney Crown casino.

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Pictured Radwan Dakkak, suspected terrorist arrested in ToongabbieID confirmed by neighbours to Campbell Gellie From sources:https://www.instagram.com/p/BxD1XZ4l7qY/https://www.facebook.com/247453319140656/videos/500985246975332/

IS sympathiser arrested after terror order breach

Two weeks after being released from jail, an Islamic State sympathiser has found himself in strife again. Radwan Dakkak, 25, has been accused of researching extremist educational material about beheading and torture.

Police & Courts

Pictured is Judge Garry Neilson, who has compared incest and paedophilia to homosexuality.Supplied.

Judge sees red over standard wine drinks

A District Court judge has expressed his opinion about the size of standard drinks these days during a drink-driving court case, describing the sizes of some drinks served as “bird baths”.

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